Sedgwick, Arkansas Explained

Official Name:Sedgwick, Arkansas
Settlement Type:Town
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Arkansas
Subdivision Name2:Lawrence
Area Total Km2:1.35
Area Total Sq Mi:0.52
Area Land Km2:1.35
Area Land Sq Mi:0.52
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Elevation Ft:262
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:163
Population Density Km2:121.16
Population Density Sq Mi:314.07
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Coordinates:35.9789°N -90.8628°W
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:72465
Area Code:870
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:05-63110
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:0058595
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]

Sedgwick is a town in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 152 at the 2010 census,[2] up from 112 at the 2000 census.

History

About 1881 George Washington Sedgwick, president of the Sedgwick Tie Company, "established a sawmill on the Cache River in Lawrence County, Arkansas, and a small town was established named Sedgwick, Ark."[3]

Geography

Sedgwick is in eastern Lawrence County, less than west of the Cache River, which forms the Lawrence County/Greene County line.

U.S. Route 63 passes through the town, leading northwest 10miles to Hoxie and southeast to Jonesboro. Arkansas Highway 228 leads northeast from Sedgwick 9miles to U.S. Route 412 at Light.

Demographics

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 112 people, 44 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was 818.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 51 housing units at an average density of 372.7sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 98.21% White, 0.89% Black or African American and 0.89% Native American.

There were 44 households, out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 12.5% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 124.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $20,417, and the median income for a family was $25,417. Males had a median income of $25,000 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $11,988. There were no families and 4.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 22.2% 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), Sedgwick town, Arkansas. U.S. Census Bureau. American FactFinder. August 23, 2019. https://archive.today/20200213050828/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0563110. February 13, 2020. dead.
  3. Book: A Sedgwick Genealogy: Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick. Sedgwick. Hubert Merrill. New Haven Colony Historical Society. 154. 1961. Sedgwick.org. August 23, 2019.
  4. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2008.