Fulton County, Arkansas

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Fulton County Courthouse
Fulton County Courthouse
administration
US state : Arkansas
Administrative headquarters : Salem
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 278
Salem, AR 72576-0278
Foundation : December 21, 1842
Made up from: Izard County
Area code : 001 870
Demographics
Residents : 12,245  (2010)
Population density : 7.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1607 km²
Water surface : 6 km²
map
Map of Fulton County within Arkansas

The Fulton County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Salem . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located on the Ozark Plateau in the far north of Arkansas, borders Missouri to the north and has an area of ​​1,607 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Ozark County,
Missouri 		Howell County,
Missouri 		Oregon County,
Missouri
Baxter County Compass card (de) .svg Sharp County
Izard County

history

Fulton
growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1850 1819 -
1860 4024 121.2%
1870 4843 20.4%
1880 6720 38.8%
1890 10,984 63.5%
1900 12,917 17.6%
1910 12,193 -5.6%
1920 11,182 -8.3%
1930 10,834 -3.1%
1940 10,253 -5.4%
1950 9187 -10.4%
1960 6657 -27.5%
1970 7699 15.7%
1980 9975 29.6%
1990 10,037 0.6%
2000 11,642 16%
2010 12,245 5.2%
1850-1890 1900-1990

2000 2010

Fulton County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Fulton County was formed on December 21, 1842 from parts of Izard County. It was named after William Savin Fulton (1795-1844), the last governor of the Arkansas Territory (1835-1836) and one of the first two US Senators of the new state (1836-1844).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Fulton County had 12,245 people in 4,461 households. The population density was 7.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.54 people lived in the 4,461 households.

20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.

The median income for a household was 30,831  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,096. 23.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Fulton County

Citys

Town

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Sharp County
2 - partly in Izard and Sharp County

other places

Townships

Protected areas

Web links

Commons : Fulton County, Arkansas  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 66854. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  3. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
  4. ↑ census.gov (2000) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. ( MS Excel ; 27 kB) Retrieved March 31, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov
  5. ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved September 18, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 12, 2011
  7. ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Fulton County ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) 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 September 18, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov

Coordinates: 36 ° 23 ′  N , 91 ° 49 ′  W