| Official Name: | Huntington, Arkansas |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arkansas |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sebastian |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.75 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.68 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.74 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.67 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 617 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 490 |
| Population Density Km2: | 280.86 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 727.00 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 35.0808°N -94.2644°W |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 72940 |
| Area Code: | 479 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 05-33940 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2404745 |
Huntington is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 Census the population was 635.[2]
Huntington began as a coal mining town. In 1887, The Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Coal Company surveyed the site and selected it as a townsite because coal was around the site, but not directly beneath it. The town was incorporated on February 4, 1888. The town was named after J. B. Huntington, a well-liked mine superintendent, who died after his horse jumped from a bridge over Cherokee Creek.[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7sqmi, all land.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 688 people, 262 households, and 184 families residing in the city. The population density was 1012.2sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 298 housing units at an average density of 438.4sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the city was 93.60% White, 0.15% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 1.89% from other races, and 3.92% from two or more races. 4.36% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 262 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.19.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $30,703, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $27,277 versus $15,781 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,614. About 13.5% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 20.7% of those age 65 or over.
It is in the Mansfield School District.[5] Mansfield High School is the district's comprehensive high school.