Beebe (Arkansas)

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Beebe
Beebe (Arkansas)
Beebe
Beebe
Location in Arkansas
Basic data
Foundation : 1875
State : United States
State : Arkansas
County : White County
Coordinates : 35 ° 4 ′  N , 91 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 4 ′  N , 91 ° 54 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,930 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 440.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 11.2 km 2  (approx. 4 mi 2 )
Height : 75 m
Postal code : 72012
Area code : +1 501
FIPS : 05-04600
GNIS ID : 0081843
Website : www.beebeark.org
Mayor : Mike Robertson

Beebe is a place in the US state of Arkansas . According to the 2000 census, it had 4930 inhabitants, making it the second largest in White County after Searcy .

In the city there is a campus of the Jonesboro- based Arkansas State University . The city got its name after Roswell Beebe , who previously held a position responsible for the railway construction through the town.

Population development

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 904 -
1910 873 -3.4%
1920 995 14%
1930 1108 11.4%
1940 1189 7.3%
1950 1192 0.3%
1960 1697 42.4%
1970 2805 65.3%
1980 3599 28.3%
1990 4455 23.8%
2000 4930 10.7%
1900-2000

Oddities

In early January 2011, more than 3,000 red-shouldered blackbirds fell dead to the ground in the city. Arkansas animal welfare officials received the first reports before midnight on December 31, 2010. Further investigation indicated that the birds hit within a square mile and no bird outside of that zone. The birds showed signs of physical trauma, leading an Arkansas ornithologist to speculate that the birds were killed by lightning, hail, or possibly even fireworks. On January 5, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission reiterated that the incident was caused by a resident who launched missiles that caused the birds to fly blindly.

However, this theory was refuted in 2012. Despite a ban on fireworks and no storms, 5,000 blackbirds died again in Beebe.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 13, 2011
  2. ↑ Dead blackbirds fall into Beebe city limits on New Year's Eve ( Memento from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110102/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_dead_birds_arkansas ( Memento from January 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/01/03/why-did-thousands-of-birds-drop-dead-in-the-arkansas-sky/
  5. ↑ USGS blackbird tests support earlier findings ( Memento from January 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-01-05-arkansas-dead-birds-fireworks_N.htm
  7. ↑ http://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/mysteri%C3%B6ses-massensterben--amseln-fallen-vom-himmel.html