Damascus is a town in Faulkner and Van Buren counties of central Arkansas, United States. The population was 382 as of the 2020 Census. Damascus is a town located in the Ozark foothills on a plateau surrounded by clear streams along U.S. Highway 65 on the county line between Faulkner and Van Buren counties. It is most known for its proximity t…Damascus is a town in Faulkner and Van Buren counties of central Arkansas, United States. The population was 382 as of the 2020 Census. Damascus is a town located in the Ozark foothills on a plateau surrounded by clear streams along U.S. Highway 65 on the county line between Faulkner and Van Buren counties. It is most known for its proximity to the Titan II missile base that operated from 1963 until 1980, when a missile explosion killed one person and injured twenty-one. Damascus is home to three Baptist churches, a Church of Christ that was built in 1917, and a Methodist church that was built in 1947.
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