Prairie Grove is defined by its history. The town was the site of the December 1862 Battle of Prairie Grove, a Civil War engagement that helped secure lasting Union control of Northwest Arkansas, and the battlefield is preserved today as Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. U.S. Highway 62 connects the town east to Fayetteville and west toward the Oklahoma line. The community has grown steadily past 7,000 residents while retaining its own school district, a historic downtown square, and the annual Clothesline Fair, a juried arts and crafts event held since 1951. Prairie Grove suits buyers who want a distinct small-town identity and historic character, a self-contained school system, and a straightforward highway commute into Fayetteville without living inside it.