Franklin County (Arkansas)
The Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. With the Ozark and Charleston County has two administrative centers ( county seats ).
Geography
The County is located in the Ozark - plateau in the central northwestern Arkansas, is in the north about 80 miles from Missouri, and to the west about 40 miles from Oklahoma and has an area of 1,605 square kilometers, of which 26 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Franklin County was formed on December 19, 1837 from parts of Crawford County. It was named after Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Was founded in 1871 on part of the then larger Franklin County Logan County.
Originally, the County had only a Courthouse in Ozark. In the 1890s came the second added in Charleston.
German and Swiss immigrants brought the knowledge with the production of wine, for which the County is known even today.
2000 2010
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Franklin County 18,125 people in 6,800 households. The population density was 11.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 95.0 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 6,800 households lived statistically 2.63 per person.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 31,666. The per capita income was $ 17,266. 18.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Franklin County
Citys
- Altus
- Branch
- Charleston
- Ozark
- Wiederkehr Village
Town
- Denning
Unincorporated communities
- Alix
- Cecil
- Barnes
- Beach Grove
- Cass
- Cravens
- Etna
- Remote
- Greenwood
- Jethro
- Lone Elm
- Meg
- Mineral Springs
- Mountain Crest
- Mountain Grove
- Mountain Top
- Paradise
- Peanut
- Peter Pender
- Piney
- Pittston Junction
- Pleasant View
- Poping
- Redding
- South Ozark
- Sutherland Crossroads
- Toney
- Vesta
- Webb City
- West Cobb
Townships
- Alix Township
- Barham Township
- Black Oak Township
- Boston Township
- Cobb Township
- Cravens Township
- Donald Township
- Grover Township
- Hogan Township
- Hurricane Township
- Ivy Township
- Limestone Township
- McIlroy Township
- Middle Township
- Mill Creek Township
- Miller Township
- Morgan Township
- Mountain Township
- Mulberry Township
- Prairie Township
- Shores Township
- Six Mile Township
- Walker Township
- Wallace Township
- Watalula Township
- Weaver Township
- White Oak Township
- White Rock Township
- Wittich Township