Booneville, Arkansas
Location in Logan County and the state of Arkansas
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Logan
Area
- City	4.1 sq mi (10.6 km²)
- Land	4.1 sq mi (10.6 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Population (2000)
- City	4,117
- Density	1,004.1/sq mi (388.4/km²)

View of Booneville's intersection of Main Street and Broadway during the turn of the 20th century.

Booneville is a city located in Logan County, and serves as the county seat of its southern district. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,117. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states, which are... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... List of 75 counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas: See also Media:Blank county map of Arkansas. ... Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 469 pixel Image in higher resolution (963 × 564 pixel, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Parade on Main Street in Booneville, AR, early 1900s. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 469 pixel Image in higher resolution (963 × 564 pixel, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Parade on Main Street in Booneville, AR, early 1900s. ... Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

Booneville, Arkansas, sits comfortably nestled in a Arkansas River Valley between the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains. Touting itself as "A Good Hometown," this peaceful place could be called the perfect setting to raise a family. Ouachita Mountains The Ouachita Mountains are a mountain range located in west central Arkansas and east central Oklahoma. ... This article is about the Ozark Plateau. ...

Booneville supports a community center, a senior citizens center, a community hospital, a municipal airport and new school facilities. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and other outdoors activities are readily available in nearby national forests and state parks.

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Founding and Early History

One of the oldest towns in western Arkansas, Booneville was founded about 1828, when Colonel Walter Cauthron built a log cabin and opened a general mercantile store near the Petit Jean River in what was then Crawford County. According to Cauthron family tradition, the intended to name the settlement Bonneville, in honor of his friend Captain Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville, with whom he shared an interest in exploring the Arkansas Territory. However an error in spelling resulted in the recording of the name as Booneville. Benjamin Bonneville Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (April 14, 1796-1878) was a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West. ...

Another story says that the town was named for frontiersman Daniel Boone, who settled in southern Missouri in his later life. He was a good friend of Benjamin Logan, a soldier and politician from Shelby County, Kentucky. Colonel James B. Logan, 1791-1859, for which Logan County gets its name, was a member of this same family. Logan was a member of Arkansas's first state legislature. He is buried in the Logan Family Cemetery, near Sugar Grove, Arkansas (a few miles west of Booneville). This 1820 oil painting by Chester Harding is the only portrait of Daniel Boone made from life. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Benjamin Logan (circa 1742-December 11, 1802 was an American military officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. ... Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ...

In 1898, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad, later acquired by the Rock Island Railroad, constructed a line between McAlester, OK and Little Rock, passing through Booneville. Booneville became a crew change point for the railroad, and crews from both Little Rock and Hartshorne would lay over in several railroad hotels between runs. A railroad eating house was established at Booneville by the John J. Grier Hotel Company, which held the franchise for railroad hotels and eating houses along the Rock Island. Until the Rock Island's demise in March 1980, the railroad was a major factor is the town's economy. Booneville's eating house/depot was recognized as historically significant, but efforts to preserve the structure ended when the unoccupied building burned on May 28, 2001.^[1] The frame and foundation of the railroad depot can still be seen behind the post office on First Street. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. ... There is also a Littlerock, California. ... Hartshorne is a city located in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. ...

Education

First Grade Class standing in front of Booneville Elementary School, former Booneville Co-Educational Institute, 1954.

From its early days, Booneville has supported education. In 1874, as a response to needs for higher learning in western Arkansas, the Fort Smith District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, authorized the establishment of the Fort Smith District High School in Booneville, forty miles to the west. Local church members donated the land, building materials and labor. The school, located on South College Street, was to be supported by student tuitions. Students came from towns all over western Arkansas to board with Booneville families and attend a school that offered an advanced curriculum, including Latin, German, advanced mathematics, literature and music. The school functioned until the early 1900s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Methodist Episcopal Church, South was the so-called Southern Methodist Church resulting from the split in the Methodist Episcopal Church which had been brewing over several years until it came out into the open at a conference held in Louisville, Kentucky in 1845. ...

After the school closed, a group of residents and business leaders formed the Booneville Education Association and acquired nine acres of land in the northwest part of town. The new school was called the Booneville Co-Educational Institute and also offered a more advanced curriculum than the public school around. Graduates were admitted as sophomores at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. In 1920, state funds were made available for the support of public high schools and the school's property was transferred to the Booneville school system. The building continued to be used as the city's high school until a new building was built in 1929. The old Co-Educational Institute building was used as the Booneville elementary school for several decades after that. Students attending a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to direct ones zeal at; hence a student is one who directs zeal at a subject. ... Plaque on University of Arkansas campus The University of Arkansas (also known as the U. of A. or simply Arkansas) is a public, coeducational, land-grant university system. ...

State Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Sanatorium administration on the left and Nyberg Building on the right

The Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium was established in 1909 about three miles south of Booneville. Once fully established, the sanatorium was the relocation center for all white Arkansans with tuberulosis. By the time the facility was closed in 1972, it had treated over 70,000 patients. The main hospital, named the Nyberg Building after Leo E. Nyberg, a former sanatorium patient and state legislator who sponsored the bill funding the construction, was completed in 1941. The facility became known worldwide as one of the most successful and modern hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis of its day. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,002 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Sanatório Heliantia A sanatorium refers to a medical facility for long-term illness, typically cholera or tuberculosis. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      In the United States of America, a state legislature is a generic term referring to the...

The sanatorium complex was self-sustaining, with dormitories, staff entertainment buildings, a chapel, laundry, dairy, water treatment plant, independent telephone system, and even a fire department. At the height of its use, the complex employed nearly 300 staff members. At one point, the total population of the center was greater than that of Booneville, in the valley below.

With the introduction of more effective drug therapy, the patient population began to decline. Eventually the sanatorium was closed in 1973. The campus is currently used as the Booneville Human Development Center, a state-run residential program for adults with mild and moderate mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Mental retardation is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills (milestones) during childhood, and a significantly below-normal global intellectual capacity as an adult. ... Mental retardation (abbreviated as MR), is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills (milestones) during childhood, and a significantly below-normal intellectual capacity as an adult. ...

Geography

Booneville is located at 35°8′23″N, 93°55′17″W (35.139650, -93.921272).^GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.6 km² (4.1 mi²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 4,117 people, 1,619 households, and 1,109 families residing in the city. The population density was 389.6/km² (1,010.0/mi²). There were 1,863 housing units at an average density of 176.3/km² (457.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.62% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 1.12% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.17% from other races, and 1.72% from two or more races. 0.87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...

There were 1,619 households out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.01. “Spouse” redirects here. ...

In the city the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,627, and the median income for a family was $31,012. Males had a median income of $25,238 versus $20,092 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,076. About 13.1% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 23.9% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Notable Natives

• Dizzy Dean and Daffy Dean - Major League Baseball players and brothers, born in the small community of Lucas, outside of Booneville.
• Kimberly Foster - American Television and Movie Actor, best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the later seasons of the prime-time drama Dallas.
• Elizabeth Ward Gracen - Former Miss America and an actress on Highlander: The Series
• Tom Greenway - Character actor in numerous TV series of the 1950s and 60s such as Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Dragnet and Perry Mason.
• John P. McConnell - Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from February 1, 1965 to July 31, 1969.
• Floyd Speer - Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. Played in the Majors from April 25, 1943 to May 3, 1944. He is buried in the Carolan Community Cemetery
• Aaron Lee Ward - Former infielder for the New York Yankees was born and raised near Booneville.

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References

External links

• History of Booneville and South Logan County
• History of Booneville in Encyclopedia of Arkansas
• Arkansas State Tuberculosis Sanatorium Historic Site
• Booneville Democrat -- Local Weekly Newspaper (On-Line Version)