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In 1873, the town of Atkins was established with the coming of the Iron
Mountain Railroad. The railroad ran from Little Rock to Fort Smith. The town was named for Elisha Atkins, a financier from Boston, Massachusetts, who volunteered to finish the building of the railroad after the stockholders ran
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Of the 1,118 households 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 25.3% of households were one person and 11.2% were one person aged 65 or older. The average
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The median household income was $ 40,112 and the median family income was $ 49,754. Males had a median income of $ 33,191 versus $ 38,833 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 18,605. About 6.4% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of
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As of the census of 2010, there were 3,016 people in 1,118 households, including 849 families, in the city. The population density was 471.8 inhabitants per square mile (182.2/km). There were 1,288 housing units at an average density of 211.1 per square mile (81.5/km). The
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The age distribution was 23.4% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 25% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% 65 or older. The median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.
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of the city was 95.6% White, 0.9% Black or
African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 1.2% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. 2.3% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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out of money three miles from (what became Atkins). The stockholders named the town Atkins in his honor...
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Goldsmith Pickle Company which started producing
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377:The town is named after Elisha Atkins, a Boston
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346:35.24361°N 92.93833°W
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1655:Categories
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1483:Mill Creek
1473:Holla Bend
1468:Happy Bend
1458:Georgetown
1453:Galla Rock
1433:Buttermilk
1227:Pottsville
1068:January 1,
869:References
803:As of the
337:92°56′18″W
334:35°14′37″N
292:feature ID
200:Population
106:92°56′18″W
103:35°14′37″N
1523:Raspberry
1463:Gold Hill
1393:Oak Grove
1272:Townships
929:April 23,
851:, former
410:cucumbers
387:Civil War
323:Geography
280:FIPS code
268:Area code
248:UTC−05:00
227:UTC−06:00
222:Time zone
192:Elevation
1538:Sand Gap
1493:New Hope
1488:Moreland
1413:Augsburg
1388:Appleton
1350:Moreland
1330:Illinois
988:"Atkins"
786:Hispanic
284:05-02590
256:ZIP Code
145:Arkansas
1618:Worthen
1608:Welcome
1563:Simpson
1448:Economy
1418:Bernice
1355:Phoenix
1340:Liberty
1335:Jackson
1325:Gum Log
1320:Griffin
1310:Freeman
1285:Burnett
1280:Bayliss
1043:June 4,
1017:June 4,
697:Number
373:History
295:2403125
131:Country
1613:Wilson
1598:Victor
1568:Smyrna
1553:Shiloh
1543:Scotia
1423:Bethel
1370:Wilson
1365:Valley
1360:Smyrna
1345:Martin
1290:Center
1262:Hector
1222:London
1212:Atkins
1204:Cities
1120:
958:May 1,
797:3.46%
790:Latino
780:5.46%
767:0.03%
754:0.24%
741:0.66%
728:0.73%
714:89.4%
711:2,556
535:−10.8%
430:Census
302:Atkins
152:County
1593:Treat
1588:Tilly
1583:Taral
1558:Silex
1528:Retta
1513:Piney
1315:Galla
1305:Dover
1295:Clark
1217:Dover
948:(PDF)
747:Asian
706:White
694:Race
670:−5.2%
665:2,859
650:3,016
635:2,878
625:−5.6%
620:2,834
610:49.0%
605:3,002
595:44.9%
590:2,015
575:1,391
565:−2.3%
560:1,291
550:−3.1%
545:1,322
530:1,364
520:21.5%
515:1,529
505:68.9%
500:1,258
490:12.9%
475:27.2%
406:acres
379:sugar
261:72823
250:(CDT)
208:2,859
140:State
1573:Solo
1533:Ross
1498:Nogo
1380:CDPs
1254:Town
1118:ISBN
1095:2017
1070:2022
1045:2015
1019:2015
960:2023
931:2011
891:2021
777:156
661:2020
655:4.8%
646:2010
640:1.6%
631:2000
616:1990
601:1980
586:1970
580:7.7%
571:1960
556:1950
541:1940
526:1930
511:1920
496:1910
481:1900
466:1890
451:1880
439:Note
434:Pop.
290:GNIS
163:Area
157:Pope
32:City
1578:Tag
794:99
788:or
738:19
725:21
485:745
470:660
455:519
273:479
241:DST
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