Johnson County (Arkansas)
The Johnson County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Administrative office ( County Seat) is Clarksville. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.
Geography
The County is located on the north bank of the Arkansas River in the central northwestern Arkansas and has an area of 1,768 square kilometers, of which 53 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
2000 2010
The Johnson County was formed on November 16, 1833 from parts of Pope County.
It was named after Benjamin Johnson, an early lawyers in Arkansas. The first schools were Privarschulen that the children could attend only against payment. 1843 Although the first law for a public school system was created, but the necessary funds were not available to for this. Thus, the public school system was not introduced until 1866. The first school for deaf children was founded in 1851 in Clarksville.
The Johnson County has a slavery history that began with the arrival of the first white settlers and ended only with the end of the Civil War. However, the population of slaves was rather low compared to other parts of the state. 1860 7,612 people lived in the county, of which 973 were African American.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Johnson County 25,540 people in 8,911 households. The population density was 14.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 87.2 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 12.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 8,911 households lived statistically 2.69 per person.
25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 32,206. The per capita income was $ 15,985. 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Johnson County
Citys
- Clarksville
- Coal Hill
- Hartman
- Knoxville
- Lamar
Census-designated places (CDP )
- Hagarville
Unincorporated communities
- Gillian Settlement
- Hickeytown
- Oark
- Ozone
- Pittsburg
- Batson
- Bend
- Catalpa
- Dillen
- Edna
- Farris Springs
- Fort Douglas
- Friley
- Garber
- Garrett
- Harmony
- Hillcrest
- Hinkle
- Holman
- Hoyt
- Hunt
- Jamestown
- Knoxville Junction
- Ludwig
- Lutherville
- Martin Spring
- Montana
- Mount Vernon
- New Spadra
- Piney
- Rosetta
- Salus
- Shady Grove
- Spadra
- Strawberry
- Sulphur Springs
- White Oak
- Woodland
- Yale
Townships
- Batson Township
- Dickerson -Hill Township
- Grant Township
- Hickey Township
- Horsehead Township
- Howell Township
- King Township
- Lee Township
- Low Gap Township
- McKennon Township
- Mulberry Township
- Perry Township
- Pittsburg Township
- Prairie Township
- Red Lick Township
- Sherman Township
- Spadra Township
- Stone Wall Township
- Ward Township