Searcy (Arkansas)

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Searcy
Downtown Searcy
Location in county and Arkansas
Basic data
Foundation :	1838
State :	United States
State :	Arkansas
County :	White County
Coordinates :	35 ° 15 ′  N , 91 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 35 ° 15 ′  N , 91 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	18,928 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	496.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	38.3 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 38.1 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	80 m
Postcodes :	72143, 72145, 72149
Area code :	+1 501
FIPS :	05-63020
GNIS ID :	0078309
Website :	www.cityofsearcy.org
Mayor :	Belinda LaForce

Searcy is a town in White County in the US -amerikanischen State Arkansas with 19,900 inhabitants ( 2004 ) and is the county seat . The urban area has a size of 38.1 km². In the city there is the Harding University .

history

On August 9, 1965 there was an accident near Little Rock Air Force Base and the city during the Cold War in a silo (Launch Complex 373-4) equipped with an LGM-25C Titan II ICBM. During maintenance work, an outbreak of fire kills 53 people.

Population development

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1870	874		-
1880	840		-3.9%
1890	1203		43.2%
1900	1995		65.8%
1910	2331		16.8%
1920	2836		21.7%
1930	3387		19.4%
1940	3670		8.4%
1950	6024		64.1%
1960	7272		20.7%
1970	9040		24.3%
1980	13,612		50.6%
1990	15,180		11.5%
2000	18,928		24.7%
1870-2000

sons and daughters of the town

• Beth Ditto (* 1981), musician

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.techbastard.com/missile/titan2/accident_373-4.php
2. ^ Extract from the Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Retrieved February 13, 2011

Web links

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