Nady is anunincorporated community inArkansas County,Arkansas, United States. It is the location of aNational Historic Landmark, theMenard–Hodges site. The environs of Nady, at the southern tip of the Little Prairie, are in the portion of Arkansas that saw the earliest European settlement in what is now the state of Arkansas, including Tonty’s 1686 post. The Menard-Hodges archeological site, about one-half mile southwest of Wallace-Menard-Coose Cemetery, along with the adjacent Wallace Bottom archeological site, appear to be the locations of the late 1600s Quapaw village of Osotouy, Tonty’s 1686 Post, and the early to mid-1700s French Arkansas Post.
TheGeographic Names Information System (GNIS) provides the location of theNady Church at:33°59′50″N91°15′00″W / 33.99732°N 91.25012°W /33.99732; -91.25012.[1] GNIS also lists theNady Post Office (historical) and Sweeney's store at an unknown location.[2]
Residents are zoned to theDeWitt School District, includingDeWitt High School.[3]
Imagine this: students from rural Nady, Arkansas must ride a bus approximately 22 miles to DeWitt.