Fayetteville

City and administrative headquarters of Washington County, northwest Arkansas, on the Ozark Plateau, 80 km/50 mi northeast of Fort Smith; population (2000) 58,000. It is an agricultural trading centre, and its main industry is poultry processing; other industries include lumber, clothing, and tools. It is the home of the University of Arkansas (1871).

Fayetteville was settled in 1828 and incorporated as a city in 1906. The Civil War battle of Prairie Grove was fought nearby on 7 December 1862. The city was occupied by the Federal Army from 18 April 1863, until the end of the war.

Fayetteville

City in south-central North Carolina, USA, on the Cape Fear River, 100 km/62 mi south of Durham and 80 km/50 mi southwest of Raleigh; seat of Cumberland County; population (2000) 121,000. It is the processing centre for the area's agricultural and lumber products; its industries include the manufacture of tools, tyres, and textiles.

It was first settled in 1739 and named after a French revolutionary, Marquis de Lafayette, in 1783; it was incorporated as a city in 1893. The city is the seat of Fayetteville State University (1867) and Methodist College (1956); Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base are nearby.