Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas
Census-designated place in Arkansas, United States
34°01′55″N 93°57′04″W / 34.03194°N 93.95111°W / 34.03194; -93.95111[1]
(2020)
Center Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howard County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 179.[2]
History
When Howard County formed in 1873, Center Point was its first county seat.[3] After the first railroad in the county was built through Nashville—bypassing Center Point—the county seat was moved there in 1884.[3]
Demographics
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[4] | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH) | 141 | 78.77% |
Black or African American alone (NH) | 14 | 7.82% |
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 3 | 1.68% |
Asian alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 1 | 0.56% |
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 10 | 5.59% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 10 | 5.59% |
Total | 179 | 100.00% |
Notable people
- Carl Boles, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, was born in Center Point.
- Eurith D. Rivers, the 68th Governor of Georgia, was born in Center Point.
- Dorothy Shaver, born in Center Point in 1893, was the first woman in the United States to head a multimillion-dollar company, Lord & Taylor.
- Robert G. Shaver, lawyer, colonel in Confederate States Army, and Ku Klux Klan leader.[5]
Notes
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas
- ^ "Center Point CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ a b "Dierks Lake, Saline River: Environmental Impact Statement". US Army Corps of Engineers. 1975.
- ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Center Point CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau.
- ^ Hempstead, Fay (1911). Historical Review of Arkansas. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing. p. 1033.
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Municipalities and communities of Howard County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Nashville
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- Center Point
- Saratoga‡
communities
- Midway
- Mount Olive
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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