Watkins was born in De Queen, Arkansas but moved to Oklahoma as a boy.

The county seat is De Queen.

In 1905, the county seat was again moved to De Queen.

As of the census of 2010, there were 6,594 people in De Queen.

Wes Watkins-Oklahoma politician lived for a time in De Queen as a child.

He was born in De Queen, Arkansas.

A mobile feeding operation provided meals for residents in De Queen, where a trailer park was destroyed by the inclement weather.

It is located three nautical miles (4 mi, 6 km) west of the central business district of De Queen, Arkansas.

Helms was born in De Queen.

These four routes run together west to De Queen, at which US 371 terminates.