AR 297, Dyess, Arkansas. County/parish: Mississippi.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 01, 1976. NRIS 76000435.
28 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Founded as Dyess Colony in 1934 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration as part of the Roosevelt administration's agricultural relief and rehabilitation program, it was the largest agrarian community established by the U.S. during the Great Depression.
As of the 2020 census, the population of Dyess was 339, down from 410 in 2010. Dyess Colony was the boyhood home of country music singer Johnny Cash.
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