Coal Hill is a city in Johnson County,

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, United States. The population was 1,012 at the 2010 census.

History

Coal mining Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

gave the town its name.

Geography

Coal Hill is located in southwestern Johnson County at (35.436998, -93.672307).

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passes through the center of town, leading east to Clarksville, the

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, and west to

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runs north from the east end of Coal Hill to

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at Exit 47. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.77%, are water. The city is north of the

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Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 820 people, 430 households, and 305 families residing in the city.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,001 people, 411 households, and 274 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 474 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.50%

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, 0.40% Native American, 1.90% from

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, and 2.20% from two or more races. 2.70% of the population were

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of any race. There were 411 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were

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living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.99. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $23,490, and the median income for a family was $34,250. Males had a median income of $23,077 versus $16,544 for females. The

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for the city was $13,540. About 16.6% of families and 21.1% of the population were below the

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, including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 22.9% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Marshall Chrisman Marshall Ney Chrisman, Jr. (born May 1, 1933), is a businessman from Ozark in Franklin County in northwestern Arkansas, who served from 1969 to 1970 as a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. For a single term, he repr ...

, businessman and politician, born in Coal Hill in 1933 *

Boss Schmidt Charles "Boss" Schmidt (September 12, 1880 – November 14, 1932) was an American baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) A native of Arkansas, Schmidt played professional baseball from 1901 to 1926, including six ...

, born in Coal Hill,

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player

References

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