Fort Smith is the second-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two
county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2010 Census, the
population was 86,209. With an estimated population of 87,891 in 2019,
it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansasâ€"Oklahoma
Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that
encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and
Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of Le Flore and Sequoyah.Fort
Smith has a sister city relationship with Cisterna, Italy, site of the
World War II Battle of Cisterna, fought by United States Army Rangers
commanded by Fort Smith native William O. Darby. The city also has a
mutual friendship-city relationship with Jining, China.Fort Smith lies
on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, situated at the confluence of
the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith
was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it
was also a center of fur trading. The city developed there. It became
well known as a base for migrants' settling of the "Wild West" and for
its law enforcement heritage.In 2007, the city of Fort Smith was
selected as the site of the new United States Marshals Service
National Museum, slated to open in 2019. Fort Smith, Arkansas Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter