Baxter County, Arkansas

The Baxter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mountain Home.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme north of Arkansas, bordered to the north Missouri and has an area of 1,520 square kilometers, of which 84 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Baxter County was formed on March 24, 1873 from parts of Fulton County, the Izard County, the Marion County and Searcy counties. It was named after Elisha Baxter (1827-1899), the tenth Governor of Arkansas ( 1872-1874 ).

The final Countygrenzen were established in 1881.

From 1850 steamers sailed the White River and served the passenger and freight transport. In 1900, with the construction of the railway bridge at Cotter, took over the railroad this task.

The Jacob Wolf House, a two story log house, in Liberty (now Norfork ) served from 1828 to 1836 as a territorial administrative headquarters. The Wolf House is the oldest existing Courthouse in Arkansas.

Demographic data

According to the census of 2000, there were 38 386 people in Baxter County. Of these, 710 people were living in collective centers, the other inhabitants living in 17 052 ​​households, and 11,799 families. The population density was 27 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made ​​up of 97.81 percent White, 0.11 percent African American, 0.52 percent Native American, 0.34 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.22 percent from other races groups; 0.97 percent are descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.00 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 17 052 ​​households out of which 22.0 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 59.0 percent were married couples living together, 7.7 percent were single mothers, 30.8 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent of all households were single-person households, and 15.1 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size is 2.65 people.

19.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 5.8 percent between 18 to 24, 21.1 percent between 25 and 44, 27.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 26.8 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 92.3 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 89.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 29,106, and the median income for a family $ 34,578. Males have a median income of $ 25,976, women $ 18,923. The per capita income was $ 16,859. 7.9 percent of families and 11.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Baxter County

Citys

  • Cotter
  • Gassville
  • Lakeview
  • Mountain Home
  • Norfork
  • Salesville

Towns

  • Big Flat1
  • Briarcliff

Unincorporated communities

  • Clark Ridge
  • Gamaliel
  • Harriet
  • Henderson
  • Midway

1 - partially in Searcy County

  • Advance
  • Arcana
  • Arkawana
  • Buffalo City
  • Buford
  • Cartney
  • Colfax
  • Culp
  • Cumi
  • Jordan
  • Lone Rock
  • McPhearson
  • Monkey Run
  • Old Joe
  • Rodney
  • Shady Grove
  • Shipp
  • Three Brothers
  • Whiteville

Townships

  • Bayou Township
  • Big Flat Township
  • Buckhorn Township
  • Buford Township
  • Greenwood Township
  • Grover Township
  • Independence Township
  • Logan Township
  • Lone Rock Township
  • Matney Township
  • Mill Township
  • Mountain Home Township
  • North Fork Township
  • Pigeon Township
  • Union Township
  • Whiteville Township

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