Lincoln is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,249 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Northwest Arkansas metro area.

The area around Lincoln first saw white agreement in the late 1820s. It was first known as Blackjack after the blackjack oaks used to construct the first schoolhouse. Joseph Carter built the first deposit in the area in 1874, still known as Blackjack. A friendly community on Beaty Mountain known as Mt. Hayes was settled in 1877. Starr Hill Township was furthermore organized in the area during this period. The settlements drifted together and continued to be credited with until applying for a herald office in 1884 within Carter’s store below the name Georgetown. The name was rejected; the postal give support to not wanting to duplicate Georgetown in White County, Arkansas (or Georgetown, Madison County, Arkansas). Carter submitted Lincoln as the further name. He said he chose the publish seemingly at random, having “seen it on a box”, but others were skeptical that Carter had wanted to proclaim the community for Abraham Lincoln everything along, as he was a “Republican from the North”. Local answer for the proclaim Lincoln was slow during the Reconstruction era as soon as the sharp Civil War.

The unity remained unincorporated until the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (commonly called the Frisco) planned a branch line (the Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway [O&CC]) between Fayetteville and Oklahoma. The right-of-way acquisition process brought a railroad agent through town, and he platted a town upon 22 acres (8.9 ha) south of the proposed railroad in 1903, but modified the plat in 1907. Following this plat, the city of Lincoln was incorporated upon November 23, 1907.

Lincoln is located at 35°56′54″N 94°25′26″W / 35.94833°N 94.42389°W / 35.94833; -94.42389 (35.948466, -94.423920). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 2.87 square miles (7.4 km²).