Arkansas County, Arkansas
The Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. In 2010, the County had 19,019 inhabitants and a population density of 7.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. With DeWitt and Stuttgart, the County has two administrative centers ( county seats ).
Geography
The County is located in Eastern Arkansas, about 40 kilometers west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with the neighboring state of Mississippi. In the south the county extends to the left bank of the lower Arkansas River. The Arkansas County has an area of 2678 square kilometers, of which 117 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Arkansas County was formed on December 13, 1813, is the oldest county in Arkansas and has a long history behind it. It was named after the North American Indian people of Arkansas. The only battle during the American Revolution west of the Mississippi was beaten in this county in 1773. The earliest records are found in the County Courthouse in Stuttgart, date from 1796 and are written in Spanish. On November 20, 1819, the native of New York William Woodruff brought out the first edition of the Arkansas Gezette, which he brought out to 24 November 1821.
Attractions
Particularly interesting are the Stuttgart Agricultural Museum and the Arkansas Post County Museum with artifacts of the first settlement by Europeans and the National Memorial in Gillett.
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Arkansas County 19,019 people in 7997 households. The population density was 7.4 people per square kilometer. In the 7997 households lived statistically 2.34 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 72.9 percent white, 25.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 39,883. The per capita income was $ 23,570. 17.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Arkansas County
Citys
- De Witt
- Gillett
- Humphrey1
- Stuttgart
Towns
- Almyra
- St. Charles
Unincorporated communities
- Bayou Meto
- Benzal
- Brummitt
- Burks
- Casscoe
- Crocketts Bluff
- De Luce
- Ethel
- Farrelly Lake
- Goldman
- Hagler
- Holdridge
- Hyden
- Immanuel
- Kittler
- La Grue Springs
- Lodge Corner
- Lookout
- Mayview
- Medina
- Nady
- North Stuttgart
- Olena
- One Horse Store
- Preston Ferry
- Sheppard Point
- Tichnor
- Vallier
- Van
- Weaver
- Yoder
1 - partly in Jefferson County
Structure
The Arkansas County is divided into 17 townships: