Cleveland County (Arkansas)
The Cleveland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Rison.
Geography
The County is located in south-central Arkansas and has an area of 1551 square kilometers, of which three square miles are water. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Cleveland County was formed on April 17, 1873 from parts of Bradley County, Dallas County, the Jefferson County and Lincoln County as Dorsey County. It was named after the original Stephen W. Dorsey, a U.S. Senator from Arkansas. In 1885 it was renamed in Cleveland County, in honor of the recently elected President Grover Cleveland ( 1837-1908 ).
On April 25, 1864 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Marks' Mills took place here between Confederate and Union troops, which ended in favor of the Confederates.
1889 a fire destroyed the County Courthouse in Toledo. The places Rison, Kingsland and New Edinburg competed for the county seat. After several entries, the State Supreme Court ruled on 11 April 1891 for the City of Rison.
Demographic data
According to the census of 2000, there were 8,571 people in Cleveland County. Of these, 69 people were living in collective centers, the other residents living in 3,273 households and 2,513 families. The population density was 6 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 84.79 percent White, 13.22 percent Black or African American, 0.32 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.68 percent from other races groups; 0.83 percent are descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.62 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 3,273 households out of which 34.9 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 62.7 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers, 23.2 percent were non-families. 21.4 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size is 3.00.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24, 27.7 percent between 25 and 44, 24.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 93.2 males.
The median income for a household was $ 32,405, and the median income for a family $ 38,164. Males have a median income of $ 31,282, women $ 21,172. The per capita income was $ 15,362. 11.4 percent of families and 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Cities and Towns
- Calmer
- Friendship
- Gum Springs
- Hebron
- Herbine
- Kedron
- Kingsland
- Mount Elba
- Mount Zion
- New Edinburg
- Oak Grove
- Orlando
- Pansy
- Randall
- Rison
- Rowell
- Rye
- Saltworks
- Staves
- Toledo
- White Oak Bluff
Townships
- Bowman Township
- Harper Township
- Hudgin Township
- Hurricane Township
- Kingsland Township
- Lee Township
- Miller Township
- Niven Township
- Redland Township
- Rison Township
- Rowell Township
- Saline Township
- Smith Township
- White Oak Township
- Whiteville Township