 During World War II, hundreds of Malvernites moved to the Los Angeles area to take advantage of work in the shipyards—apparently spurred by a couple of residents who found work there and wrote home boasting of 88-cent/hour jobs, which was a decent wage for the time.Malvern is in northeastern Hot Spring County, southeast of the Ouachita River where it exits the Ouachita Mountains.It is bordered to the north by Rockport and to the east by Perla.