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Hermitage, Arkansas
Hermitage is a city in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimated the population to be 830 as of the 2010 census. Jeff Wardlaw, the District 8 member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, operates Wardlaw Brothers Farms, Inc., in Hermitage. Geography Hermitage is located at (33.448235, -92.172513). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.0 km2 (1.1 mi2), all land. Elevation: . Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 769 people, 219 households, and 142 families residing in the town. The population density was 258.2/km2 (670.5/mi2). There were 361 housing units at an average density of 121.2/km2 (314.7/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 45.25% White, 30.30% Black or African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 22.50% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. 27.57% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 261 household ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are the Self-concept, self-identified categories of Race and ethnicity in the United States, race or races and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether they are of Hispanic or Latino (demonym), Latino origin (the only Race and ethnicity in the United States, categories for ethnicity). The racial categories represent a social-political construct for the race or races that respondents consider themselves to be and, "generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country." OMB defines the concept of race as outlined for the U.S. census as not "scientific or anthropological" and takes into account "social and cultural characteristics as well as ancestry", using "appropriate scientific methodologies" that are not "primarily biological or genetic in reference." The race cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren, Arkansas
Warren is a city in and the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,003. History When settlers from the east began to arrive in south Arkansas, the land was inhabited by the indigenous tribe known as the Quapaw. The earliest cession of territory was made in 1818, with a later boundary against the neighboring Choctaw tribe in 1820, opening up the southeastern corner of the Arkansas Territory for settlement. Although the area had been settled by European-Americans for approximately thirty years, the city itself was not incorporated until 1851. Tradition says the city is named after a former slave, freed by Captain Hugh Bradley, the namesake of the county and leader of the main early settlement party which established the city. The original plat was laid out on land donated by Isaac Pennington, a key member of Bradley's company. The Missouri Pacific Railroad map dated 1891 shows a railroad to Warren. A main railroad line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren And Saline River Railroad
The Warren and Saline River Railroad is an short-line railroad connecting Cloquet, Arkansas to the Arkansas Midland Railroad at Warren. It has always been independent of larger carriers, and was previously owned by the Potlatch Corporation, a lumber company, until January 2010. WSR is currently operated by the Arkansas Midland Railroad and was sold by Pinsly Railroad Company to sold to Genesee & Wyoming Industries in 2014. WSR traffic generally consists of outbound lumber and other forest products.Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, p. 326 History The Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad was incorporated in August 1905 to serve logging operations in Bradley County. It opened a line from Warren south to Fullerton that year, and completed extensions from Fullerton to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad near Hermitage in 1909 and to Goepel (Mt. Olive) in 1910. Interstate Commerce Commission, 119 I.C.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vick, Arkansas
Vick is an unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States, near Hermitage. It is situated at above mean sea level. Education The area was formerly within the Vick Consolidated School District No. 21. As of 2021 it is in the Hermitage School District.SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Bradley County, AR " . Retrieved on February 26, 2021. History, 1800s A post office for Blanchton, Arkansas (Godfrey's Landing near the Saline River) was established in Samuel Godfry's house in 1882 until 1895. Blanchton, Johnsville, and Sumpter had pos ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingalls, Arkansas
Ingalls is a small community located in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States, about 5 miles south of Hermitage. During the 1800s, the economy in Ingalls was primarily agricultural, with the principal crop being corn. Other crops were also grown such as grain, beans, squash, turnips, and other vegetables. There was also some production of beef and pork. The Fordyce Lumber Co. was established in 1892. The Crossett Lumber Company was established in 1899. Both companies were owned by the same people. Both companies were involved in the production and processing of lumber and other wood products. In 1906 & 1907, The Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad (CRI&PR) was built to move lumber and other wood products between the Fordyce Lumber Co. and the Crossett Lumber Company. The CRI&PR passed through Ingalls, as well as several other communities, including Hermitage, Banks, and others. The railroad played a significant role in the development of Ingalls and the surrounding regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks, Arkansas
Banks is a town in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 124. Geography Banks is located in northwest Bradley County at (33.576764, -92.268129). U.S. Route 278 passes through the center of the town, leading east to Warren, the county seat, and west to Hampton, the county seat of Calhoun County. According to the United States Census Bureau, Banks has a total area of 1.0 km2 (0.4 mi2), all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 120 people, 50 households, and 32 families residing in the town. The population density was 118.8/km2 (311.5/mi2). There were 63 housing units at an average density of 62.4/km2 (163.6/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 72.50% White, 20.00% Black or African American, 4.17% from other races, and 3.33% from two or more races. 5.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 50 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crossett, Arkansas
Crossett is the largest city in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 5,507, according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates. Combined with North Crossett and West Crossett, the population is 10,752. Crossett was incorporated in 1903. There are four properties on Main Street in Crossett listed on the National Register of Historic Places, as well as the Crossett Experimental Forest, located south. History Edward Savage Crossett (1828–1910) moved to Davenport, Iowa in 1875. He became a member of the trading firm of Renwick, Shaw and Crossett. In 1882, Crossett made his first investment in a southern pine forest. In 1886 he sold his interest in the Renwick business, taking 10,000 acres of Arkansas land covered in yellow pines in payment. With fellow Iowans Charles Warner Gates and Dr. John Wenzel Watzek as investors in 1899, the Crossett Lumber Company was organized. Crossett was elected vice president of the society at its organizational meeting. Charles Gate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P RW, sometimes called ''Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway'') was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock. At the end of 1970, it operated 7,183 miles of road on 10,669 miles of track; that year it reported 20,557 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 118 million passenger miles. (Those totals may or may not include the former Burlington-Rock Island Railroad.) The song "Rock Island Line", a spiritual from the late 1920s first recorded in 1934, was inspired by the railway. History Incorporation Its predecessor, the Rock Island and La Salle Railroad Company, was incorporated in Illinois on February 27, 1847, and an amended charter was approved on February 7, 1851, as the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. Construction began in Chicago on October 1, 1851, and the first train was operated on October 10, 1852, between Chicago and Joliet. Construction co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fordyce & Princeton Railroad
The Fordyce and Princeton Railroad Company was a short-line railroad headquartered in Crossett, Arkansas. F&P operated of line from Fordyce, Arkansas (where it interchanged with Union Pacific), to an interchange with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad at Crossett. F&P traffic generally consisted of lumber and paper products. F&P incorporated on February 25, 1890, as a line between Fordyce and Toan, Arkansas. The railroad expanded, then downsized to a mere of switching track near Fordyce. After the liquidation of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, F&P acquired the line between Fordyce and Crossett, via Banks, Craney, Hermitage, Ingalls, Vick, Broad, Emery, and Whitlow. F&P was owned by Georgia Pacific Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and r ... from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesee & Wyoming
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) is an American short line railroad holding company, that owns or maintains an interest in 122 railroads in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom and formerly Australia. It operates more than of owned and leased track. G&W owns or leases 116 freight railroads organized in locally managed operating regions with 7,300 employees serving 3,000 customers. The company had its roots in the Class III Genesee and Wyoming Railroad, which began in 1899. G&W's four North American regions serve 42 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces and include 113 short line and regional freight railroads with more than 13,000 track-miles. G&W's UK/Europe Region includes the U.K.’s largest rail maritime intermodal operator and second-largest freight rail provider, as well as regional rail services in Continental Europe. G&W subsidiaries and joint ventures also provide rail service at more than 30 major ports, rail-ferry service between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermitage High School (Arkansas)
Hermitage High School is an accredited comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve in Hermitage, Arkansas, United States. The school supports families in Hermitage and nearby unincorporated communities in Bradley County and is the sole high school administered by the Hermitage School District. Academics The Hermitage High School is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1925. The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students to complete at least 24 credit units before graduation. Students engage in regular and career focus courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that provide an opportunity to receive college credit. Athletics The Hermitage High School mascot and athletic emblem is the ''Hermit'' with school colors of black and white. For the 2012–14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
