Sebastian County, Arkansas

The Sebastian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fort Smith.

Geography

The County is located in northwest Arkansas, on the west by Oklahoma, and has an area of 1414 square kilometers, of which 25 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

2000 2010

Sebastian County was formed on January 10, 1851 from parts of Crawford County, Polk County, the Scott County and Van Buren County. It was named for William K. Sebastian, an early judge in Arkansas and U.S. Senator.

The first European in the area was probably Hernando de Soto, as he explored the South East of America.

1875 Judge Isaac Charles Parker was declared the area in and around Fort Smith as president of the court has jurisdiction and succeeds by William Story, because this corruption had been transferred. He quickly gained a reputation as a tough judge. He sentenced several people to death on the gallows and earned the nickname Hanging Judge. Through his exposure to legendary lawman Bass Reeves as Thomas and stern came to this area who roamed and the Indian territory in search of criminals. In the 21 years in which he held the office there, 65 U.S. Marshals were killed in the line of duty. Fort Smith solidified his reputation as a frontier town of the Old West at this time.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000 lived in Sebastian County 115,071 people in 45,300 households and 30,713 families. The population density was 83 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 82.34 percent White, 6.16 percent African American, 1.57 percent Native American, 3.51 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 3.71 percent from other races groups; 2.67 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 6.70 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 45,300 households out of which 32.8 per cent of children or young people under the age of 18 who lived with them. 52.4 percent were married couples living together, 11.3 percent were single mothers, 32.2 percent were non-families. 27.5 percent of all households were single-person households, and 10.0 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size is 3.04 people.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 9.2 percent between 18 to 24, 29.5 percent between 25 and 44, 22.3 percent between 45 and 64 and 13.0 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males to every 100 females age 18 and over, there were an average of 92.1 males.

The median income for a household was $ 33,889, and the median income for a family $ 41,303. Males had a median income of $ 30,056, women $ 22,191. The per capita income was $ 18,424. 10.4 percent of families and 13.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Sebastian County

Apex
Arkola
Barling
Bashe
Big Rock
Bloomer
Bonanza
Buell
Burnenville
Carnis
Cavanaugh
Central City
Crossroads
Dayton
Diamond Grove
Enterprise
Excelsior
Fort Chaffee
Fort Smith
Fox Hill
Frog Town
Greenwood
Hackett
Hartford
Huntington
Iceland
Jenson
Lavaca
Liberty
Mansfield1
Massard
Midland
Mill Creek
Milltown
Montreal
New Jenny Lind
Oak Park
Old Jenny Lind
Patterson
Prairie Creek
Riverdale
Slaytonville
South Fort Smith
Ursula
Washburn
West Hartford
Witcherville

1 - partly in Scott County

Townships

Bass Little Township
Beverly Township
Big Creek Township
Bloomer Township
Center Township
Cole Township
Dayton Township
Diamond Township
Fort Chaffee Township
Hartford Township
Iceland Township
Jim Fork Township
Lon Norris township
Marion Township
Mississippi Township
Mont Sandels Township
Prairie Township
Rogers Township
Sugarloaf Township
Upper Township
Washburn Township
White Oak Township

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