Monroe County (Arkansas)
The Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Clarendon.
Geography
The County is located in east-central Arkansas, is in the southeast about 30 km from the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Tennessee, removed, and has an area of 1,609 square kilometers, of which 38 square kilometers are water surface. At the Monroe County borders the following counties:
History
The Monroe County was formed on November 2, 1829 from parts of Arkansas County and Phillips County. It was named James Monroe (1758-1831), the fifth President of the United States ( 1817-1825 ).
The first Europeans in the area were in 1799 Antoine Tessier and Joseph de Plasse, fishermen and hunters who lived at the mouth of the Cache River.
When the first settlers arrived here, they found the greater part of the area in front of a natural forest. The non-forested sites were used for grain and bean crops. On trees beech, oak, ash and cypress prevailed. At huntable animals there were turkeys, deer, geese, ducks and bears. Most of the new settlers arrived on the White River.
Demographic data
2000 2010
According to the census in 2010 lived in Monroe County 8,149 people in 3,739 households. The population density was 5.2 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 56.3 percent white, 40.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 3,739 households lived statistically 2.25 per person.
23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 26,054. The per capita income was $ 16,445. 27.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Monroe County
Citys
- Brinkley
- Clarendon
- Holly Grove
Towns
- Fargo
- Roe
Unincorporated communities
- Aberdeen
- Blackton
- Crossroads
- Lookout Store
- Monroe1
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- Alfrey
- Allendale
- Bayless
- Connells Point
- Creigh
- Dagmar
- Deep Elm
- Duncan
- Eden
- Emmons
- Indian Bay
- Lawrenceville
- Lookout
- Palmer
- Park Grove
- Pine City
- Rich
- Saulsburg
- Smale
- Center
Townships
- Brinkley Township
- Brown Township
- Cache Township
- Cleburne Township
- Cypress Ridge Township
- Dixon Township
- Duncan Township
- Greenfield Township
- Hindman Township
- Jackson Township
- Keevil township
- Montgomery Township Smalley
- Pine Ridge Township
- Raymond Township
- Richland Township
- Roc Roe township
- Township center