Jackson County (Arkansas)
The Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Newport.
Geography
The County is located in the central northeastern Arkansas and has an area of 1661 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
The Jackson County was formed on November 5, 1829 from parts of Independence County. It was named (1829-1837) by Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), the seventh President of the United States.
The district capital has changed five times. Specifically, these were: Litchfield (1831 ), Elizabeth (1839 ), Augusta (1852 ), Port Jackson (1854 ) and Newport from 1892.
Since there were no independent municipalities or cities at the time of formation of the county, the first county seat was established in the house of the early pioneer Thomas Wideman. The house was almost centrally in the county. 1832 moved to 3 km away and newly built Litchfield what the first permanent settlement represented. Was named the place after Thomas Litchfield, a former member of the General Assembly of the Independence County.
In 1836, the first ferry across the Black River by Robert Dunbar was put into operation.
In January 1998, Arkansas took two high-security prisons in Newport in operation. The Scott Grimes Correctional Facility for young men and the Ronald McPherson Correctional Facility for women, with a total capacity of 1,700 inmates.
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Jackson County 17,997 people in 6,862 households. The population density was 11 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 79.8 percent white, 16.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 6,862 households lived statistically 2.17 per person.
21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 28,987. The per capita income was $ 15,124. 28.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Jackson County
Citys
- Diaz
- Newport
- Swifton
- Tuckerman
Towns
- Amagon
- Beedeville
- Campbell station
- Grubbs
- Jacksonport
- Tupelo
- Weldon
Unincorporated communities
- Algoa
- Auvergne
- Balch
- Bengall
- Centerville
- Murphys Corner
- Stegall
- Airport Village
- Urchin
- Blackville
- Coffeeville
- Crossroads
- Denmark
- Elgin
- Erwin
- Estico
- Fitzgerald
- Grand Glaise
- Heffington
- Horseshoe
- Ingleside
- Iceland Town
- Johnstown
- Kenyon
- Macks
- McFadden
- Midway
- Nuckles
- Old Grand Glaise
- Olyphant
- Pennington
- Possum Grape
- Reamey
- Remmel
- Shoffner
- Spriggs Mill
- Stringers Mill
- Vance
Townships
- Barren Township
- Bateman Township
- Bird Township
- Breckenridge Township
- Bryan Township
- Cache Township
- Cow Lake Township
- Glaize Township
- Glass Township
- Grubbs Township
- Jefferson Township
- Richwoods Township
- Union Township
- Village Township