Poinsett County

Poinsett County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1989
administration
US state :	Arkansas
Administrative headquarters :	Harrisburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 401 Market Street Harrisburg, AR 72432-1933
Foundation :	February 28, 1838
Made up from:	Greene County St. Francis County
Area code :	001 870
Demographics
Residents :	24,583  (2010)
Population density :	12.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1977 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map
Website : www.poinsettcounty.us

The Poinsett County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas . In 2010 the county had 24,583 residents and a population density of 12.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Harrisburg .

geography

The county is located in northeast Arkansas and is about 30 km to the east from the Mississippi River , which forms the border with Tennessee . It and has an area of ​​1,977 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water surface. Within the county, the Little River flows into the St. Francis River . The following neighboring counties border Poinsett County:

	Craighead County
Jackson County		Mississippi County
	Cross County	Crittenden County

history

Poinsett

Poinsett County was formed on February 28, 1838 from parts of Greene County and St. Francis County.

It was named after Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779-1851), a former US  -  Minister of War (1837-1841) and renowned amateur botanist.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1840	1320		-
1850	2308		74.8%
1860	3621		56.9%
1870	1720		-52.5%
1880	2192		27.4%
1890	4272		94.9%
1900	7025		64.4%
1910	12,791		82.1%
1920	20,848		63%
1930	29,695		42.4%
1940	37,670		26.9%
1950	39,311		4.4%
1960	30,834		-21.6%
1970	26,822		-13%
1980	27,032		0.8%
1990	24,664		-8.8%
2000	25,614		3.9%
2010	24,583		-4%
1840-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

The Lake Poinsett State Park

The Lake Hogue

According to the 2010 census , Poinsett County had 24,583 people in 9,545 households. The population density was 12.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.55 people lived in 9545 households.

The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 7.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,267  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,625. 25.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Poinsett County

Citys

Fisher Harrisburg Lepanto Marked Tree

Trumann Tyronza Weiner

Town

• Waldenburg

Unincorporated Communities

Alto Anderson Tully Bay Village Beasley Black Oak Boat Run Brushey Lake Cassidy Deckerville Dewey Mill Dobell Donnick

You b Frys Mill Gaulett Greenfield Hatchie Coon Hydrick Joyland Judd Hill Landers Maple Grove McCormick Mount Olive

Mulligan North Pitts Northern Ohio Old Weona Payneway Pittinger Pitts Promised Land Rivals Spear Lake Stacy Stewart

Tulot Tyronza Junction U.N Walnut Grove Corner Weona Weona Junction Whitaker Whitehall Wilbeth Yellow Banks

structure

Townships in Poinsett County

Poinsett County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bolivar Township	4465	05-90402
Dobson Township	170	05-91119
Greenfield Township	1180	05-91518
Greenwood Township	2492	05-91527
Little River Township	3779	05-92229
Lunsford Township	324	05-92304
Owen Township	600	05-92796
Scott Township	1011	05-93333
Tyronza Township	998	05-93660
West Prairie Township	894	05-93973
Willis Township	8670	05-94068

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Poinsett County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 89001876. Retrieved September 1, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 69174. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Poinsett County, AR Retrieved September 29, 2012
4. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved September 29, 2012
5. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.Retrieved February 13, 2011
6. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
7. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 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 September 29, 2012  

Web links

Commons : Poinsett County, Arkansas  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• www.city-data.com - Poinsett County
• Association of Arkansas Counties

Coordinates: 35 ° 34 ′  N , 90 ° 40 ′  W