Hot Spring County
![]() Hot Spring County Courthouse |
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US state : | Arkansas |
Administrative headquarters : | Malvern |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse 210 Locust Streety Malvern, AR 72104-3791 |
Foundation : | November 2, 1829 |
Made up from: | Clark County |
Area code : | 001 501 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 32,923 (2010) |
Population density : | 20.7 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1611 km² |
Water surface : | 19 km² |
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The Hot Spring County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Malvern . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
geography
The county is located southwest of the geographic center of Arkansas and has an area of 1,611 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:
Montgomery County | Garland County | Saline County |
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Grant County | |
Clark County | Dallas County , |
history
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1830 | 458 | - | |
1840 | 1907 | 316.4% | |
1850 | 3609 | 89.3% | |
1860 | 5635 | 56.1% | |
1870 | 5877 | 4.3% | |
1880 | 7775 | 32.3% | |
1890 | 11,603 | 49.2% | |
1900 | 12,748 | 9.9% | |
1910 | 15,022 | 17.8% | |
1920 | 17,784 | 18.4% | |
1930 | 18,105 | 1.8% | |
1940 | 18,916 | 4.5% | |
1950 | 22,181 | 17.3% | |
1960 | 21,893 | -1.3% | |
1970 | 21,963 | 0.3% | |
1980 | 26,819 | 22.1% | |
1990 | 26,115 | -2.6% | |
2000 | 30,353 | 16.2% | |
2010 | 32,923 | 8.5% | |
1830-1890 1900-1990
2000 2010 |
The Hot Spring County was formed on November 2, 1829 from parts of Clark County as the 18th County in Arkansas. It was named after the hot springs located here, which were later used as medicinal springs. Ironically, the hot springs are no longer within county boundaries.
First county seat was in Hot Springs. In 1844 it became Rockport. In 1866 the two-story County Courthouse was completed, but it was destroyed by fire on January 23, 1873. The Cairo and Fulton Railroad (later Missouri Pacific Railroad ) offered the city of Rockport a connection to its rail network for an investment. When Rockport refused, the railroad moved the rails to Malvern in 1873, which it found more profitable. From now on, Malvern served as a transfer point between the railroad and the stagecoach routes. On October 15, 1878, Malvern was elected to the county seat.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Hot Spring County had 32,923 people in 11,660 households. The population density was 20.7 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 85.6 percent white, 10.8 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Statistically, there were 2.64 people in each of the 11,660 households.
22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 36,387 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,922. 17.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Hot Spring County
- other places
- Antioch Township
- Big Creek Township
- Bismarck Township
- Brown Springs Township
- Butterfield Township
- Clear Creek Township
- De Roche Township
- Dover Township
- Fenter Township
- Gifford Township
- Harrison Township
- Henderson Township
- Lone Hill Township
- Magnet township
- Midway Township
- Montgomery Township
- Ouachita Township
- Prairie Township
- Saline Township
- Valley Township
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 66859. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 25, 2011
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
- ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
- ↑ 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
- ↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved September 25, 2011
- ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 12, 2011
- ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Hot Spring County ( Memento of the original from July 11, 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 25, 2011
Web links
- US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Hot Spring County
- Yahoo Image Search - Hot Spring County
- www.city-data.com - Hot Spring County
- Association of Arkansas Counties
Coordinates: 34 ° 19 ′ N , 92 ° 57 ′ W