How Jane came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Jane.
Jane was an unincorporated community for many years, but incorporated in 2005 after a petition drive of local residents, in order to block possible annexation by Pineville, 6 miles (10 km) to the northwest. Pineville had greatly expanded its city limits with the opening of the widened U.S. Route 71 (US 71), later commissioned as Interstate 49, to its west. In 2006, the village of Jane expanded southward from its original boundaries to include a large section of US 71, at the behest of the McDonald County planning commission. It now extends south to within a one-half of a mile (0.80 km) of the Arkansas state line, abutting the unincorporated community of Caverna, and running primarily along the US 71 corridor.
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