Ouachita County

administration
The Ouachita County Courthouse in Camden, listed on the NRHP since 1989
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Camden
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 644 Camden, AR 71711-0644
Foundation :	November 29, 1842
Made up from:	Union County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	26,120 (2010)
Population density :	13.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1916 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

The Ouachita County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Camden .

geography

The county is located in south-central Arkansas, about 37 miles south of Louisiana , and covers an area of 1,916 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following counties:

Clark County	Dallas County
Nevada County		Calhoun County
Columbia County	Union County

history

Ouachita County was formed on November 29, 1842 from parts of Union County as the 45th County in Arkansas. It was named after the Ouachita River that flows through the county.

The first school building was built in 1871. Until 1880, the main transport of people and goods was done by steamship. The main buyers of the goods produced were Baton Rouge and New Orleans . After 1880, the Reader Railroad , then also known as the Possum Trot Line , brought the railroad to the county. The train connection promoted the emergence of new cities and communities.

In 1907 Garland Anthony started a small sawmill, from which the Anthony Timberlands company has emerged to this day . In 1928 the production of paper was added, today's International Paper Company .

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	9591	-
1860	12,936	34.9%
1870	12,975	0.3%
1880	11,758	-9.4%
1890	17,033	44.9%
1900	20,892	22.7%
1910	21,774	4.2%
1920	20,636	-5.2%
1930	29,890	44.8%
1940	31,151	4.2%
1950	33.051	6.1%
1960	31,641	-4.3%
1970	30,896	-2.4%
1980	30,541	-1.1%
1990	30,574	0.1%
2000	28,790	-5.8%
2010	26,120	-9.3%
1850-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Age pyramid of Ouachita County (as of 2000)

Historical objects

The historically relevant Ben Laney Bridge is on US Route 79B .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Ouachita County had 26,120 people in 11,019 households. The population density was .. inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 57.0 percent white, 40.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.30 people lived in each of the 11,019 households.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 19 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,393 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,072. 21.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Ouachita County

^{1- partially in Nevada County}

Townships

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 89001958. Retrieved September 3, 2011

↑ GNIS-ID: 69170. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 13, 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 @1@ 2

↑ United States Census 2010.Retrieved September 3, 2011

↑ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Ouachita County ( Memento of the original from July 16, 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 3, 2011 @1@ 2

Web links

Commons : Ouachita County, Arkansas - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

33.591666666667 -92.916111111111Coordinates: 33 ° 36 ' N , 92 ° 55' W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 89001958. Retrieved September 3, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 69170. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 13, 2011

[4] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011