Greene County, Arkansas

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The Greene County Courthouse in Paragould, listed in the NRHP since 1976 [1]
The Greene County Courthouse in Paragould, listed on the NRHP since 1976
administration
US state : Arkansas
Administrative headquarters : Paragould
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 62
Paragould, AR 72451-0062
Foundation : November 5, 1833
Made up from: Lawrence County
Area code : 001 870
Demographics
Residents : 42,090  (2010)
Population density : 28.2 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1501 km²
Water surface : 6 km²
map
Map of Greene County within Arkansas

The Greene County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas . In 2010 , the county had 42,090 residents and a population density of 28.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Paragould .

geography

The county is located almost in the northeast of Arkansas and borders - separated by the St. Francis River - in the east on the southeastern part of Missouri . It has an area of ​​1501 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Greene County:

Randolph County Clay County
Compass card (de) .svg Dunklin County,
Missouri
Lawrence County Craighead County

history

N. Greene
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 1586 -
1850 2593 63.5%
1860 5843 125.3%
1870 7573 29.6%
1880 7480 -1.2%
1890 12,908 72.6%
1900 16,979 31.5%
1910 23,852 40.5%
1920 26,105 9.4%
1930 26,127 0.1%
1940 30.204 15.6%
1950 29,149 -3.5%
1960 25.198 -13.6%
1970 24,765 -1.7%
1980 30,744 24.1%
1990 31,804 3.4%
2000 37,331 17.4%
2010 42,090 12.7%
1840-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

Greene County was formed on November 5, 1833 from parts of Lawrence County. It was named after Nathaniel Greene , a general during the American Revolution. The first court hearings took place in the house of Benjamin Crowley, who came from Kentucky in 1821 and was the first white man to settle here.

Louisiana Colony Governor Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was likely the first European to explore this area in northeast Arkansas. In 1715 the French king commissioned him to search for the sources of the St. Francis River, since rich silver deposits were suspected there.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Greene County had 42,090 people in 16,392 households. The population density was 28.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.40 people lived in each of the 16,392 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.4 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,997  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,923. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Greene County localities

Citys

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Greene County is divided into 24 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Blue Cane Township 57    05-90360
Breckenridge Township 1319    05-90456
Bryan Township 192    05-90510
Cache Township 1184    05-90576
Clark Township 19,443    05-90804
Collier Township 377    05-90903
Crowley Township 297    05-90984
Evening Shade Township 41    05-91257
Friendship Township 822    05-91389
Hays Township 115    05-91644
Hopewell Township 328    05-91764
Hurricane Township 1685    05-91806
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Jones Township 458    05-91992
Lake Township 205    05-92088
Main Shore Township 230    05-92358
Poland Township 1486    05-92940
Reynolds Township 98    05-93120
Salem Township 965    05-93288
Shady Grove Township 177    05-93348
Spring Grove Township 7180    05-93468
St. Francis Township 2002    05-93270
Sugar Creek Township 729    05-93516
Union Township 2587    05-93687
Walnut Corner Township 113    05-93867
Townships in Greene County

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 76000412 , Accessed October 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 66857. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Greene County, AR ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 1, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  4. ^ A b National Association of Counties , Retrieved October 1, 2012.
  5. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing , Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  6. ↑ Excerpt from Census.gov , accessed February 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 12, 2011
  8. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Arkansas  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 1, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 6 ′  N , 90 ° 34 ′  W