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Welcome to Dumas
The City of Dumas is located off U.S. Highway 65, in the southeast corner of Arkansas deep in the Arkansas Delta, is a community of rich agricultural resources, industry and abundant outdoor recreation.
Industries in Dumas and the surrounding area produce a variety of produce including fish and dog food, furniture, electrical wiring, auto ignition harnesses, tractor/trailer slides, ice merchandisers, wire products, commercial steel buildings, cotton module trailers, pottery.
Agricultural industries include a USDA cotton classing facility, Dumas Cotton Warehouse, Riceland Food, Inc. which includes Pendleton Export Terminal and Riceland Grain Drying Cooperative, Dumas Cotton Gin and numerous grain dryers and fresh fish farms.
Social and cultural opportunities in Dumas include: the annual Ding Dong Days Festival which is held the last weekend in July of each year; the Dumas Area Arts Center sponsors many events during the year including a Musical Production during Ding Dong Days. Main Street Dumas has an office in the Chamber of Commerce Building and features activities in October. The Desha County Museum is a must see located on Highway 165. Everyone joins in the Downtown Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting at Delta Memorial Hospital. Pendleton Ferry is located just outside of Dumas on the Arkansas River and be sure and visit Arkansas Post Memorial Park, which is located just across the River. The fishing and hunting is great in our area.
The North Central accredited Dumas School District is composed of four campuses: Dumas High School (10-12), Dumas Junior High (7-9), Reed Elementary (2-6), and Central Elementary (K-1).
We are very proud of our town and the people who live and work in our area. If the Dumas Chamber of Commerce can be of any assistance to you, please contact us.
SAMMYE OWEN
Executive Director
Dumas Chamber of Commerce
870-382-5447
Dumas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
2007
Flora Simon President
Dumas Adult Education Center
124 North Main
Dumas, AR 71639
382-2157
Boyde Bergum First Vice President
Holland USA
P.O. Box 825
Dumas, AR 71639
382-2299
Chris Hays Second Vice President
Gill Law Firm
P.O. Box 10
Dumas, AR 71639
382-4988
T.C. Pickett Secretary/Treasurer
201 W. Waterman
Dumas, AR 71639
382-5132
Ashton Adcock Past President
Farmers and Merchants Bank
P.O. Box 1871
Dumas, AR 71639
382-4311
Mayor Marion Gill Ex-Officio
City of Dumas
P.O. Box 157
Dumas, AR 71639
382-2121
Sammye Owen Executive Director
Dumas Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 431
Dumas, AR 71639
382-5447
"As long as there is a difference between what a community can be and what it is, there is a need for a chamber of commerce."