Conway

City in central Arkansas, USA, 40 km/25 mi north-northwest of Little Rock in the Arkansas Valley; seat of Faulkner County; population (2000) 43,200. Industries include bus and refrigerator bodies, furniture, pianos, and shoes.

Conway is the seat of the University of Central Arkansas (1907), Hendrix College (formerly in Altus; 1876), and Central Baptist College (1893). Missile sites were built nearby during the Cold War. Lake Conway is 3 km/2 mi to the south.

Conway

Community in Orange County, central Florida, USA; population (1990) 13,200. Conway is a suburb on the southeastern outskirts of Orlando.

Conway

Town in Franklin County, western Massachusetts, USA, along the Deerfield River, 22 km/14 mi north-northwest of Northampton; population (2000 est) 1,930. It is located in an agricultural region and adjoins (to the west) the town of Deerfield, of which it was once part. The area developed as a textile manufacturing district in the 19th century, but much of it was destroyed after a dam burst in 1869.

First settled in 1760, Conway was incorporated in 1767. It is the site of two state forests and has an annual celebration of the colourful New England autumn, the Festival of the Hills. The Buckville covered bridge dates from 1870 and is one of the town's entries on the national register of historic places.

Conway

Town in Carroll County, north-central New Hampshire, USA, south of the White Mountains; population (1990) 7,900. It was originally a 1760s agricultural settlement and has become a thriving commercial and resort town.

North Conway, Intervale, Redstone, Kearsarge, and Center Conway are included villages. Center Conway, with several shopping malls, is especially popular with shoppers from adjacent parts of Maine. Conway Lake is in the southern part of the town.

Conway

City in northeastern South Carolina, USA, on the Waccamaw River, 147 km/91 mi northeast of Charleston and 23 km/14 mi northwest of Myrtle Beach; seat of Horry County; population (1990) 9,800. A tourist centre, it also has brickworks, lumber mills, and woodworking plants, and processes poultry and other farm products.

A branch of the University of South Carolina and a technical college are here.