Arkadelphia
| Arkadelphia | |
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 Location in county and Arkansas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1857 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arkansas |
| County : | Clark County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 7 ′ N , 93 ° 4 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 10,714 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 563.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 19.1 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) of which 19 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 75 m |
| Postcodes : | 71923, 71998, 71999 |
| Area code : | +1 870 |
| FIPS : | 05-01870 |
| GNIS ID : | 0076188 |
| Website : | www.cityofarkadelphia.com |
Arkadelphia is a city in Clark County in the US state of Arkansas and the seat of the county administration. The city is home to Ouachita Baptist University and Henderson State University . In 2010 it had just under 10,700 inhabitants.
Arkadelphia is part of the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region , which includes parts of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana , Oklahoma, and Texas .
geography
Arkadelphia is located in northeast Clark County, mid-southwest Arkansas on Interstate 30 and US Highway 67 , about 100 km southwest of Little Rock and about 40 km south of Hot Springs . Not far from the village are DeGray Lake , the Caddo River and the Ouachita River .
history
The area of today's city was settled at the beginning of the 19th century by John Hemphill, an employee of the nearby salt pans . Until 1839 the settlement was named Blakelytown . After the American Civil War , the place was connected to the railroad by the Cairo and Fulton Railroad in 1873 and developed into a trading center in this area.
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 248 | - | |
| 1860 | 817 | 229.4% | |
| 1870 | 948 | 16% | |
| 1880 | 1506 | 58.9% | |
| 1890 | 2455 | 63% | |
| 1900 | 2739 | 11.6% | |
| 1910 | 2745 | 0.2% | |
| 1920 | 3311 | 20.6% | |
| 1930 | 3380 | 2.1% | |
| 1940 | 5078 | 50.2% | |
| 1950 | 6819 | 34.3% | |
| 1960 | 8069 | 18.3% | |
| 1970 | 9841 | 22% | |
| 1980 | 10,005 | 1.7% | |
| 1990 | 10,014 | 0.1% | |
| 2000 | 10,912 | 9% | |
| 2010 | 10,714 | -1.8% | |
| 1850-2000 | |||
sons and daughters of the town
- Joseph Frank Nix , water chemist and environmentalist, Professor Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia
- William J. Holloway , politician and the 8th Governor of Oklahoma from 1929 to 1931
- Kevin Williams , NFL defensive tackle player
Web links
- Website of the city of Arkadelphia (Engl.)
- City profile on arkansas.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Census 2020 - Arkadelphia , accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Arkansas.com/Cities and Towns ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 2, 2013
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 13, 2011
