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Leachville is a city in Mississippi 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 population was 2,039 at the 2020 census. Leachville was incorporated in 1916.


History

Leachville was established in 1896 by land developers Joshua Gilbert Leach, James Wiseman Honnoll, and Sam McNamee, who afterward formed the Leach-McNamee Land Development Company. The city was named in honor of Joshua Gilbert Leach. The
Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad The Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad (JLC&E) was a short-line railroad that operated in Mississippi and Craighead County of northeast Arkansas. This railroad received a charter from the State of Arkansas on April 7, 1897, and track const ...
completed a rail line to Leachville in 1899, and the Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad completed a second line in 1908.Terry Thomas,
Leachville (Mississippi County)
" ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture'', 2018.
One of the largest
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s in Arkansas, the Adams Land Company gin, was completed in Leachville in the early 1990s. On the evening of December 10, 2021, the north side of Leachville suffered major damage from a long track and violent EF4
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, a woman was killed at a
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and several others suffered injuries.


Geography

Leachville is located in the
Arkansas Delta The Arkansas Delta is one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas. Willard B. Gatewood Jr., author of ''The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox'', says that rich cotton lands of the Arkansas Delta make that area "The Deepest of the Deep ...
region at (35.931381, -90.254433). According to the
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, the city has a total area of , all land. The city lies just south of the Arkansas-
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state line in northwestern Mississippi County.
Arkansas Highway 77 Highway 77 (AR 77, Ark. 77, and Hwy. 77) is a north–south state highway in Northeast Arkansas. The route of runs from US Highway 70 (US 70) in West Memphis north through small towns and agricultural areas of the Arkansas Delta to the ...
connects the city with
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to the southeast and the state line to the north at Arkmo (where the road continues as Missouri Route 108 in the direction of
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).
Arkansas Highway 119 Arkansas Highway 119 (AR 119, Ark. 119, and Hwy. 119) is a series of state highways that run in Northeast Arkansas. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). Section 0 Highway 119 is a state highway of tha ...
connects the city with the east-west oriented
Arkansas Highway 18 Highway 18 (AR 18 and Hwy. 18) is an east–west state highway of in Northeast Arkansas. Route description AR 18 begins at AR 69 near Jacksonport. Brief concurrencies begins with AR 17 and US 67 (Future I-57) in Newport, and Arkansas Hig ...
to the south. Ecologically, Leachville is located within the St. Francis Lowlands
ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of l ...
within the larger
Mississippi Alluvial Plain The Mississippi River Alluvial Plain is an alluvial plain created by the Mississippi River on which lie parts of seven U.S. states, from southern Louisiana to southern Illinois (Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Lou ...
. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and
riparian A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream. Riparian is also the proper nomenclature for one of the terrestrial biomes of the Earth. Plant habitats and communities along the river margins and banks ar ...
wildlife habitat. The
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,047-acre (45 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located in Mississippi County, Arkansas, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It is situated east of Manila, Arkansas, and consists mos ...
, which preserves some of the
bottomland hardwood forest The bottomland hardwood forest is a type of deciduous and evergreen hardwood forest found in broad lowland floodplains along large rivers and lakes in the United States and elsewhere. They are occasionally flooded, which builds up the alluvial soi ...
typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies east of Leachville.


Demographics


2020 census

As of the
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, there were 2,039 people, 971 households, and 654 families residing in the city.


2010 census

As of the
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, there were 1,993 people living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 85.6% White, 0.3% Black, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% Asian and 1.3% from two or more races. 12.6% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.


2000 census

As of the
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of 2000, there were 1,981 people, 788 households, and 549 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 866 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 92.88%
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, 1.41%
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or
African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
, 0.30% Native American, 0.20%
Asian Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asi ...
, 4.04% from
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, and 1.16% from two or more races. 9.54% of the population were
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or
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of any race. There were 788 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.6% were
married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.07. In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $25,789, and the median income for a family was $32,574. Males had a median income of $26,792 versus $17,083 for females. The
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for the city was $15,360. About 12.4% of families and 17.3% of the population were below the
poverty line The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for t ...
, including 19.9% of those under age 18 and 16.9% of those age 65 or over.


Education

The
Buffalo Island Central School District Buffalo Island Central School District (or BIC) is a public school district based in Monette, Arkansas, United States. The Buffalo Island Central School District provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 850 prek ...
, which operates
Buffalo Island Central High School Buffalo Island Central High School (or BIC) is a comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve in Monette, Arkansas, United States. It serves the Blue Island area in Craighead County and is the sole high school ...
, serves Leachville. The school's mascot is the
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. The Buffalo Island Central School District was established on July 1, 1984. Until that point the
Leachville School District Leachville is a city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,039 at the 2020 census. Leachville was incorporated in 1916. History Leachville was established in 1896 by land developers Joshua Gilbert Leach, James Wise ...
served the community; on that day it merged with the
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to form the current school district.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
"
Arkansas Department of Education 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 ...
. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.


References


External links

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City of Leachville Myspace site
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