Montgomery County (Arkansas)
The Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Mount Ida. 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 western Arkansas, is located in the west about 60 miles from Oklahoma and has an area of 2,073 square kilometers, of which 50 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:
History
2000 2010
The Montgomery County was formed on December 9, 1842 from parts of the Hot Spring County. It was named after Richard Montgomery (1738-1775), a Revolutionary War hero ded.
From 1842 to 1850, Montgomery the county seat. In July 1850, the name was changed in Salem and in October of the same year in Mount Ida, after the same post office. The final Countygrenzen were determined only in 1925.
In 1900 lost many miners and mining companies in search of gold, silver and copper money. 1904 Quartz Mine was discovered in the Fisher Mountain which was later extended, since during the Second World War, these were the appropriate quartz for the oscillators in radio communications.
During the Great Depression (1929-1941) many families left the area in search of work.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Montgomery County 9,487 people in 3,596 households. The population density was 5.3 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 94.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 3,596 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.
21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 32,238. The per capita income was $ 20,054. 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Montgomery County
Citys
- Glenwood1
- Mount Ida
Towns
- Black Springs
- Norman
Unincorporated communities
- Caddo Gap
- Fancy Hill
- Hurricane Grove
- Pencil Bluff
- Pine Ridge
- Ledge
- Story
- Sulphur Springs
- Whitestown
1 - partially in Pike County
- Alamo
- Albert
- Alf
- B B Junction
- Buckhorn
- Fannie
- Gaston
- Gibbs
- Hog Jaw
- Hopper
- Huddleston
- Joplin
- Liberty
- Manfred
- Mazarn
- Plata
- Ragtown
- Segur
- Silver
- Washita
- Welsh
Townships
- Big Fork Township
- Caddo Township
- Caney Township
- Center Township
- Gap Township
- Laverna Township
- Mazarn Township
- Parks Township
- Pencil Bluff Township
- Polk Township
- South Fork Township
- Sulphur Township
- Walnut Township
- Washita Township
- Womble Township