Conway (Arkansas)
| Conway | |
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| Nickname : City of Colleges | |
 Conway, Arkansas |
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| Location in county and Arkansas | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1872 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arkansas |
| County : | Faulkner County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 5 ′ N , 92 ° 27 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
58,908 (status: 2010 census) 699,757 (status: 2011 estimate) |
| Population density : | 649 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 91.32 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 90.77 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 95 m |
| Postcodes : | 72032-72035 |
| Area code : | +1 501 |
| FIPS : | 05-15190 |
| GNIS ID : | 0076661 |
| Website : | www.cityofconway.org |
| Mayor : | Townsell tab |
 Downtown Conway |
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Conway is a city in Faulkner County in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas with 58,908 inhabitants (2010) and the seat of the County administration ( County Seat ). The urban area has a size of 91.3 km 2 . The city is the seat of the University of Central Arkansas .
history
The place was founded shortly after the end of the Civil War by an engineer of the Little Rock-Fort Smith Railroad , which later became part of the Union Pacific Railroad . It developed as a Conway station around a railway depot. Determined in 1873 as the administrative seat of Faulkner County, the place was officially registered as a parish in 1875 under its current name. At that time, Conway had about 200 residents.
For a long time Conway was an important trading center for the surrounding rural area. From 1890 secondary schools were established and in 1907 the University of Central Arkansas was established in the place. After the Second World War , a broader economic spectrum developed in Conway in addition to agriculture; some state institutions were also settled in the village.
traffic
Interstate 40 runs along the northeastern edge of Conway . The place is also the operator of the Dennis F. Cantrell Field Airport ( ICAO code KCWS), which is located in the southeast within the built-up urban area.
education
Despite the manageable size of Conway, the city has numerous educational institutions, including three colleges:
This fact explains Conway's nickname " City of Colleges ".
Town twinning
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 1028 | - | |
| 1890 | 1207 | 17.4% | |
| 1900 | 2003 | 65.9% | |
| 1910 | 2794 | 39.5% | |
| 1920 | 4564 | 63.4% | |
| 1930 | 5534 | 21.3% | |
| 1940 | 5782 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 8610 | 48.9% | |
| 1960 | 9791 | 13.7% | |
| 1970 | 15,510 | 58.4% | |
| 1980 | 20,375 | 31.4% | |
| 1990 | 26,481 | 30% | |
| 2000 | 43,167 | 63% | |
| 2010 | 58,908 | 36.5% | |
| 1880-2010 | |||
Personalities
- Ray Thornton (1928–2016), lawyer and politician
- Rebecca Roanhorse (* 1971), writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About Conway. (No longer available online.) City of Conway, archived from the original on June 11, 2009 ; accessed on November 24, 2009 . 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.
- ^ Dennis F. Cantrell Field Airport. www.airnav.com, accessed November 24, 2009 .
- ↑ Quakenbrück's town twinning
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 13, 2011
