Murfreesboro (Arkansas)

Pike County

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Murfreesboro is a city in Pike County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Covering an area of ​​about 4.9 square kilometers, about 1,800 people live.

The city is part of the socio-economic region Ark- La - Tex, which comprises several cities and municipality of the states Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.

History

The first confirmed inhabitants of the present city limits of Murfreesboro were the Indians of the tribes of Quapaw and Caddo. As the first white explorers a group of Hernando de Soto reached the area in the mid-16th century. The meeting between the parties ended violently.

After 1833, the Pike County was established, the site of the name Zebulon was given. It was to be characterized by wilderness. In the following years the name was changed only to Murfreesborough and finally to the present name. The name was introduced by settlers who named the area after her hometown in Tennessee. Early on, then developed the farming.

1906 John Wesley Huddleston found the first diamonds in this area. In 1924, in what is now State Park Uncle Sam, the largest diamond ever found in the United States with 40.23 carats recovered. In the late 1920s John William Anthony took the company with Anthony Lumber Company to Murfreesboro, which was there to leading employers and industrial companies. His sawmill was one of the largest in the south of the state.

In 1951, the Narrows Dam was completed, a small dam that henceforth the Lake Greeson made ​​.

Demography

At the 2000 census 1764 people lived in the city, spread over 732 households and 485 families. The population density was 350 people per square kilometer. 89.2 % of the population were white, 7.3 % black, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Indians and 0.1 % Asian. 0.9% were from a different ethnicity, 1.4% had two or more Ethinzitäten. The average age was 40 years, the per capita income was more than 17,100 U.S. dollars.

Attractions

The Crater of Diamonds State Park, Park win with the eight largest diamond mine in the world, is located south of the city. In addition, there is the 1000 year old Indian village of Ka -Do -Ha in Murfreesboro.