Ashdown, Arkansas
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 Little River County's County Courthouse in Ashdown at Christmas time |
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| Location of Ashdown in Little River County (bottom) and location of the county in Arkansas (top) | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | June 11, 1892 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arkansas |
| County : | Little River County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 40 ′ N , 94 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 4,781 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 259.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 18.5 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) of which 18.4 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 98 m |
| Postal code : | 71822 |
| Area code : | +1 870 |
| FIPS : | 05-02380 |
| GNIS ID : | 0076204 |
Ashdown is a small town and the county seat of Little River County in Arkansas . The total area of the place is 18.5 km². In an estimate from 2007, the place had 4,446 inhabitants.
Ashdown is part of the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region that includes parts of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana , Oklahoma, and Texas .
Demographics
In the 2000 census, the place had 4,781 inhabitants, who were distributed among 1,880 households and 1,287 families. The population density was thus 259.6 inhabitants / km². 62.85% of the population were white and 34.09% were African American. Children under the age of 18 lived in 32.5% of households. The median income was $ 26,754 per household, with 18.9% of the population living below the poverty line .
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 400 | - | |
| 1910 | 1247 | 211.8% | |
| 1920 | 2052 | 64.6% | |
| 1930 | 1607 | -21.7% | |
| 1940 | 2332 | 45.1% | |
| 1950 | 2738 | 17.4% | |
| 1960 | 2725 | -0.5% | |
| 1970 | 3522 | 29.2% | |
| 1980 | 4218 | 19.8% | |
| 1990 | 5150 | 22.1% | |
| 2000 | 4781 | -7.2% | |
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history
Little River County was formed from areas of Sevier and Hempstead Counties in 1867. In 1906, the county seat was moved from Foreman to Ashdown. In 1907 a new courthouse was built. In 1912 there was a railway connection. That was followed by electricity and telephone. Ashdon suffered from the Great Depression and several farmers were forced to sell their land in the 1930s.
Web links
- Website of the City Ashdown (Engl.)
- City profile on arkansas.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ US-Census Bureau (English)
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 13, 2011