Fulton County (Arkansas)
The Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Salem. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located in the Ozark Plateau in the extreme north of Arkansas, bordered to the north Missouri and has an area of 1,607 square kilometers, of which six square kilometers of water surfaces. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
2000 2010
The Fulton County was formed on December 21, 1842 from parts of Izard County. It was named after William Savin Fulton (1795-1844), the last Governor of the Arkansas Territory (1835-1836) and one of the first two U.S. senators from the new state ( 1836-1844 ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Fulton County 12,245 people in 4,461 households. The population density was 7.6 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 4,461 households lived statistically 2.54 per person.
20.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population were female.
The median income for a household was $ 30,831. The per capita income was $ 17,096. 23.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Fulton County
Citys
- Ash Flat1
- Cherokee Village1
- Hardy1
- Horseshoe Bend2
- Mammoth Spring
- Salem
Town
- Viola
Unincorporated communities
- Bexar
- Camp
- Elizabeth
- Gepp
- Glencoe
- Sturkie
1 - partially in Sharp County 2 - partially in Izard and Sharp County
- Agnos
- Baker Ford
- Byron
- Corner Town
- Fairview
- French
- Fryatt
- Gepp
- Heart
- King
- Kittle
- Many Islands
- Mitchell
- Moko
- Morriston
- Mount Pleasant
- Ott
- Ruth
- Saddle
- Shady Grove
- Wheeling
- Wild Cherry
- Woodland Hills
Townships
- Afton Township
- Benton Township
- Big Creek Township
- Cleveland Township
- Fulton Township
- Mammoth Spring Township
- Mount Calm Township
- Myatt Township
- Pleasant Ridge Township
- South Fork Township
- Strawberry Township
- Union Township
- Vidette township
- Washington Township
- Wilson Township