Blue Mountain, Arkansas Explained

Official Name:Blue Mountain, Arkansas
Settlement Type:Town
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Arkansas
Subdivision Name2:Logan
Area Total Km2:2.77
Area Total Sq Mi:1.07
Area Land Km2:2.76
Area Land Sq Mi:1.06
Area Water Km2:0.01
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Elevation Ft:495
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:88
Population Density Km2:31.90
Population Density Sq Mi:82.63
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:35.1311°N -93.7161°W
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:72826
Area Code:479
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:05-07210
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2405283
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]

Blue Mountain is a town in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 124 at the 2010 census.[2]

Geography

Blue Mountain is located south of the center of Logan County and is bordered to the east by Yell County.

The town sits in a valley bordered to the south by 860adj=midNaNadj=mid Potts Ridge and to the north by the west end of Mount Magazine, which 4miles farther east rises to the highest point in Arkansas at . Arkansas Highway 10 passes through the town, leading west 5miles to Magazine and to Booneville, the southern Logan county seat, and east to Havana.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Blue Mountain has an area of 2.8sqkm, all of it recorded as land.[2] The town is drained by Ashley Creek, which flows to the south through Potts Ridge to Blue Mountain Lake, a reservoir on the Petit Jean River, an east-flowing tributary of the Arkansas River.

Demographics

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 132 people, 55 households, and 33 families residing in the town. The population density was 47.2/km2. There were 67 housing units at an average density of 24/km2. The racial makeup of the town was 100.00% White.

There were 55 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $16,500, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $32,500 versus $21,667 for females. The per capita income for the town was $10,481. There were 5.6% of families and 19.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including 23.5% of under eighteens and 3.8% of those over 64.

References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. October 29, 2021.
  2. Web site: Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Blue Mountain town, Arkansas. U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. August 28, 2019. https://archive.today/20200213062631/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0507210. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . January 31, 2008 .

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