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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 8,571 people, 3,273 households, and 2,513 families residing in the county. The population density is 6/km² (14/mi²). There are 3,834 housing units at an average density of 2/km² (6/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 84.79% White, 13.22% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.68% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,551 km² (599 mi²). 1,548 km² (598 mi²) of it is land and 3 km² (1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.18% water. Cleveland County, Arkansas - Adjacent counties. Grant County & Jefferson County (north) Lincoln County (east) Drew County (southeast) Bradley County (south) Calhoun ...

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Craighead County was part of the territory claimed by France on 9 April 1682 by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle who laid claim to all of the land drained by the Mississippi River and its assorted tributaries. LaSalle's claim was named Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV, King of France. In 1762 the Treaty of Fontainbleau was signed between France and Spain and ownership of the Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi River was transferred to the Spanish crown as a result of the Seven Years ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,847 km² (713 mi²). 1,841 km² (711 mi²) of it is land and 6 km² (2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.30% water. Crowley's Ridge is the county's most prominent geological feature. Craighead County, Arkansas - Adjacent counties. Greene County (north) Dunklin County, Missouri (northeast) Mississippi County (east) Poinsett County (south) Jackson C ...

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Mark Pryor (D) Arkansas (pronounced /ˈɑ(r)k(ə)nˌsɑː/ or /ˈɑ(r)k(ə)nˌsɔ/) is a southern state in the United States. The population according to the 2000 census was 2,673,400. Its U.S. postal abbreviation is AR, and its Associated Press abbreviation is Ark. It was admitted as the 25th state of the United States in 1836. Arkansas - History. The early French explorers of the state ...

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Batesville is the second oldest city in the state of Arkansas. It was named for James Woodson Bates who settled in the town and was the first territorial delegate from Arkansas to the Congress of the United States. In early days, Batesville was an important port on the White River and served as an entry point to the interior of northern Arkansas. Batesville played a large role in the settling of the Ozark Mountains region and served a ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 17,609 people, 7,417 households, and 5,073 families residing in the county. The population density is 11/km² (28/mi²). There are 8,498 housing units at an average density of 5/km² (13/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 98.08% White, 0.19% Black or African American, 0.69% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. 0.80% ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 82,148 people, 32,301 households, and 22,093 families residing in the county. The population density is 45/km² (116/mi²). There are 35,133 housing units at an average density of 19/km² (49/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 89.27% White, 7.78% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.93% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. ...

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Cabot is located at 34°58'22" North, 92°1'20" West (34.972647, -92.022329)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 49.7 km² (19.2 mi²). 49.5 km² (19.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.47% water. ...

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Batesville is located at 35°46'25" North, 91°38'29" West (35.773488, -91.641338)GR1. Batesville lies on the White River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 27.5 km² (10.6 mi²). 27.0 km² (10.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.07% water. ...

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 15,261 people, 5,432 households, and 4,329 families residing in the city. The population density is 308.2/km² (798.2/mi²). There are 5,712 housing units at an average density of 115.3/km² (298.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.56% White, 0.33% Black or African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.49% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. 1.87% of th ...

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Cabot, Arkansas - Prior to settlement. Before the city of Cabot existed, an 1862 typhoid epidemic took the lives of about 1500 Confederate soldiers previously under Allison Nelson who were camped in the hills surrounding Cabot and nearby Austin, Arkansas. 428 poorly marked graves were exhumed in 1905 by a group of Confederate veterans and moved to a new site at Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery located in Cabot on Rye Drive, just off Cherry Road between Campground and Mount Carmel Roads. Marble gravestones were pl ...

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When Clay County was created in 1873, it was named Clayton County. Though the name was shortened two years later by the Arkansas State legislature, the designation of John M. Clayton as the person for whom the county was named was not changed. The first county seat was Corning, established in 1873, with the arrival of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, as the first incorporated town in the county. The county seat was moved to Boydsville in 1877, though, because people living east of the Black and Cache Rivers ha ...

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In 1982, the Little Rock School District, slow to comply to the 1954 US Supreme Court case Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, was forcibly ordered by federal courts to immediately desegregate the school district. This desegregation was ordered to achieve racial balances between white children and non-white children, which resulted in massive busing of students. The results of the court-ordered busing have been controversial. Critics claim the forced integration has destroyed the School District and any concept of "neighborhood school ...

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,661 km² (641 mi²). 1,656 km² (639 mi²) of it is land and 5 km² (2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.33% water. Clay County, Arkansas - Adjacent counties. Butler County, Missouri (north) Dunklin County, Missouri (east) Greene County (south) Randolph County (west)< ...

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The early French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to the Quapaw people and the river along which they settled. Other Native American nations living in present-day Arkansas were Caddo, Cherokee and Osage Nations. On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state of the United States as a slave state. Arkansas refused to join the Confederate States of America until after Abraham Lincoln called for troops to invade South Carolina. It sece ...

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The early French explorers of the state gave it its name, which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French word for "downriver" people, a reference to the Quapaw people and the river along which they settled. Other Native American nations living in present-day Arkansas were Caddo, Cherokee and Osage Nations. On June 15, 1836, Arkansas became the 25th state of the United States as a slave state. Arkansas refused to joinn the Confederate States of America until after Abraham Lincoln called for troops to invade South Carolina. It sec ...

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The current governor of Arkansas is Mike Huckabee, a Republican. Huckabee, who had been elected lieutenant governor in a 1993 special election, became governor in 1996 when Governor Jim Guy Tucker, a Democrat, was convicted as part of the Whitewater Scandal. This led to a state "Constitutional crisis" when Tucker refused to give up the governor's office for a short period of time, because the Arkansas Constitution does not allow a convicted felon to be governor of the state. Tucker had been lieutenant governor under Bill Clinton and had become governor as a ...

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Arkansas - Centers of research. Arkansas Cherokee Indian Research Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center website National Center for Toxicological Research website Arkansas - Colleges and universities. University of Arkansas System University of Arkansas University of Arkansas - Fort Smith University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences University of Arkansas ...

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See: List of Arkansas counties, List of cities in Arkansas, List of Arkansas townships. The capital of Arkansas is Little Rock. Arkansas is the only state in the US where diamonds are found naturally (near Murfreesboro, Arkansas). The eastern border for most of Arkansas is the Mississippi River except in Clay and Greene counties where the St. Francis River forms the western boundary of the Missouri Bootheel. Arkansas shares its southern border with Louisiana, its northern border with Missouri, its eastern border with Ten ...

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