Elm Springs, Arkansas

Elm Springs, Arkansas
City
Seal
Location in Washington County and the state of Arkansas
Coordinates: 36°12′27″N 94°13′17″W / 36.20750°N 94.22139°W / 36.20750; -94.22139Coordinates: 36°12′27″N 94°13′17″W / 36.20750°N 94.22139°W / 36.20750; -94.22139
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Washington, Benton
Founded	1832
Incorporated	May 23, 1917
Government
• Type	Mayor/Council
• Mayor	Harold Douthit
• Chief of Police	Jason Hiatt
Area
• Total	5.991 sq mi (9.868 km2)
• Land	5.76 sq mi (9.27 km2)
• Water	0.231 sq mi (0.598 km2)
Elevation	1,184 ft (361 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,535
• Density	274.7/sq mi (106.5/km2)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	72728
Area code(s)	479
FIPS code	05-21430
GNIS feature ID	0076873
Website	www.elmsprings.net

Elm Springs is a city in Benton and Washington counties, Arkansas. The community is located between the Boston Mountains and the Springfield Plateau within the Ozark Mountains. Initially a community surrounding a spring-fed mill, the community flourished even after the mill's destruction during the Civil War.

Located immediately west of Springdale in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan statistical area, Elm Springs has been gaining population in recent years, including a 47% increase in population between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.^[1]

Geography

Elm Springs is located at 36°12′27″N 94°13′17″W / 36.20750°N 94.22139°W / 36.20750; -94.22139 (36.207590, -94.221515).^[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.991 square miles (15.52 km²).

Demographics

As of the census^[5] of 2010, there were 1,535 people, 527 households, and 439 families residing in the city. The population density was 276.9 people per square mile (106.9/km²). There were 577 housing units at an average density of 108.7/sq mi (42.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.4% White, 1.2% Black or African American, 1.4% Native American, 2.9% Asian, .2% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. 8.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 527 households out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 16.7% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 30.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.7 years. For every 100 females there were 103.3 males.

In 2000, The median income for a household in the city was $40,703, and the median income for a family was $45,536. Males had a median income of $30,550 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,551. About 8.6% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.

Churches

Elm Springs Assembly of God, Elm Springs United Methodist Church, Faith Regular Baptist Church

References

Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Arkansas, United States County seat: Bentonville Cities Bella Vista Bentonville Bethel Heights Cave Springs Centerton Decatur Elm Springs‡ Gentry Gravette Little Flock Lowell Pea Ridge Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale‡ Sulphur Springs Towns Avoca Garfield Gateway Highfill Springtown Townships 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 CDPs Cherokee City Hiwasse Lost Bridge Village Maysville Prairie Creek Other communities Accident Apple Spur Beacon Addition Beaty Beaver Shores Blackjack Corner Bland Bloomfield Brightwater Clantonville Clear Point Creech Cross Hollow Dawn Hill Dug Hill Eagle Corner Elkhorn Tavern Fairmount Falling Springs Frisco Gallatin Glade Green Acres Healing Springs Hickory Creek Hico Hill Top Ionia Lake Frances Lakeland Hills Larue Leetown Logan Martin Mason Valley Miller Monte Ne Nebo Norwood Oak Grove Osage Mills Pedro Pine Top Pleasant Hill Pleasant Ridge Pleasure Heights Rago Rambo Riveria Rivercliff Estates Robinson Rocky Comfort Seba Silent Grove Spring Creek Tanglewood Twin Springs Vaughn Vista Shores Walnut Hill War Eagle West Point Ghost town Colville Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Arkansas, United States County seat: Fayetteville Cities Elkins Elm Springs‡ Farmington Fayetteville Greenland Johnson Lincoln Prairie Grove Springdale‡ Tontitown West Fork Winslow Town Goshen Townships Boston Brush Creek Cane Hill Center Cove Creek Crawford Durham Dutch Mills Elkins Elm Springs Farmington Fayetteville Goshen Greenland Harmon Illinois Johnson Lee's Creek Lincoln Litteral Marrs Hill Morrow Prairie Prairie Grove Reed Rhea's Mill Richland Springdale Starr Hill Tontitown Valley Vineyard Wedington West Fork White River Winslow Wyman Unincorporated communities Appleby Arnett Baldwin Banyard Beav-O-Rama Black Oak Blackburn Blue Springs Village Brentwood Canehill Cincinnati Clyde Durham Dutch Mills Evansville Fayette Junction Floss Gulley Habberton Harmon Harris Hazel Velley Hicks Hogeye Hubbard Mayfield McNair Morrow Mount Olive Oak Grove Odell Onda Pilgrim's Rest Pitkin Corner Rhea Rochelle Riviera Savoy Shady Grove Skylight Sonora Spring Valley Starks Steele Strain Strickler Sulphur City Summers Sunset Suttle Tolu Tuttle Viney Grove Walnut Grove War Eagle Cove Wedington Wedington Woods Wheeler White Rock Woolsey Wyman Wyola Ghost towns Barbara Blewford Carter Cross Roads Jabur McGuire Porter's Store Rickert Rucker's Grove Sexton Summit Sydenham Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties