Oden is a town in

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 180, down from 232 in 2010.

Geography

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(Broadway Avenue) is the main road through the town, leading east to Pencil Bluff and west to

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, the Montgomery

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, is southeast of Oden via AR 88 and

US 270 U.S. Route 270 (US 270) is a spur of U.S. Route 70, US 70. It travels for from Liberal, Kansas at U.S. Route 54, US 54 and U.S. Route 83, US 83 to White Hall, Arkansas at Interstate 530 (I-530) and U.S. Route 65, US&n ...

. According to the

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, Oden has a total area of , of which , or 2.75%, are water. The

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flows past the south side of the town, outside the town limits.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 220 people, 79 households, and 65 families residing in the town. The

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was 99.9/km (258.2/mi²). There were 93 housing units at an average density of 42.2/km (109.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.4%

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, 1.8% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.5%

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, and 0.5% from two or more races. There were 79 households, out of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.7% were

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living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.7% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.14. In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.6 males. The median income for a household in the town was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $36,563. Males had a median income of $21,944 versus $17,292 for females. The

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for the town was $12,610. About 7.6% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the

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, including 16.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 15.2% of those 65 or over.

Education

Public education for elementary and secondary school students is provided by the

Ouachita River School District Ouachita River School District (ORSD) is a public school district located along the Ouachita River and is headquartered in Acorn, Arkansas, Acorn, an unincorporated area in Polk County, Arkansas, Polk County, Arkansas, Education in the United St ...

, which includes Ode Maddox Elementary School and Oden High School. The Ouachita River School District was established by the merger of the Oden School District and the Acorn School District July 1, 2004.ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls
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. Retrieved on May 23, 2018. Some nearby

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are zoned to: * Mount Ida School District, which leads to graduation from Mount Ida High School.

References

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