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North Little Rock was once known as Argenta, a name currently applied specifically to downtown North Little Rock.

In 1890, Little Rock annexed the unincorporated Argenta community as its Eighth Ward, preempting a competing petition to incorporate Argenta.

A neighboring area was incorporated as the Town of North Little Rock in 1901 as part of a plan to reclaim the Eighth Ward from Little Rock.

By 1904, the Arkansas Supreme Court allowed the town to annex the Eighth Ward ; the modern City of North Little Rock considers this its founding date.

The combined city adopted the Argenta name by 1906, but reverted to North Little Rock in October 1917.

A remnant of the city's earliest years can be found in North Little Rock City Hall ( constructed in 1914 ), which still contains plaques referring to " Argenta ", and contains " C of A " ( City of Argenta ) ornamental designs.