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Miller County is a
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located in the southwestern corner of the
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of
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 ...
. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,462. The
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is Texarkana. Miller County is part of the Texarkana, TX-AR,
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. When first formed, Miller County was Arkansas's sixth county, established on April 1, 1820, and named for James Miller, the first governor of the
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. Additionally, Miller County was the first of the state's counties to be formed upon the creation of the Arkansas Territory. The first five —
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,
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, Hempstead and Pulaski — were formed during Arkansas's days as part of the
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. This county was abolished in 1838. During the Reconstruction era, it was organized again on December 22, 1874, from a portion of neighboring Lafayette County.


History

When created in 1820, Miller County included most of the current Miller County, as well as several present-day Texas counties. In 1831 the county seat was located what is the current day Clarksville,
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. When Arkansas achieved statehood the same year as Texas declared itself an independent republic in 1836, a dispute arose over their common border, with the area in Miller County having representation in both the Arkansas legislature and the Texas congress. In 1837 and 1838, Texas organized Red River and Fannin counties, respectively, in the area. Arkansas attempted to counter by making it a misdemeanor for Miller County residents to hold office in Texas, and then by establishing a county court in Fannin. The attempts were ultimately unsuccessful. In 1845 Texas agreed to annexation by the United States, settling the boundary between Texas and Arkansas. As much of Miller County was lost to Texas, the county was dissolved, with the remaining territory returning to Lafayette County. The modern Miller County was re-created in 1874 from the parts of Lafayette County lying west and south of the Red River.


Geography

Miller County is located in the southwest corner of Arkansas in the
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, a
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. The forests of pine trees initially formed a logging and
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industry, though many fields have been cleared from the forest to grow rice, soybeans, corn, and vegetables. The county is also within the
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region, sharing a
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with
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and
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. The Ark-La-Tex is an economic region anchored by
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, and Texarkana. The Red River serves as the northern and eastern boundary of the county, though the watercourse has shifted since the county's reestablishment in 1874. The original Red River continues to serve as the county line between Little River, Hempstead, and Lafayette counties in Arkansas. According to the
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, Miller County has a total area of , of which is land and (2.1%) is water. The county is located approximately southwest of
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, north of
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, and east of the
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(DFW) in
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. Miller County is surrounded by three Arkansas counties: Little River County to the north, Hempstead County to the northeast, Lafayette County to the east; two Louisiana
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to the southeast and
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, to the south; and two Texas counties to the west:
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and Bowie.


Ecology

Miller County is within the
South Central Plains The Piney Woods is a temperate coniferous forest terrestrial ecoregion in the Southern United States covering of East Texas, southern Arkansas, western Louisiana, and southeastern Oklahoma. These coniferous forests are dominated by several speci ...
Level III ecoregion designated by the
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. Within the region, the county contains parts of four different Level IV ecoregions. Throughout the South Central Plains, forests are mostly swamp - southern floodplain forest, unlike the oak–hickory–pine forest of higher, better drained forests in adjacent eco-regions. Along the north and eastern county boundary, the
Red River Bottomlands Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...
follows the Red River. This eco-region contains floodplains, low terraces, oxbow lakes, meander scars, backswamps, natural levees, and the meandering Red River. Natural vegetation is southern floodplain forest unlike the oak–hickory– pine forest of higher, better drained compared to adjacent forests. However, the region has widely been cleared and drained for agriculture. The Red River is almost continuously turbid; suspended sediment concentrations are usually much higher than in the Saline River or
Ouachita River The Ouachita River ( ) is a river that runs south and east through the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana, joining the Tensas River to form the Black River near Jonesville, Louisiana. It is the 25th-longest river in the United States ( ...
due to land cover, land use, and upstream lithology differences. South of Texarkana, the Floodplains and Low Terraces eco-region follows the Sulphur River. It contains frequently flooded forested wetlands, natural levees, swales, oxbow lakes, and meander scars. Longitudinal channel gradients are low and are less than in the
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. North of the low terraces, a small strip of Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces ecoregion contains level, poorly-drained, periodically wet soils underlain by Pleistocene unconsolidated terrace deposits.
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and oaks are common and are adapted to the prevailing hydroxeric regime; pastureland and hayland are less extensive. A vertical sequence of terraces occurs. The lowest terrace is nearly flat, clayey, and has extensive hardwood wetlands. Higher terraces become progressively older and more dissected; they are dominated by pine flatwoods, pine savanna, or prairie; flatwood wetlands are less extensive than on the lowest terrace. The mid-level terrace is veneered with windblown silt deposits (
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). Streams tend to be mildly acidic and stained by organic matter. They have more suspended solids, greater turbidity, and higher hardness values than the Tertiary Uplands.


Hydrology

Miller County is within the Red River
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. The historic channel of the Red River defines the northern and eastern boundary of Miller County. The
Sulphur River The Sulphur River is a river in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas in the United States. Geography The Sulphur River begins at the confluence of its north and south forks forming (following earlier meanders) the northern and southern bounda ...
, McKinney Bayou, and Bois D'Arc Creek are also important water courses in the county; all tributary to the Red River. Swamps and bayous along the Sulphur River drain much of the western part of Miller County. A levee in the eastern part of Miller County delineates the border between the McKinney Bayou watershed, with everything east of the levee within the Red River
floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
. Areas within the levee are frequently subject to inundation by the Red, including a town evacuation of Garland City in 2015.


Protected areas

Miller County contains two protected areas: the Sandhills Natural Area owned by the
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(ANHC), and the Sulphur River Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), owned by the
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(AGFC). The Sandhills Natural Area preserves of undisturbed sandhill vegetation along rolling hills and sandy soils. It is a home to at least 40 rare species of plants, the most of any ANHC Natural Area. The Sulphur River WMA preserves of
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,
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breaks,
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s, and bayous along the Red River Valley. Established in the 1950s, the area is open to
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, camping, hunting, fishing, and hiking. Within the WMA, is maintained as the Henry Moore Waterfowl Rest Area.


Demographics


2020 Census

As of the
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, there were 42,600 people, 16,426 households, and 11,108 families residing in the county.


2010 Census

As of the 2010 census, there were 43,462 people, 17,219 households, and 11,685 families residing in the county. The
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was 68 people per square mile (26/km2). There were 19,281 housing units at an average density of 30 per square mile (12/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 71.6%
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, 24.5%
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or
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, 0.7% Native American, 0.5%
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, 0.04%
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, 1.0% from
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, and 1.7% from two or more races. 2.4% of the population were
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or
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of any race. There were 11,685 households, out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were
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living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% 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 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. The median income for a household in the county was $40,307, and the median income for a family was $47,960. Males had a median income of $41,556 versus $30,417 for females. The
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for the county was $19,654. About 14.1% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the
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, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.


2000 Census

As of the 2000 census, there were 40,443 people, 15,637 households, and 11,086 families residing in the county. The population density was 65 people per square mile (25/km2). There were 17,727 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile (11/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 74.02% White, 22.99% Black or African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 15,637 households, out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.90% were married couples living together, 16.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.50% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.10 males. The median income for a household in the county was $30,951, and the median income for a family was $36,665. Males had a median income of $33,080 versus $21,376 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,444. About 15.40% of families and 19.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.90% of those under age 18 and 16.50% of those age 65 or over.


Human resources


Education

Educational attainment in Miller County is typical for a rural Arkansas county, with a 2016 study finding 85.5% of Miller County residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher, in line with Arkansas and national averages of 85.2% and 87.0%, respectively. Miller County's proportion of population holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.5%, significantly below the state average of 21.5% and national average of 30.3%.


Primary and secondary education

Public school districts serving sections of Miller County: *
Fouke School District Fouke School District 15 is a public school district based in Fouke, Miller County, Arkansas, United States. The district serves more than 1,100 students in prekindergarten through grade 12 and employs more than 150 faculty and staff at its thre ...
* Genoa Central School District * Lafayette County School District * Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) Three of those districts are based in Miller County; TASD is the largest school district in Miller County, with the Fouke District serving approximately the southern half of the county, and the Genoa District serving a small area around
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between the two larger districts. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation from
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, Fouke High School, or
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respectively. All three high schools offer
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(AP) courses and are accredited by the
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(ADE). TASD also offers graduation from the Washington Academy Charter School, an
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, and Texarkana Area Vocational Center. Arkansas HS offers concurrent credit agreements with nearby
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(UACCH) Texarkana Campus, and is the only school in the county accredited by AdvancED. Students in the northeast part of Miller County around
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outside the three Miller County-based districts are within the Lafayette County School District.


Higher education

Miller County contains one institution of
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, the Texarkana campus of
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) is a public community college in Hope and Texarkana, Arkansas. It is affiliated with the University of Arkansas System as a result a merger by act of the Arkansas Legislature in 1995 and is accre ...
, a public
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based in
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.
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contains
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, a public four-year university with a high percentage of students from Arkansas, and
Texarkana College Texarkana College is a public community college in Texarkana, Texas. History Texarkana College was formed in 1927, as a branch of the Texarkana Independent School District, which voted to proceed with plans for establishment of a community co ...
, a community college. Other higher education institutions in the region include Cossatot Community College in
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,
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in
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, and several institutions in the vicinity of
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.


Libraries

The Texarkana Public Library is located at 600 West 3rd Street. TPL offers books,
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s, media, reference, youth, business and
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services. In Fouke, the Ann & Dewey Fowler Community Library is located at 305 N Snell Street in a restored Victorian house.


Public health

Miller County's above-average poverty rate indicates a high
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eligibility rate. As of 2012, 32.4% of Miller County was eligible for Medicaid, with 61.7% of children under 19 eligible for ARKids First, a program by the
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that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B). The county's population is significantly above healthy weight, with 54.0% of adults and 38.0% of children/adolescents ranking as overweight or obese, compared to the state averages of 67.1% and 39.3%, respectively. These rates are significantly above national averages of 62.9% and 30.3%, respectively. The Christus St. Michael Health System and Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana are
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s offering acute inpatient care,
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, surgery, rehabilitation, therapy, and senior care services. The facilities are both rated
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s by the
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. The
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(UAMS) offers a family medicine residency program at the UAMS Southwest Area Health Education Center in Texarkana.
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in
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is a
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in the region, focusing on neurosurgery, cancer treatment, cardiovascular care, and orthopaedics. The nearest
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is University Health in Shreveport.


Public safety

The Miller County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the county. The agency is led by the Miller County Sheriff, an official elected by countywide vote every four years. The county is under the jurisdiction of the 37th District Court, a state district court.. State district courts in Arkansas are courts of
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for criminal, civil (up to $25,000), small claims, and traffic matters. State district courts are presided over by a full-time District Judge elected to a four-year term by a districtwide election. The judge presides over both the Texarkana Department at 100 North
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in Texarkana and the Miller County Department at the Miller County Correctional Facility at 2300
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. Superseding district court jurisdiction is the 8th Judicial Circuit Court South, which covers Miller and Lafayette counties. The 8th Circuit South contains three circuit judges, elected to six-year terms circuitwide.. Circuit court is held at the Miller County Courthouse at 400 Laurel Street in Texarkana.


Government

The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the
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and the Arkansas Code. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called ''justices of the peace'' and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Miller County Quorum Court has eleven members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the ''county judge'', who serves as the
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of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions.


Politics

Since the mid-20th century, Miller County has transitioned from reliably Democratic to steady
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in national, state and local elections. Miller County was part of the
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, a period of Democratic hegemony which began after
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following the
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. This resulted essentially in a
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, in which a candidate's victory in Democratic primary elections was
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to the office itself. The Solid South started to dissolve following the Civil Rights Act in 1964, which is when Miller County's streak of supporting Democratic candidates ended. The county would support every Republican presidential candidate after 1964, with exceptions for fellow Southerners:
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in
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,
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in
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, and fellow Arkansan
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in
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and
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. Republican strength has been growing rapidly in Miller County, supporting
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with 53 and 58 percent of the vote, supporting
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’s opponents with 66 and 69 percent of the vote, and supporting
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with 70.2 and 72.1 percent of the vote. In
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, Arkansas has been represented by two Republican senators (
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and
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) since January 3, 2015, ending a long history of Democratic hegemony. In the
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, Miller County is within the Arkansas 4th district, which contains
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, the
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, and a few
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counties. The Arkansas 4th has been represented by
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since
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. In the
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, Miller County is within the 11th District. The district also contains Little River and Lafayette counties, and parts of Hempstead and Sevier counties. The 11th has been represented by Jimmy Hickey Jr. (R) of Texarkana since 2013. In the
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, Miller County contains two Districts. The 1st District is almost
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with Texarkana, with the rest of the county within the 2nd District. The 2nd District also covers most of Lafayette County and parts of Columbia County, including
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. The Texarkana district has been represented by
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(R) since 2016, with the 2nd District represented by
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(R) since 2012. Miller County has produced some successful politicians, including three longtime members of the U.S. House of Representatives: Mike Ross represented the Arkansas 4th from 2001 to 2013,
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represented the Texas's 18th from 1951 to 1967, and
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represented the Texas 1st from 1997 to 2005.
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served as
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from 1907 to 1909,
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Associate Justice from 1910 to 1916 and 1926 to 1934, and represented Arkansas in the
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from 1916 to 1921.


Taxation

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is assessed by the Miller County Assessor annually based upon the fair market value of the property and determining which tax rate, commonly called a ''millage'' in Arkansas, will apply. The rate depends upon the property's location with respect to city limits, school district, and special
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(TIF) districts. This tax is collected by the Randolph County Collector between the first business day of March of each year through October 15th without penalty. The Miller County Treasurer disburses tax revenues to various government agencies, such as cities, county road departments, fire departments, libraries, and police departments in accordance with the budget set by the quorum court. Due to Miller County's proximity to Texas, which has no state personal
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, special taxation exemptions apply to residents with permanent addresses within the city limits of Texarkana. The
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(DFA) requires taxpayers to submit the ''Texarkana Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate'' with their Arkansas tax return. Taxpayers are exempt from Arkansas income tax, and residents of Texarkana, Texas are exempt from Arkansas income tax from any income earned within the city limits of Texarkana, Arkansas. Sales and use taxes in Arkansas are voter approved and collected by the DFA. Arkansas's statewide
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and
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has been 6.5% since July 1, 2013. Miller County has an additional sales and use tax of 1.25%, which has been in effect since October 1, 2012. Within Miller County, the City of Texarkana has an additional 2.5% sales and use tax since January 1, 2008, and the towns of Fouke and Garland having an additional 1.0% sales and use tax, each since the early 1980s The
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disburses tax revenue to counties/cities in accordance with tax rules.


Communities


City

* Texarkana (county seat)


Towns

* Fouke *
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Unincorporated communities

*
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*
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* Black Diamond *
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*
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* Brightstar * Capps City * Clear Lake Junction *
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* Doddridge *
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* Fairland * Ferguson Crossroads * Fort Lynn *
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* Gertrude * Hammons * Hervey * Homan *
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* Jonesville *
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* Lakewood Estates * Mandeville * Mayton *
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* Mount Pleasant * Paup * Pleasant Hill * Ravanna * Rocky Mound *
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* Smithville * Sylverino


Historical communities

*
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*
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* Roverts *
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* Wona


Townships

* Beech ( Fouke) * Cleveland * Cut Off * Days Creek * Garland ( Texarkana) * Homan * Red River (
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) * Sulphur


Infrastructure


Major highways

*
Interstate 30 Interstate 30 (I-30) is a Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States. I-30 travels from I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas, to I-40 in North Little Rock, Ar ...
*
Interstate 49 Interstate 49 (I-49) is a north–south Interstate Highway that exists in multiple segments: the original portion entirely within the state of Louisiana with an additional signed portion extending from I-220 in Shreveport to the Arkansas s ...
*
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*
U.S. Highway 67 U.S. Route 67 is a major north–south U.S. highway which extends for 1,560 miles (2,511 km) in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues so ...
*
U.S. Highway 71 U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a major north–south United States highway that extends for over 1500 miles (2500 km) in the central United States. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstat ...
*
U.S. Highway 82 U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile (2,615 km) route extending from ...
* Highway 108 * Highway 134 * Highway 160 * Highway 196 * Highway 237 * Highway 245 * Highway 296 * Highway 549


Utilities

The
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(ADH) is responsible for the regulation and oversight of public water systems throughout the state. Miller County contains six community water systems: Texarkana Water Utilities (TWU), Fouke Waterworks, Miller County Public Water Authority (PWA), Garland Waterworks, Eastern Cass Water Supply Corporation, and Shady Acres Mobile Home Park. TWU, a joint department between the two Texarkana municipalities, provides drinking water and fire flows on both sides of the state line, including several partner cities in Texas. Its source waters are
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in Arkansas and Lake Wright Patman in Texas. Miller County PWA purchases water from TWU, and has the same executive director as of February 2018. The remaining systems have retail populations served under 1,000, and are groundwater systems.


See also

*
List of lakes in Miller County, Arkansas There are at least 63 named lakes and reservoirs in Miller County, Arkansas. Lakes * Adams Cut-off Lake, , el. * Alligator Lake, , el. * Candler Lake, , el. * Clark Lake, , el. * Clear Lake, , el. * Cypress City Lake, , el. * Cypress ...
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Miller County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Miller County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Miller County, Arkan ...


Notes


References

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External links

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