Hermitage is a city in Bradley 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. The

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estimated the population to be 830 as of the 2010 census.

Jeff Wardlaw Jeffrey Reed "Jeff" Wardlaw (born August 25, 1980) is a farmer from Hermitage in Bradley County in south Arkansas who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 8, which he has represented since 2011. His dist ...

, the District 8 member of the

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, operates Wardlaw Brothers Farms, Inc., in Hermitage.

Geography

Hermitage is located at (33.448235, -92.172513). According to the

, the town has a total area of 3.0 km² (1.1 mi²), all land. Elevation: .

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 769 people, 219 households, and 142 families residing in the town. The

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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%

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, 30.30%

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, 0.26% Native American, 0.13%

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, 22.50% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. 27.57% of the population were

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of any race. There were 261 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.2% were

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living together, 26.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.95 and the average family size was 3.51. In the town the population was spread out, with 36.8% under the age of 18, 14.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 13.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $18,438, and the median income for a family was $24,792. Males had a median income of $21,136 versus $17,500 for females. The

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for the town was $10,571. About 34.8% of families and 39.3% of the population were below the

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, including 51.0% of those under age 18 and 18.1% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

The Hermitage schools serve the residents of the southern part of Bradley County,

, United States. Hermitage is known for its Future Farmers of America program. In 2001, The Hermitage High School forestry team won the national championships in forestry.

Railroad

Genesee & Wyoming owns the railroad that goes through Hermitage. The

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 Mis ...

had purchased the railroad after the liquidation of

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. The Genesee & Wyoming passes through Hermitage. The railroad runs from Tinsman to Crossett, Arkansas, (44 miles) via

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, ...

, Craney, Hermitage, Arkansas,

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 grow ...

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 t ...

, Broad, Emery, and Whitlow. In the past, a branch of the

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 l ...

connected between Warren, Arkansas and the

just north of Hermitage. In the early 1900's, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&PR) was built by Hermitage to allowed timber and lumber to move between the sawmills in Crossett to Fordyce. The Fordyce Lumber Company sawmills to The Crossett Lumber Company. Both companies were owned by Charles Warner Gates, John Wenzel Watzek and Edward Savage Crossett. On March 10, 1907, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&PR) connected the town of Crossett to Fordyce.
Good as gold, the timber industry celebrates a birthday at Crossett and Fordyce, Kim Harper, Journal Publishing, Inc. , Arkansas Business (Vol. 9, Issue 13), 1992

References

External links

Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & CultureCensus Bureau estimates of population of subcounty entitiesBradley County Economic Development Corporation
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