Lincoln County (Arkansas)
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat), Star City. 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 central south-east of Arkansas, is in the east about 70 km from the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Tennessee, located in the south about 90 miles from Louisiana and has an area of 1482 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
2000 2010
The Lincoln County was formed on March 28, 1871 from parts of Arkansas County, the Bradley County, the Desha County, Drew County of and Jefferson County. It was named after Abraham Lincoln (1809 -1865), the 16th U.S. president.
The first county court entered on April 24, 1871 in the Cane Creek Church together, should occur at the point where the later Star City and was elected to the county seat, though it was not the central location in the county.
In February 1873, the Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad was completed. Other cities like Grady or Gould formed along the railroad and became important trade centers.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2000, lived in Lincoln County 14,492 people in 4,265 households and 3,130 families. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 64.88 percent White, 32.92 percent Black or African American, 0.40 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.99 percent from other races groups; 0.75 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.81 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 4,265 households out of which 34.8 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 54.3 percent were married couples living together, 14.8 percent were single mothers, 26.6 percent were non-families. 23.5 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.6 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size is 3.11 people.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 12.4 percent between 18 to 24, 33.2 percent between 25 and 44, 20.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 142.3 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 154.7 males.
The median income for a household was $ 29,607, and the median income for a family $ 35,408. Males had a median income of $ 28,890, women $ 19,990. The per capita income was $ 12,479. 15.5 percent of families and 19.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Lincoln County
- Avery
- Branchville
- Cades
- Calhoun
- Cornersville
- Crigler
- Douglas
- Feenyville
- Fresno
- Garnett
- Garrett Bridge
- Glendale
- Gould
- Gourd
- Grady
- Little Garnett
- Meroney
- Nebo
- Palmyra
- Phenix
- Relfs Bluff
- Shannon tank
- Star City
- Tarry
- Tyro
- Varner
- Whitefield
- Yorktown
Townships
- Auburn Township
- Bartholomew Township
- Cane Creek Township
- Choctaw Township
- Gould Township
- Kimbrough Township
- Mill Creek Township
- Owen Township
- Smith Township
- Spring Township
- Wells Bayou township