Eureka Springs
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![Main Street in the center of Eureka Springs, listed in the NRHP since 1970 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Main_Street_downtown_Eureka_Springs_Arkansas.JPG) Main Street in downtown Eureka Springs, listed on the NRHP since 1970 |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arkansas |
| County : | Carroll County |
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 24 ′ N , 93 ° 44 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,073 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 115.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 18 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 383 m |
| Postcodes : | 72631, 72632 |
| Area code : | +1 479 |
| FIPS : | 05-22240 |
| GNIS ID : | 48926 |
| Website : | www.cityofeurekasprings.org |
| Mayor : | Morris R. Godfather |
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Eureka Springs is a small town (with the status " City ") and next Berryville one of two administrative seats of Carroll County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Arkansas . In 2010 , Eureka Springs had 2,073 residents.
geography
Eureka Springs is located at 36 ° 24'04 "north latitude and 93 ° 44'17" west longitude and extends over 18 km 2 . The city is located in the Ozarks , not far from the White River , a right tributary of the Mississippi River . The Missouri border is nine miles north; Oklahoma begins about 100 km west.
The city forms the center of the Cedar Township , but partly extends into the Winona Township .
Neighboring towns to Eureka Springs are Eagle Rock , Missouri (15 miles north), Berryville (20.5 km east-southeast), and Clantonville (16.3 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Arkansas' capital, Little Rock (293 km southeast), Tulsa , Oklahoma (238 km west), Kansas City , Missouri (369 km north), St. Louis (486 km northeast) and Memphis , Tennessee (440 km east-southeast).
traffic
In the city of Eureka Springs crosses US Highway 62 , the Arkansas State Route 23 . All other roads are subordinate country roads and inner-city connecting roads.
With the Carroll County Airport is 15.4 km east of Eureka Springs a small airfield. The Branson Airport is located 83.1 kilometers north-east. Other airports in the wider area include Little Rock (298 km southeast), Drake Field in Fayetteville (80.1 km southwest) and Tulsa (232 km west).
history
The indigenous people of the region knew about the healing properties of various springs in the area of today's city of Eureka Springs.
Finds of ancient objects in a cave show that Spanish conquistadors were the first Europeans in the region.
The doctor Alvah Jackson, one of the region's early pioneers, is listed in later documents in 1856 as the "discoverer" of the mineral springs. In a cave, Jackson set up a hospital for wounded Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War .
The judge JB Sounders made the sources known nationwide from 1879 after he had been healed himself. On July 4, 1879, a large number of people pitched their camp at the site and founded the settlement of Eureka Springs, which was promoted to town a year later.
In 1882, Eureka Springs got a connection to the railway network, which made the number of guests continue to increase. As a result, a number of larger hotels were built, such as the Crescent Hotel in 1886 and the Basin Park Hotel in 1905 .
In 1905 the Ozarka Water Company was founded, which bottled the spring water and sold it nationwide . Water is still sold today under the brand name "Ozarka" by the company in Arkansas and the surrounding states, which is now part of the Nestlé Group.
In 1966 a 20-meter-high statue of Christ, which is still controversial today, was dedicated. It is located in a theme park near the intersection of Highway 62 and the Arkansas State Highway 23. Since 1968, found there large-scale open air - Passion Play ( "The Great Passion Play") based on the Oberammergau Games instead, the largest in the USA with around 7.8 million visitors.
In 1980 the Thorncrown Chapel was built on the western outskirts of Eureka Springs.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 3984 | - | |
| 1890 | 3706 | -7% | |
| 1900 | 3572 | -3.6% | |
| 1910 | 3228 | -9.6% | |
| 1920 | 2429 | -24.8% | |
| 1930 | 2276 | -6.3% | |
| 1940 | 1770 | -22.2% | |
| 1950 | 1958 | 10.6% | |
| 1960 | 1437 | -26.6% | |
| 1970 | 1670 | 16.2% | |
| 1980 | 1989 | 19.1% | |
| 1990 | 1900 | -4.5% | |
| 2000 | 2278 | 19.9% | |
| 2010 | 2073 | -9% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Eureka Springs had 2,073 people in 1,069 households. The population density was 115.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 1.88 people in each of the 1,069 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 2.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.3 percent of the population.
13.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 53.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 23,938 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,363. 24 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 70000118.Retrieved July 23, 2012
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 22, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 22, 2012
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 97000452.Retrieved July 23, 2012
- ↑ books.eurekaspringshistory.com - 1887 Eureka Springs ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2009 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. Retrieved July 23, 2012
- ↑ books.eurekaspringshistory.com - 1895 Eureka Springs ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2012
- ↑ Arkansas Encyclopedia , accessed March 20, 2016.
- ^ Website of the operator , accessed on March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Census of Popuolation and Housing Accessed July 22, 2012
