Arkansas County

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The Arkansas County Courthouse has been registered in the NRHP as a Contributing Property of the Arkansas County Courthouse-Southern District since November 1992. [1]
The Arkansas County Courthouse has been registered in the NRHP since November 1992 as a Contributing Property of the Arkansas County Courthouse-Southern District .
administration
US state : Arkansas
Administrative headquarters : DeWitt
Stuttgart
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Arkansas County Courthouse
101 Court Square
DeWitt, AR 72042 and
Arkansas County Courthouse
302 South College
Stuttgart, AR 72160
Foundation : December 13, 1813
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 870
Demographics
Residents : 19,019  (2010)
Population density : 7.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2678 km²
Water surface : 117 km²
map
Map of Arkansas County within Arkansas

The Arkansas County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas . In 2010 , the county had 19,019 residents and a population density of 7.4 people per square kilometer. With DeWitt and Stuttgart , the county has two administrative seats ( County Seats ).

geography

The county is located in east Arkansas, about 25 miles west of the Mississippi , which forms the border with the neighboring state of Mississippi . To the south, the county extends to the left bank of the lower Arkansas River . Arkansas County covers an area of ​​2,678 square kilometers, of which 117 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Lonoke County Prairie County Monroe County
Jefferson County Compass card (de) .svg Phillips County
Lincoln County Desha County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1830 1426 -
1840 1346 -5.6%
1850 3245 141.1%
1860 8844 172.5%
1870 8268 -6.5%
1880 8038 -2.8%
1890 11,432 42.2%
1900 12,973 13.5%
1910 16,103 24.1%
1920 21,483 33.4%
1930 22,300 3.8%
1940 24,437 9.6%
1950 23,665 -3.2%
1960 23,355 -1.3%
1970 23,347 -0%
1980 24,175 3.5%
1990 21,653 -10.4%
2000 20,749 -4.2%
2010 19,019 -8.3%
2012 estimate 18,892 -0.7%
1830–1890 1900–1990 2000 2010–2012

Hernando de Soto may have touched present-day county on the site of the Menard-Hodges Mounds (3AR4) during his exploration of the Mississippi in 1541-43 . In 1686, the French expedition leader Henri de Tonti established a trading post near a Quapaw settlement . This is where the Arkansas Post National Memorial stands today . The only battle west of the Mississippi during the American Revolutionary War was fought in that county in April 1773; Spanish and British troops faced each other at the Battle of Arkansas Post . The oldest records are in the County Courthouse in Stuttgart, date from 1796 and are written in Spanish. Arkansas County was formed on December 13, 1813, is the oldest county in Arkansas and has a long history. At that time it comprised two thirds of what is now Arkansas and parts of eastern Oklahoma . According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, it was named after the French translation of the Quapaw's name for the Arkansas River , which was “Riviere d'Ozark”. When the Arkansas Territory was formed in 1819 , it was agreed that the Arkansas Post would be the capital. On November 20, 1819 , William Woodruff, originally from New York , brought out the first edition of the Arkansas Gazette , which was published here until November 24, 1821 and then moved with the capital to Little Rock . The most significant battle during the County's Civil War was the Battle of Fort Hindman in January 1863, which was part of the Second Vicksburg Campaign . In 1877, the Lutheran clergyman Adam Buerkle from Stuttgart founded a settlement of German-Americans in the county, which was recognized as an independent community in 1889 and named by him after his hometown.

The Arkansas Post National Memorial was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in October 1960 .

25 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 8, 2020), including the Menard-Hodges Mounds (3AR4) and the Arkansas Post National Memorial have the status of National Historic Landmarks .

Worth seeing

Particularly worth seeing are the Stuttgart Agricultural Museum and the Arkansas Post County Museum with the first artifacts of the settlement by Europeans and the National Memorial in Gillett.

population

After the census in 2010 19 019 people were living in Arkansas County in 7997 households. The population density was 7.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in 7997 households.

The racial the population was composed of 72.9 percent white, 25.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.0 percent of the population.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,883  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,570. 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Arkansas County localities

Citys

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in Jefferson County

structure

Arkansas County is divided into 17 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Arkansas Township 92    05-90060
Barton Township 210    05-90138
Bayou Meto Township 187    05-90168
Brewer Township 50    05-90462
Chester Township 260    05-90774
Crockett Township 104    05-90963
Garland Township 134    05-91425
Gum Pond Township 9220    05-91563
Henton Township 496    05-91668
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Keaton Township 892    05-92010
La Grue Township 4489    05-92085
McFall Township 102    05-92307
Mill Bayou Township 550    05-92466
Morris Township 702    05-92574
Point Deluce Township 202    05-92937
Prairie Township 609    05-92973
Stanley Township 720    05-93483
Townships in Arkansas County

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arkansas County Courthouse-Southern District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 63755. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Arkansas County, AR Retrieved February 28, 2014
  4. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved February 28, 2014
  5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
  7. ↑ History of Arkansas County, (English) ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arcounties.org
  8. ↑ Hubert B. Stroud: Arkansas River in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, September 18, 2019, accessed May 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ Bill Shrum Arkansas County in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, November 7, 2015 accessed May 8 2020th
  10. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Arkansas. National Park Service , accessed May 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 8, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 8, 2020.
    Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Arkansas. National Park Service , accessed May 8, 2020.
  12. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Arkansas  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 28, 2014@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Arkansas County, Arkansas  - Collection of Images

Coordinates: 34 ° 16 ′  N , 91 ° 23 ′  W