Marion County (Arkansas)
The Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Yellville. 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 extreme north of Arkansas, bordered to the north Missouri and has an area of 1,658 square kilometers, of which 110 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
2000 2010
The Marion County was formed on September 25, 1836 from parts of Izard County as Searcy County and in 1836 in honor of Francis Marion ( 1732-1795 ), a general in the American Revolutionary War, renamed.
Yellville, the county seat, was taken over by white settlers by the Indians and is one of the oldest settlements in the USA. In the past, Yellville was under Spanish, French and American management. Then it belonged to Louisiana - territory for Missouri - Territory and later to Arkansas - territory.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 living in Marion County 16,653 people in 6,750 households. The population density was 10.8 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 6,750 households lived statistically 2.44 per person.
18.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 33,617. The per capita income was $ 19,032. 20.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Marion County
Citys
- Bull Shoals
- Flippin
- Summit
- Yellville
Town
- Pyatt
Unincorporated communities
- Bruno
- Eros
- Oakland
- Peel
- Caney
- Comal
- Cowan
- Dodd City
- Fairview
- Freck
- Georges Creek
- Hand Valley
- Lakeway
- Midway
- Monarch
- Old Buffalo
- Powell
- Ralph
- Rea Valley
- Rush
- Snow
- Turkey
- Verona
Townships
- Bearden Township
- Big Creek Township
- Big Springs Township
- Blythe Township
- Buffalo Township
- Cedar Creek Township
- Crockett Township
- Crooked Creek Township
- De Soto Township
- Dodd City township
- Franklin Township
- Hampton Township
- Independence Township
- James Creek Township
- Jefferson Township
- Keesee Township
- Keeter Township
- Liberty Township
- North Fork Township
- North Joe Burleson Township
- Prairie Township
- South Joe Burleson Township
- Sugarloaf Township
- Summit Township
- Union Township
- Water Creek Township
- White River Township