Farm No. 266—Johnny Cash Boyhood Home | |
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| Location | 4791 W Cty. Rd. 924, near Dyess, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°35′51″N 90°14′42″W / 35.597393°N 90.244989°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1934 |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002000[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2018 |
Farm No. 266—Johnny Cash Boyhood Home was the home of singer-songwriter Johnny Cash from 1935 to 1950. Cash moved with his family to a rural community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.[2] The farm house was built in 1934 in a government project to help boost the economy. The Cash family joined the community in March 1935. Ray and Carrie Cash moved to Arkansas when they took an offer to farm government land for poor and impoverished farmers. The Cash family went through many hardships while living in the farm house by floods and losing one of their children, Jack Cash. Growing up picking cotton and working on the farm influenced some of Johnny Cash's songs in the future, one of them being "Pickin' Time." In 2018, the home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ^ "Weekly listings". National Park Service. May 4, 2018.
- ^ "Dyess | Arkansas.com". www.arkansas.com. Retrieved April 5, 2020.