Mena

Mena is located in between Fort Smith and Texarkana. It was built in 1896 as a railway station for west/central Arkansas. It was founded by a railway company promoter named Arthur Stilwell and the name Mena was his wife's nickname. Mena was a real wild west town with roads of dirt and wodden buildings and saloons. Thanks to the railroad Mena became a natural trading point and that allowed the town to grow. But when a lot of the train traffic started going via Heavener, Oklahoma, in 1910, the railroad industry declined and would never be as big as it once was. Passenger trains stopped going all together in 1969 Mena started looking towards small businesses to bring employment to the town. Today Aalfs, United States Electrical Motors and street & performance are the three largest job providers in Mena that has a population of 5,600 people.

City Officials

Position	Name
Mayor	George McKee
Clerk/treasurer	Linda Rexroad
Assistant To Mayor	Becky Horton
Accountant	Becky McKee
City Attorney	Danny Thrailkill
Police Chief	Jimmy Doster
Fire Chief	John Puckett
Street Superintendent	Roy Harris
Water Superintendent	Matt Cannon
Wastewater Superintendent	Mike Spencer
Code Enforcement Officer	Frank Meade
Parks, Recreation Director	Trad Williams
Councilmember	Andy Brown
Councilmember	Dwight Douglas
Councilmember	Walt Gray, Sr.
Councilmember	Mary Alice Head
Councilmember	Darla Martel
Councilmember	Terri Neugent