Imboden, Arkansas
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 Methodist Church in Imboden |
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| Foundation : | around 1828 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Arkansas | ||
| County : | Lawrence County | ||
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 12 ′ N , 91 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 677 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 294.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 96 m | ||
| Postal code : | 72434 | ||
| Area code : | +1 870 | ||
| FIPS : | 05-34150 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0057965 | ||
| Website : | www.imbodenarkansas.com | ||
| Mayor : | Chris Jones | ||
 Bridge over the Spring River |
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Imboden is a city (Second Class City) in Lawrence County , Arkansas , USA . It had 677 inhabitants in 2010.
geography
Imboden is in northern Arkansas on the Spring River in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains , 36 mi (58 km) northwest of Jonesboro . US Highway 412 runs through the town , here between Portia and Hardy on a joint route with US Highway 63 , into which US Highway 62 joins from the north and Arkansas Highway 115 from the southwest. Imboden is also on the former St. Louis - San Francisco Railway between Memphis and Springfield .
history
Members of the Imboden family had immigrated to North America from Switzerland as early as the 18th century and settled in Bucks County , Pennsylvania . Benjamin Imboden moved to Cedar Creek , Missouri in 1820 and to Arkansas in 1828, where he purchased 320 acres (129.5 hectares ) of land in 1830 for the price of $ 1,600 at the location of today's city .
The city experienced strong growth after the construction of the railroad. The first hotel was built in 1883 or 1884, and in 1905 the first houses got electricity. The bakery, established in 1904, developed into a grocery store, but closed in 1920 after a fire. Her building then served as a cinema. In 1889 the place received its own administration.
In 1912, the 21-year-old and partially paralyzed Joe Sullivan was elected as the youngest mayor of a city in the United States at the time. However, he left the place in 1914 and became head of a school for disabled children.
A ferry across the Spring River was set up after the American Civil War and replaced by a bridge in 1898. In 1938 today's concrete bridge for road and rail was completed.
Population development
| year | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 |
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| population | 157 | 411 | 600 | 630 | 564 | 525 | 447 | 400 | 496 | 661 | 616 | 684 | 677 | 640 |
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education
There are two public schools in Imboden. In 1899, the Sloan-Hendrix Academy was initially set up as a private school and assigned to Hendrix College in Conway , which at that time also had a secondary school branch. In 2002 the Imboden Area Charter School opened .
The local Bobbie Jean Memorial Library is a branch of the Lawrence County Library.
religion
Several Christian denominations are represented in Imboden. A Methodist congregation organized itself in the early 1880s . Their first church was built in 1895. German immigrants brought Catholicism to Imboden, the first Catholic church, built in 1888, but a few years later it was converted into a residential building and burned down in 1915. The Church of Christ , the Church of God and the Assembly of God are also present.
Events
The Lawrence County Fair with a rodeo takes place in August each year, and the Christmas Parade on the first Sunday in December .
proof
- ↑ a b c d Imboden . Arkansas Municipal League.
- ↑ a b History . City of Imboden.
- ↑ a b City of Imboden. In the foothills of the Ozark Mountains .
- ↑ a b c Reta Covey: The Story of Imboden Arkansas Part Two Archived from the original on November 22, 2008. 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. In: Lawrence County Historical Society . 5, no.1 , originally published in Walnut Ridge The Times Dispatch, 1975
- ^ Census of Population and Housing . Census.gov. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ↑ Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 . Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ History of Sloan-Hendrix .
- ↑ About IACS . Imboden Area Charter School.
- ^ Bobbie Jean Memorial Library .
