Perry County, Arkansas

administration
Perry County Courthouse
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Perryville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 358 Perryville, AR 72126-0358
Foundation :	December 18, 1840
Made up from:	Conway County
Area code :	001 501
Demographics
Residents :	10,445 (2010)
Population density :	7.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1452 km²
Water surface :	25 km²
map

The Perry County is a county in the US state of Arkansas . The county seat is Perryville . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited. Perry County is part of the Little Rock metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Arkansas and has an area of 1,452 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water. It borders the counties:

	Conway County	Faulkner County
Yell County		Pulaski County
Garland County		Saline County

history

Oliver Perry

The Wallace Bridge , listed in the NRHP since 2008

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	978	-
1860	2465	152%
1870	2685	8.9%
1880	3872	44.2%
1890	5538	43%
1900	7294	31.7%
1910	9402	28.9%
1920	9905	5.3%
1930	7695	-22.3%
1940	8392	9.1%
1950	5978	-28.8%
1960	4927	-17.6%
1970	5634	14.3%
1980	7266	29%
1990	7969	9.7%
2000	10,209	28.1%
2010	10,445	2.3%
1850-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010 Perry County's Age Pyramid (2000)

Perry County was formed on December 18, 1840 from parts of Conway County. It was named after Oliver Hazard Perry , a hero in the war of 1812.

The first county courthouse consisted of a log cabin built in 1841 that was destroyed by fire in 1850. The fire was a result of the feud between the Lively and McCool families . Another log house served this purpose until the planned construction of a new courthouse. However, the planned new building was destroyed by the outbreak of the Civil War . It was not until 1871 that JLW Matthews donated land for the construction of a new courthouse. This burned down in 1874 and all stored documents were destroyed. The then newly built courthouse was also destroyed by fire in December 1881. The series of incendiaries became known as The Perry County War . In 1888 a brick building was erected that is still in use today.

Historical objects

At 18 Perry County Road is the historic Wallace Bridge , also known as the Nimrod Bridge . The road bridge , completed in 1909, was listed on August 1, 2008 by the National Register of Historic Places with the number 08000724 as a historic monument.

Demographic data

Perry County's population was 10,209 as of the 2000 census . 157 of them lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 3,989 households and 2,939 families. The population density was 7 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.62 percent white, 1.73 percent African American, 0.98 percent Native American, 0.15 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.39 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.11 percent are descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race 1.18 percent of the population was ethnic or ethnic.

Of the 3,989 households, 32.6 percent had children or adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 61.1 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers, and 26.3 percent were non-families. 23.2 percent of all households were single households and 10.4 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96 people.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.4 percent between 18 and 24, 28.0 percent between 25 and 44, 24.5 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there was an average of 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the 31,083 USD , and the median income for a family 37,170 USD. Males had a median income of $ 28,254 versus $ 21,462 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,216. 10.5 percent of families and 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.