Baxter County, Arkansas
Baxter County is a county in the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 41,513; the county seat is Mountain Home. It is Arkansas's 66th county, formed on March 24, 1873, named for Elisha Baxter, the tenth governor of Arkansas; the Mountain Home, AR, Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Baxter County. It is in the northern part of bordering Missouri, it is referred to as the Twin Lakes Area because it is bordered by two of Arkansas' largest lakes, Bull Shoals Lake and Norfork Lake. On its southern border is the Norfork Tailwater and the Buffalo National River. Mountain Home, a small town whose origins date back to the early nineteenth century, is located in north-central Arkansas on a plateau in the Ozark Mountains; the natural environment of nearby Norfork and Bull Shoals lakes and the surrounding countryside has attracted tourists from around the country for many years. Educational institutions have played a role in the life of the community; the Baxter Bulletin weekly newspaper was named in 1973 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as the "Best Overall Weekly Newspaper in the United States" in the over 10,000-circulation category.
At the time it was the largest weekly paper in Arkansas. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 587 square miles, of which 554 square miles is land and 32 square miles is water. Ozark County, Missouri Fulton County Izard County Stone County Searcy County Marion County Buffalo National River Ozark National Forest As of the 2000 census, there were 38,386 people, 17,052 households, 11,799 families residing in the county; the population density was 69 people per square mile. There were 19,891 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile; the racial makeup of the county was 97.81% White, 0.11% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, 0.97% from two or more races. 1.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 17,052 households out of which 22.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.00% were married couples living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.80% were non-families.
27.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.10% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.65. In the county, the population was spread out with 19.00% under the age of 18, 5.80% from 18 to 24, 21.10% from 25 to 44, 27.40% from 45 to 64, 26.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.10 males. The median income for a household in the county was $29,106, the median income for a family was $34,578. Males had a median income of $25,976 versus $18,923 for females; the per capita income for the county was $16,859. About 7.90% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.70% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over. As of 2010 Baxter County had a population of 41,513; the racial makeup was 95.96% Non-Hispanic whites, 0.16% blacks, 0.56% Native Americans, 0.41% Asians, 0.04% Pacific Islanders, 1.25% Non-Hispanics reporting more than one race and 1.66% Hispanic or Latino.
Briarcliff Cotter Gassville Lakeview Mountain Home Norfork Salesville Big Flat Midway Buford Clarkridge Gamaliel Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county. Each township includes unincorporated areas. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times. However, the United States Census does list Arkansas population based on townships. Townships are of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research; each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications. The townships of Baxter County are listed below. Richard Antrim – naval rear admiral, World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Lonnie D. Bentley – professor and the head of the Department of Computer and Information Technology at Purdue University Robbie Branscum – writer of children's books and young adult fiction Bob Cohee - former county judge, former state Republican chairman Johnny R. Key - member of the Arkansas State Senate from Baxter County since 2009 Richard A. Knaak – author of Minotaur Wars and other contributions to Dragonlance Carolyn D. Wright – poet, born in Mountain Home List of lakes in Baxter County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Baxter County, Arkansas Baxter County government's website Baxter County, Arkansas at Curlie Ozark Amateur Radio Club - website
Howard County, Arkansas
Howard County is a county located in the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,789; the county seat is Nashville. Howard County is Arkansas's 74th county, formed on April 17, 1873, named for James Howard, a state senator, it is dry county. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 595 square miles, of which 589 square miles is land and 6.8 square miles is water. U. S. Highway 70 U. S. Highway 278 U. S. Highway 371 Highway 26 Highway 27 Highway 84 Polk County Pike County Hempstead County Little River County Sevier County Ouachita National Forest As of the 2000 census, there were 14,300 people, 5,471 households, 3,922 families residing in the county; the population density was 24 people per square mile. There were 6,297 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile; the racial makeup of the county was 73.60% White, 21.86% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.50% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.76% from other races, 0.86% from two or more races.
5.08% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 4.75 % reported speaking Spanish at home. There were 5,471 households out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.20% were married couples living together, 12.70% had a female householder with no husband present, 28.30% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.60% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.04. In the county, the population was spread out with 26.90% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.20 males. The median income for a household in the county was $28,699, the median income for a family was $34,510. Males had a median income of $28,086 versus $17,266 for females.
The per capita income for the county was $15,586. About 11.90% of families and 15.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.10% of those under age 18 and 17.00% of those age 65 or over. Dierks Mineral Springs Nashville Tollette Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county; each township includes unincorporated areas. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times. However, the United States Census does list Arkansas population based on townships. Townships are of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research; each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications. The townships of Howard County are listed below. List of lakes in Howard County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Howard County, Arkansas
Lonoke County, Arkansas
Lonoke County is a county located in the Central Arkansas region of the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,356, making it the eleventh-most populous of Arkansas's seventy-five counties; the county seat is Lonoke and largest city is Cabot. Lonoke County was formed on April 16, 1873 from Pulaski County and Prairie County, was named as a corruption of "lone oak", after a large red oak in the area, used by a surveyor to lay out the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. Located within Central Arkansas, the county's varied geography can be broken into thirds horizontally; the top third has rolling hills including the Cabot area. The middle third, including the Lonoke area, contains portions of the Grand Prairie, a flat native grassland today known for rice farming, an important part of the culture and history of Lonoke County; the southern third, including the Scott area, is home to the alluvial soils of the Arkansas Delta. A military road and a railroad brought settlers to the area, cotton cultivation was profitable.
In 1904, a demonstration that rice could grow well on the same land coupled with sinking cotton prices drove the area into rice cultivation. During World War I, a United States Army World War I Flight Training airfield, Eberts Field, was constructed. Today Lonoke County is included in the Central Arkansas metro area, with Little Rock as the principal city. In addition to agriculture, the county's economy sees tourists at the Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Joe Hogan Fish Hatchery and Toltec Mounds State Park, Lonoke County is an alcohol prohibition or dry county. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 803 square miles, of which 771 square miles is land and 32 square miles is water. Toltec Mounds Plantation Agri. Mus. State Park Bayou Meto White County Prairie County Arkansas County Jefferson County Pulaski County Faulkner County As of the 2000 census, there were 52,828 people, 19,262 households, 15,024 families residing in the county; the population density was 69 people per square mile.
There were 20,749 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 91.03% White, 6.44% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.51% from other races, 1.08% from two or more races. 1.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 19,262 households out of which 40.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.30% were married couples living together, 10.60% had a female householder with no husband present, 22.00% were non-families. 19.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.60% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.09. In the county, the population was spread out with 28.70% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 30.90% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, 10.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.80 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $40,314, the median income for a family was $46,173. Males had a median income of $32,451 versus $22,897 for females; the per capita income for the county was $17,397. About 8.10% of families and 10.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.20% of those under age 18 and 13.60% of those age 65 or over. Austin Cabot Carlisle England Humnoke Lonoke Ward Allport Coy Keo Scott Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county; each township includes unincorporated areas. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times. However, the United States Census does list Arkansas population based on townships. Townships are of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research; each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications. The townships of Lonoke County are listed below. List of dry counties in Arkansas List of counties in Arkansas List of lakes in Lonoke County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Lonoke County, Arkansas Lonoke County Sheriff's Office
Prairie County, Arkansas
Prairie County is located in the Central Arkansas region of the U. S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for the Grand Prairie, a subregion of the Arkansas Delta known for rice cultivation and aquaculture which runs through the county. Created as Arkansas's 54th county in 1846, Prairie County is home to four incorporated towns, including DeValls Bluff, the southern district county seat, two incorporated cities, including Des Arc, the northern district county seat; the county is the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. Occupying 676 square miles, Prairie County is the median-sized county in Arkansas; as of the 2010 Census, the county's population is 8,715 people in 4,503 households. Based on population, the county is the ninth-smallest county of the 75 in Arkansas; the county is crossed by Interstate 40, a major east-west Interstate highway running from California to North Carolina, as well as four United States highways. Eleven Arkansas state highways run in the county.
Prairie County is served by two public owned/public use general aviation airports and six potable water systems. The county at first was land given to Cherokee Indians resettled from Tennessee and was the Western band of Cherokee reservation from 1812 to 1836. Today, an estimated 2,000 residents have some American Indian ancestry; the town of Fredonia was named for the unsuccessful 1826 attempt of Arkansas Cherokee and to create the Republic of Fredonia by Arkansas Cherokee and Texan settlers in Mexican Texas. The town of DeValls Bluff was the Western Cherokee's seat, is now one of Prairie County's seats. Prairie County suffered during the Civil War. Des Arc was destroyed, a local historian estimated that not more than 15 horses were left in the county by the war's end; the rest had been taken by soldiers of the other. On September 5, 1913, Lee Simms became the first person to be executed in Arkansas by the electric chair, he was executed for the crime of violent rape. Stern's Medlar, a unknown plant species, was discovered in Prairie County as as 1990.
It is not known to grow anywhere else in the world. The plant is critically endangered, with only 25 known specimens, all growing within a single small wood, now protected as the Konecny Grove Natural Area; the county is located between two primary geographic regions of Arkansas: Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta. The Arkansas Delta is a subregion of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, a flat area consisting of rich, fertile sediment deposits from the Mississippi River between Louisiana and Illinois; the county is described as being within the Grand Prairie, a subdivision of the Arkansas Delta known today for rice farming and aquaculture, rather than Central Arkansas or the Delta. It is this geographic feature. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 676 square miles, of which 648 square miles is land and 28 square miles is water. Prior to settlement, Prairie County was large, flat grassland distinct from the swamps and bayous in the nearby Delta. Although cotton and other row crops grew well in the Prairie's silty loam soil, rice production changed the cultivation patterns in the county at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Although some prairie and riparian areas has been preserved in conservation areas, a large portion of the county remains in cultivation. Another large land use in Prairie County is the Cache River NWR and Wattensaw Wildlife Management Area, owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, respectively; the county is located 53 miles east of Little Rock and 90 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee. Prairie County is surrounded by five other counties: White County to the north, Woodruff County to the northeast, Monroe County to the east, Arkansas County to the south, Lonoke County to the west. Prairie County has a humid subtropical climate. Prairie County experiences all four seasons, although summers can be hot and humid and winters are mild with little snow. July is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 92 °F and an average low of 73 °F. Temperatures above 100 °F are not uncommon. January is the coldest month with an average high of 48 °F and an average low of 31 °F.
The highest temperature was 109 °F, the lowest temperature recorded was −5 °F. Record snowfall in Des Arc occurred January 7, 1912, with 18 inches; as of the 2000 United States Census, there were 9,539 people, 3,894 households, 2,795 families residing in the county. The population density was 6/km². There were 4,790 housing units at an average density of 3/km²; the racial makeup of the county was 84.83% White, 13.71% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 0.28% from other races, 0.64% from two or more races. 0.81% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 3,894 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.60% were married couples living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, 28.20% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.20% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the county, the population was spread out with 23.90% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 25.10% from 45 to 64, 17.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median
Washington County, Arkansas
Washington County is a county located in the northwest part of the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 203,065, making it the third-most populous county in Arkansas; the county seat is Fayetteville. It is Arkansas's 17th county, formed on October 17, 1828, named for George Washington, the first President of the United States. Washington County is part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Washington County began following an 1817 treaty; the area was next known as Lovely County, one year Washington County was created after another Cherokee treaty. The court house was centrally located in the city of Washington, modern-day Fayetteville; the Lee Creek Valley in southern Washington County contained many of the county's early settlements, including Cane Hill and Evansville. Arkansas College and Cane Hill College were both founded in Washington County within a day of each other in 1834, with the University of Arkansas being founded in Fayetteville in 1871.
The county witnessed major battles during the American Civil War, including the Battle of Fayetteville, the Battle of Prairie Grove, the Battle of Cane Hill. The county was sparsely settled and the residents were divided in their allegiance, since slaves were few, plantations nonexistent, political news came by White River travelers, not from the pro-Confederate southern part of the state. A Butterfield Overland Mail route was established through the county in 1858, causing more families to settle there; the economy of Washington County was based on apples in the late 19th century. A mixture of wet weather and loamy soils provided a good environment for apple orchards. First planted in areas around Lincoln and Cane Hill in the 1830s, apple orchards began all across the county; the United States Census reported a crop of 614,924 bushels of apples produced by the county in 1900, the highest in the state. Several varieties of apple were discovered in the area including Shannon Pippin, Wilson June, most notably the Arkansas Black.
The Ben Davis became the apple of choice in the area for shipment across the region. Corn became the dominant crop, outselling apples by $500,000 in 1900. Arkansas Industrial University was founded in the growing community of Fayetteville in 1871 after William McIlroy a donated farmland for the site; the university changed its name in 1899 to the University of Arkansas. Railroads came to Washington County after the St. Louis – San Francisco Railway decided to build a line to Texas through Fort Smith. Two possible routes were proposed, one passing through Prairie Grove, the other through Fayetteville. Many Fayetteville residents and farmers sold or donated land for the right of way to influence the choice, they were successful and in 1881 the first passenger train arrived at Fayetteville. The county continued to grow with more schools after the railroad's completion. Rural parts of the county began losing population in the 1920s during the Great Depression, when high taxes forcing residents to move to Fayetteville or west to Oklahoma.
The rural areas became the Ozark National Forest and Devil's Den State Park. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 952 square miles, of which 942 square miles is land and 10 square miles is water, it is the fourth-largest county by area in Arkansas. The county is in a subdivision of the Ozark Mountains. Devil's Den State Park in southern Washington County is known for its picturesque views and mountain vistas. Washington County contains Lake Wedington, located in scenic country west of Fayetteville on Wedington Drive. Washington County sits on a basement of Precambrian granite and rhyolite, as most of the continental interior of the United States does. Much of the county's geologic history must be inferred from nearby Oklahoma and Missouri research, due to the steepness of the more formed mountains that did not form in the neighboring states; this igneous material was eroded until the Paleozoic. These oceans came and retreated for 300 million years, depositing various different sedements during that time.
This created fossiliferous limestone and ripple marked-sandstone, both present throughout the north part of the county as evidence of ancient oceans. Sediments were deposited from the Devonian and Pennsylvanian periods. During this deposition period, the county had a climate similar to that of the present-day Bahamas, as the equator was north of Washington County; the Devonian brought shales, the Mississippian brought the limestones and chert visible in the bluffs. This chert is present throughout most of the county; the county is home to the Boone Formation, white limestones, the Wedington Sandstone, the Bastesville Sandstone, the Pitkin formation, the Fayetteville Shale. Settlers were attracted to the area by its numerous streams, used to power gristmills and clays for use in construction, lime-sweetened soil, chert for road construction. Today, Washington County consists of two main formations, the Boston Mountains and the Springfield Plateau. During the late Pennsylvanian, sediments were deposited on top of the Springfield Plateau.
The area was uplifted during the Ouachita orogeny and subsequent erosion formed the rugged Boston Mountains. Erosion of these sediments causes the Boston Mountains to be carved steeply in the south, while in the north of the county, the Boston Mountain sediments are entirely eroded, exposing the older rocks of the Springfield Plateau. Benton Cou
Woodruff County, Arkansas
Woodruff County is located in the Arkansas Delta in the U. S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for William E. Woodruff, founder of the state's first newspaper, the Arkansas Gazette. Created as Arkansas's 54th county in 1862, Woodruff County is home to one incorporated town and four incorporated cities, including Augusta, the county seat; the county is the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. Occupying only 587 square miles, Woodruff County is the 13th smallest county in Arkansas; as of the 2010 Census, the county's population is 7,260 people in 3,531 households. Based on population, the county is the second-smallest county of the 75 in Arkansas. Located in the Arkansas Delta, the county is flat with fertile soils. Covered in forest and swamps, the area was cleared for agriculture by early settlers, it is drained by the White River. Along the Cache River, the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge runs north-south across the county, preserving bottomland forest and wildlife habitat.
Although no Interstate highways are located in Woodruff County, two United States highways and twelve Arkansas state highways run in the county. Two Union Pacific Railroad lines cross the county; the county is located in one of the six primary geographic regions of Arkansas. The Arkansas Delta is a subregion of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, a flat area consisting of rich, fertile sediment deposits from the Mississippi River between Louisiana and Illinois. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 594 square miles, of which 587 square miles is land and 7.2 square miles is water. Major hydrologic features include the Cache River, which bisects the county north-south, Bayou De View, which runs through eastern Woodruff County, the White River, which serves as the county's western boundary. Prior to settlement, Woodruff County was densely forested, with bayous and swamps crossing the land. Seeking to take advantage of the area's fertile soils, settlers cleared the land to better suit row crops.
Although some swampland has been preserved in the Cache River NWR and some former farmland has undergone reforestation, the majority of the county remains in cultivation. Another large land use in Woodruff County is the Cache River NWR, owned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Stretching 90 miles across adjacent counties, the NWR is listed as a Ramsar wetlands of international importance, serves as a key wintering area for ducks and the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in North America; the NWR aggressively seeks willing property owners to sell land to add to the NWR's boundaries, adding 2,000 acres in 2015. The county is located 75 miles northeast of Little Rock and 81.3 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee. Woodruff County is surrounded by five other Delta counties: Jackson County to the north, Cross County to the northeast, St. Francis County to the southeast, Monroe County to the south and Prairie County to the southwest. West of Woodruff County is White County, something of combination point for the Delta and Central Arkansas.
Woodruff County has a humid subtropical climate. Woodruff County experiences all four seasons, although summers can be hot and humid and winters are mild with little snow. July is the hottest month of the year, with an average high of 93 °F and an average low of 70 °F. Temperatures above 100 °F are not uncommon. January is the coldest month with an average high of 49 °F and an average low of 27 °F; the highest temperature was 112 °F, recorded in 1936 and 1972. The lowest temperature recorded was −11 °F, on January 8, 1942. Four incorporated cities and one incorporated towns are located within the county; the largest city and county seat, Augusta, is located in the western part of the county near the White River and the White County border. Augusta's population in 2010 was 2,199—well below its peak of 3,496 at the 1980 Census. McCrory and Patterson are adjacent to each other, located near the county's center. Cotton Plant and Hunter are both located in the southern part of Woodruff County, with 2010 populations of 649 and 105, respectively.
Woodruff County has dozens of unincorporated communities and ghost towns within its borders. This is due to early settlers in Arkansas tending to cluster in small clusters rather than incorporated towns. For example and Gregory had post offices at some point in their history. Other communities are a few dwellings at a crossroads that have adopted a common place name over time; some are listed as populated places by the United States Geological Survey, others are listed as historic settlements. Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county; each township includes unincorporated areas. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times. However, the United States Census does list Arkansas population based on townships. Townships are of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research; each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications. The townships of Woodruff County are listed below; as of the 2000 United States Census, there were 8,741 people, 3,531 households, 2,439 families residing
Poinsett County, Arkansas
Poinsett County is a county located in the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,583; the county seat is Harrisburg. Poinsett County is included in AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Poinsett County was formed on February 28, 1838, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, U. S. Secretary of War. County business was conducted in the county judge's home until first court was held in Bolivar, upon completion of a courthouse in 1839. County government was moved in 1859 to Harrisburg, a more central locale designated as the new county seat. Poinsett County acquired its current boundaries in the years following this change, as portions were assigned to newly organized counties; the northern portion became Craighead County, the south portion became Cross County. Sunken lands were added to eastern Poinsett County during this time, including Lepanto and Marked Tree; the Civil War devastated the county financially. It did not recover until the railroads were constructed into the area, giving farmers a new avenue to market their crops, the timber industry developed.
The Texas and St. Louis Railway Company completed track through Weiner and the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railway ran through the center of the county in 1882; the Kansas City, Ft. Scott, Gulf Railroad opened service in east Poinsett County the following year. Shipping timber had become feasible and was undertaken throughout northeast Arkansas following the completion of railroads. Farmers used the railroads to ship their farm animals to new markets. Many small railroad towns boomed during this period. Despite this uplift, the county's population consisted of poor sharecroppers and tenant farmers, with an elite class of white landowners. Poinsett County was the hardest hit county by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which flooded thousands of fields and destroyed homes countywide; the Southern Tenant Farmers Union was founded in 1935 in Tyronza during the Great Depression. The organization was an interracial union to improve the pay and working conditions of poor sharecroppers, it met violent resistance from white planters, with union leaders and members attacked and some killed throughout its areas of organizing in Arkansas and Mississippi.
The Southern Tenant Farmers Union Museum in Tyronza is now operated by Arkansas State University. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 764 square miles, of which 758 square miles is land and 5.2 square miles is water. Located in Arkansas's northeast corner, the county is bisected by Crowley's Ridge and the L'Anguille River which both pass north-south through the county; the soils in the eastern part of the county have been deposited by the Mississippi River and are used for cotton farming. Western Poinsett County is dedicated to rice fields. Lake Poinsett State Park is centrally located within the county. Craighead County Mississippi County Crittenden County Cross County Jackson County As of the 2000 census, there were 25,614 people, 10,026 households, 7,228 families residing in the county; the population density was 34 people per square mile. There were 11,051 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile; the racial makeup of the county was 90.98% White, 7.13% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.74% from other races, 0.75% from two or more races.
1.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 10,026 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.60% were married couples living together, 13.20% had a female householder with no husband present, 27.90% were non-families. 24.80% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.70% had someone living alone, 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.99. In the county, the population was spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 27.10% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, 14.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $26,558, the median income for a family was $32,257. Males had a median income of $26,633 versus $19,199 for females; the per capita income for the county was $13,087.
About 17.60% of families and 21.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.60% of those under age 18 and 20.50% of those age 65 or over. Poinsett County voted Democratic until, in 2008, it voted Republican for only the third time in the past century. Early childhood and secondary education is available from four school districts listed from largest to smallest based on student population: Trumann School District based in Trumann with four facilities serving more than 1,600 students. Harrisburg School District based in Harrisburg with five facilities and serving more than 1,300 students. East Poinsett County School District based in Lepanto with three facilities serving more than 750 students. Marked Tree School District based in Marked Tree with three facilities serving more than 650 students. Poinsett County is served with central and branch libraries from two library systems, the Crowley Ridge Regional Library System and Trumann Library System. Fisher Harrisburg Lepanto Marked Tree Trumann Tyronza Weiner Waldenburg Greenfield Rivervale Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county.
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