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Haskell is a city in Saline County, Arkansas, on U.S. Highway 67 about seven miles south of Benton, the county seat.

Haskell was incorporated on July 21, 1910.

The name Haskell reportedly comes from Haskell Dickenson, the man who donated land for the Rock Island railroad line through the town.

Haskell began as a railroad town, growing up between the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island tracks.

The 2020 census counted 3,956 people in Haskell, living in 1,280 households and 931 families.

Haskell was a tiny place for most of the twentieth century — 180 residents in 1930 and 239 in 1970 — before Saline County's growth pushed its population past 1,000 by 1980 and to 2,645 by 2000.

Between 2000 and 2010 alone, Haskell's population jumped from 2,645 to 3,990 as the growth of nearby Benton and Bryant spilled into the city.

Haskell is best known today as the home of the Harmony Grove School District, which serves more than 1,000 students in its elementary, junior high, and high schools.

Haskell is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway metropolitan area, and the 2020 census measured the city at 4.92 square miles.

Haskell's population barely changed between 2010 and 2020 — from 3,990 to 3,956 — after two decades of rapid suburban growth.