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Arkadelphia
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city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Clark
- Township
- Caddo
- Incorporated
- January 6, 1857
- Type
- City manager
- Total
- 7.73 sq mi (20.03 km )
- Land
- 7.73 sq mi (20.02 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 246 ft (75 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 9,916
- Density
- 1,343/sq mi (518.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 71923, 71998–71999
- Fips code
- 05-01870
- Gnis feature id
- 0076188
- Website
- cityofarkadelphia .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Arkadelphia
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Clark County
- Population
- 10380
- Area
- 18.891096
- Elevation
- 75
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Clark County
- Official website
- www.cityofarkadelphia.com
- Image
- Downtown Arkadelphia, AR 001.jpg
- Households
- 3780
- Dialing code
- 870
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- Commons category
- Arkadelphia, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Arkadelphia, Arkansas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Arkadelphia, Arkansas
- inception
- 1857-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.4887
- P8168
- Vil
- water area
- 0.092313
- per capita income
- 17464
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- postal code
- 71999
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Arkadelphia is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Arkansas, United States. The city is located near the Ouachita River at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, along the Interstate 30 corridor between Little Rock and Texarkana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,380.
Arkadelphia developed as a river and railroad trading center and later became known as an educational center in southwest Arkansas. It is home to Henderson State University and Ouachita Baptist University, whose neighboring campuses and football rivalry, the Battle of the Ravine, are central to the city's college-town identity. Arkadelphia was incorporated in 1857.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arkadelphia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.