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Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 10,478. The city is the county seat of Columbia County.

Magnolia is also the home of Southern Arkansas University, a public university that offers 4-year and some advanced (Master's level) degrees. With a student body of over 3000, its most notable programs are agriculture, business, and education. The university's cultural focus is Harton Theatre, which provides a venue for both departmental plays, concerts, and local cultural events.

A charming Southern town with a quaint courthouse square, Magnolia proudly displays its heritage with colorful murals on buildings around the square. Numerous shops and restaurants ringing the courthouse make downtown a visitors delight. Also highlighting the square are the stately trees which give the town its name. Founded in 1909, Southern Arkansas University, a liberal arts college that calls Magnolia home, offers a varied calendar of events and tours of its 658-acre Agricultural and Horticultural Farm. At 3,000 acres, Lake Columbia is one of the largest Arkansas Game and Fish Commission impoundments in South Arkansas and is popular with both anglers and water recreationists. The Magnolia Blossom Festival and World’s Championship Steak Cook-off draws thousands of beef-eaters and other visitors each May. At nearby McNeil, Logoly State Park is an environmental-education park that is very popular with school groups and scout troops. Twelve miles south of town is the tiny community of Emerson which every June hosts the World’s Championship Rotary Tiller Race and Purplehull Pea Festival.

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