Rondo, Arkansas
Rondo is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, Lee County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 198 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 237 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. Geography Rondo is located in southern Lee County at (34.658789, -90.822236). It is southwest of Marianna, Arkansas, Marianna, the county seat, via state highways Arkansas Highway 1, 1 and Arkansas Highway 121, 121. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 237 people, 99 households, and 69 families residing in the town. The population density was 90.6/km (235.6/mi2). There were 113 housing units at an average density of 43.2/km (112.4/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 26.16% Race (United States Census), White, 70.04% Race (United States Census), Black or Race (United States Census), African American, and 3.80% from two or more races. 1.69% of the population were Race (U ...
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Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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