Booneville, Arkansas

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Booneville is a city in Logan County, Arkansas. Logan County has two Courthouses, one of which is at Booneville. The County seat is located 22 miles North of Booneville in the City of Paris. The population was 4,117 at the 2000 census.

Booneville, Arkansas, sits comfortably nestled in a valley between the Ouachita and Ozark mountains. Touting itself as "A Good Hometown," the peaceful place could be called the perfect setting to raise a family.

Colonel Walter Cauthron is credited with the naming of Booneville after his friend, Captain Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville.

Benjamin Bonneville was an Army officer stationed in Fort Smith, Sebastion County, Arkansas.

Bonnevile was a close friend of Walter Cauthron, who opened a mercantile store in what was then Crawford County, Arkansas, in the early 1820s. When Cauthron established a settlement and built a log structure east of Booneville Creek on the old Magazine Road in 1828, he originally intended to call it Bonneville. But an error in spelling resulted in the recording of the name as Booneville.

[edit] Geography

Booneville is located at 35°8′23″N, 93°55′17″W (35.139650, -93.921272)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.6 km² (4.1 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,117 people, 1,619 households, and 1,109 families residing in the city. The population density was 389.6/km² (1,010.0/mi²). There were 1,863 housing units at an average density of 176.3/km² (457.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.62% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 1.12% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. 0.87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 1,619 households out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,627, and the median income for a family was $31,012. Males had a median income of $25,238 versus $20,092 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,076. About 13.1% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 23.9% of those age 65 or over.