De Queen, Arkansas
Sevier County
05-18490
De Queen is a city and county seat in Sevier County of the U.S. state of Arkansas. 2010, the population was about 6,600 people living on less than 15 square kilometers.
De Queen is part of the socio-economic region Ark- La - Tex, which has arisen between the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
History
The city was built along a railway line, which was built in the late 1880s as the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad from Kansas City, Missouri to Port Arthur in Texas. During the financial crisis that began in 1893, Arthur Stilwell sought in Europe for new sponsors. This he finally found in January DeGoeijen with which he was able to collect a total of 3 million U.S. dollars. Thus, the new town was eventually named after him, the town name was changed in De Queen because of the problematic pronunciation De Goeijen.
Demography
The 2010 Census showed a population of 6629th of which 53.5% were Hispanic or Latino, 36.7 % White, 5.6% Coloured, 2.3% Indians and 0.7 % Asian. 35.1 % of the population belonged to another ethnicity to 4.2% had two or more ethnicities. The average age was 29 years.
Compared to the 2000 census, so that could be observed growth. In those days, still 5765 people in the city, spread over 1913 households and 1377 families. Per square kilometer, this corresponded to a population of 395.4 people. The average family had a size of 3.44 persons. The average income was eternal than U.S. $ 13,000, almost a quarter of the urban population lived below the poverty line.
Education
In the city there is an outdoor campus of Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas. There are also free qualifying courses for the training of adults are offered.
Traffic
The city is crossed by three U.S. highways: The U.S. Route 59 runs from the north to the east of the city and connects it with Houston, among others in the south. The U.S. Route 71 runs in the urban area on the same path and connects the city among other Bossier and Kansas City. The U.S. Route 70 runs from the west to the east of the city and leads among other things to Memphis. The latter two routes are regarded as two of the 21 main compounds of the system.
In the north of the city is also home to an aircraft runway. From the north, a multi-track railway line runs through the city, which is divided in the south on two lines to the southwest and east.
Personalities
- Collin Raye ( b. 1960 ), a successful country singer and songwriter
- Wes Watkins ( born 1938 ), politician, former Member of the House of Representatives
- Otis Wingo (1877-1930), former politician and MP in the U.S. House of Representatives