Forrest City
| Forrest City | |
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 Location in county and Arkansas
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arkansas |
| County : | St. Francis County |
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 1 ′ N , 90 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 14,774 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 350.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 42.2 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of which 42.1 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 77 m |
| FIPS : | 05-24430 |
| GNIS ID : | 0083152 |
| Website : | www.forrestcity-ar.com |
| Mayor : | Gordon McCoy |
Forrest City is a city in St. Francis County in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas with 14,300 inhabitants ( 2004 ) and the seat of the county administration. The urban area has a size of 42.1 km². The city is named after the southern general and founder of the Ku Klux Klan Nathan Bedford Forrest .
Attractions
- Forrest City Downtown Murals
- St. Francis County Museum
- Cambell House
- Man house
- Stuart Springs
history
The ex-general of the Confederate Army, Nathan Bedford Forrest , signed in 1866 with CC McCreanor a contract to build a railway in the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad Madison at St. Francis River to DeValls Bluff on the west bank of the River White River had to content . The first train left in 1868. Colonel VB Izard planned the town in 1868. The population unofficially called the cluster of houses "Forrest's Town". It later became Forrest City . The city was officially founded on May 11, 1870. In 1949 evidence (fossils) was found that mastodons had lived within the city limits in prehistoric times.
Population development
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 903 | - | |
| 1890 | 1021 | 13.1% | |
| 1900 | 1361 | 33.3% | |
| 1910 | 2484 | 82.5% | |
| 1920 | 3377 | 36% | |
| 1930 | 4594 | 36% | |
| 1940 | 5699 | 24.1% | |
| 1950 | 7607 | 33.5% | |
| 1960 | 10,544 | 38.6% | |
| 1970 | 12,521 | 18.8% | |
| 1980 | 13,803 | 10.2% | |
| 1990 | 13,364 | -3.2% | |
| 2000 | 14,774 | 10.6% | |
| 1880-2000 | |||
Correctional facility
Forrest City is home to the Federal Correctional Complex, Forrest City (FCC Forrest City) . The prison, which holds only male inmates, is made up of two sections: The Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City Low , a low-security prison, and the Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City Medium (FCI Forrest City Medium), a medium-security prison.
sons and daughters of the town
- Al Green (born 1946), singer and preacher
- Charlie Rich (1932-1995), country singer
- John W. Henry , owner of the Boston Red Sox .
- Don Kessinger , a professional baseball player
- Albert King (1923–1992), blues musician
- Cal Slayton , comic book artist
- Dennis Winston , NFL player
- Sonny Liston (1932–1970), world heavyweight champion in boxing
- Jimmy Rogers (1924–1997), NFL player for the New Orleans Saints .
Individual evidence
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 13, 2011
- ^ [1969] Reichler, Joseph L. (Ed.): The Baseball Encyclopedia , 4th edition. Edition, Macmillan Publishing, New York 1979, ISBN 0-02-578970-8 . .
- ^ Rogers' player page at pro-football-reference.com . Retrieved June 30, 2012.
