Center Ridge is an unincorporated

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

Conway County Conway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 11th county on October 20, 1825, Conway County has four incorporated municipalities, including Morrilton, the county seat and most populous city. The county ...

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,235.

Demographics

2020 census

''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

Education

Center Ridge is the headquarters of the

Nemo Vista School District The Nemo Vista School District is a public school district based in Center Ridge, Arkansas, United States. The school district encompasses of land serving all or portions of the Conway County community of Center Ridge. The Nemo Vista School Di ...

and home to

Nemo Vista High School Nemo Vista High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school in Center Ridge, Arkansas, United States. It is one of four public high schools located in Conway County and is the sole high school administered by Nemo Vista School Distri ...

. The school's mascot is the Redhawks and red and white serve as the school colors.

Notable people

* Clifton Clowers, subject of the hit song "

Wolverton Mountain "Wolverton Mountain" is a country music song and 1962 crossover hit that established Claude King's career as an American country singer-songwriter. The song was a rewrite of the original version by Merle Kilgore, which was based on a real person n ...

", by

Merle Kilgore Wyatt Merle Kilgore (August 9, 1934 – February 6, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and manager. Born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, he was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. At the time of his death, he was the personal manager of Hank Wil ...

and

Claude King Claude King (February 5, 1923 – March 7, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain". Biography King was born in Keithville in southern Caddo Parish south ...

Conlan Conlan is a surname of Irish origin, meaning hero. In its original Gaelic form it was spelt a number of different ways, resulting in many English-language versions, such as Conlon, Connellan, etc. The O'Connellans were chiefs of Crioch Tullach, i ...

and John Carter, actors *

Matt Stell Matthew Neal Stell is an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His song "Prayed for You" and his EP ''Everywhere but On'' were released in 2019. Early life Stell was born in Clinton, Arkansas and raised in Center Ridge, Arkan ...

, country singer

Catholic Point

To the southeast of Center Ridge is a small Italian settlement named Catholic Point that was founded in the late nineteenth century. It maintains its cultural identity and attracts over 2500 people yearly to its annual church picnic.

References

External links

Wolverton Mountain
Census-designated places in Arkansas Census-designated places in Conway County, Arkansas Italian-American culture in Arkansas {{ConwayCountyAR-geo-stub