Salesville is a city in Baxter County,

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, United States. The population was 450 in 2010.

Geography

Salesville is located in central Baxter County at (36.244845, -92.275619). The center of town is at the intersection of

Arkansas Highway 5 Arkansas Highway 5 (AR 5) is a designation for three List of state highways in Arkansas, state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas, U.S. Route 70 (US 70) east of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs ...

and

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, west of

Norfork Dam Norfork Dam impounds the North Fork River (Missouri - Arkansas), North Fork River in the U.S. state of Arkansas, creating Norfork Lake. The large reservoir is maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and spans Baxter County, Arkans ...

. The North Fork River, after coming out of the dam, forms the eastern boundary of Salesville. Arkansas Highway 5 leads northwest to Mountain Home, the county seat, and south to the city of Norfork and to Mountain View. According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

List of highways

Arkansas Highway 177 Highway 177 (AR 177, Ark. 177, and Hwy. 177) is a north–south state highway that runs in north central Arkansas. The route runs from Herron north over the Norfork Dam, then south to Pineville. Route description AR 177 begins in Herron an ...

Education

Salesville is in the

Norfork School District Norfork School District is a public school district based in Norfork, Arkansas, United States. The school district encompasses of land including all of Norfork and portions of several Baxter County communities including Briarcliff, and Sale ...

with students graduating from

Norfork High School Norfork High School is a nationally recognized comprehensive public high school located in the rural, distant city of Norfork, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 9 through 12 supporting Norfork ...

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 437 people, 206 households, and 131 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 267 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.42%

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, 1.37% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.69% from other races, and 2.29% from two or more races. 1.60% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 206 households, out of which 20.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were

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living together, 5.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.72. In the city, the population was spread out, with 17.8% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males. The median income for a household in the city was $23,542, and the median income for a family was $33,611. Males had a median income of $29,531 versus $17,250 for females. The

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for the city was $17,077. About 9.8% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the

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, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Map of Salesville
(US Census Bureau)
Map of Baxter County
(US Census Bureau)
Norfork School District

Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society
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