Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Cabot, AR

Cabot is the largest city in Lonoke County and part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway metropolitan area, sitting about 30 minutes north of the state capital.

Cabot began in 1873 as a water and fuel stop on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, which bypassed the older town of Austin three miles east, and the new settlement was likely named for railroad executive George Cabot Ward.

Cabot was incorporated on November 9, 1891, the same year its city plat was filed at the Lonoke County courthouse.

The 2020 census counted 26,569 people in Cabot living in 9,780 households and 6,967 families, making it the 19th-largest city in Arkansas.

Cabot's growth has been explosive by Arkansas standards: the census counted just 294 residents in 1900, 15,261 in 2000, and 23,776 in 2010 before reaching 26,569 in 2020.

In 2009, BusinessWeek designated Cabot an 'Arkansas boomtown' and listed it as the state's third-fastest-growing city per capita.

Much of Cabot's modern growth followed the 1955 opening of Little Rock Air Force Base in nearby Jacksonville, as many base personnel chose to settle their families in Cabot.

Before Cabot existed, an 1862 typhoid epidemic at the Confederate Camp Nelson killed about 1,500 soldiers; their graves were moved in 1905 to Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, about four miles southeast of the city and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

A tornado swept through Cabot on March 29, 1976, causing millions of dollars in damage and killing five people; the city launched the annual CabotFest celebration in 1978 to mark its recovery.

Cabot is best known for its school system: the Cabot School District is Lonoke County's largest employer and operates nine elementary schools, two middle schools, two junior high schools, a freshman academy, and Cabot High School.