Alma, Arkansas Alma, Arkansas Popeye statue in downtown Alma Popeye statue in downtown Alma Alma is positioned in Arkansas Alma - Alma Alma is a town/city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States.

It is positioned inside the Arkansas River Valley at the edge of the Ozark Mountains, the town/city is the sixth biggest in the Fort Smith urbane area. The populace was 5,419 at the 2010 Census. The town/city is positioned at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Interstate 49.

Today, the town/city claims the title of "Spinach Capital of the World".

In the town of Alma, Arkansas (population 776), one-fourth of the girls in the 1944 high school graduating class signed up to leave for Washington, and a several of their teachers cast aside their low-paying jobs and went with them, all of them climbing aboard a Pullman car for their first train ride, looking for more cash and excitement than they had any reasonable expectation of finding in Alma. Alma is positioned in south-central Crawford County at 35 29 17 N 94 13 15 W (35.488013, -94.220796). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.6 square miles (14.4 km2), of which 5.4 square miles (14.0 km2) is territory and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km2), or 3.06%, is water. Alma has no airport, and the train station, which fell into a state of dilapidation, was torn down in the early 1970s.

The town/city gets its waterworks from Alma Lake, which is perched above the town/city on the northeast, held back by a tall earthen dam that blocks Little Frog Bayou.

Alma Lake is the reservoir that supplies the city's tap water.

Alma sits along the border between the Boston Mountains and the Arkansas River Valley, so while most of the town/city lies on flat land, immediately to the north is scenic hill country.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 32.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older.

Alma operates under a form of small-town government where the mayor and town/city council combine to form the Governing Body.

The town/city council is composed of six council members, with two propel from each of the city's three wards.

Public education for elementary and secondary school students is provided by the Alma School District.

The four schools in the precinct include Alma Primary School, Alma Intermediate School, Alma Middle School and Alma High School. Live music performance at Warren's Rec Room in Alma Around 1987, Alma called itself the "Spinach Capital of the World" because the Allen Canning Company based in Alma canned more than half of all the spinach canned in the U.S., about 60 million pounds (27,000,000 kg) annually. The town has had various statues of the cartoon character Popeye, because of his connection to canned spinach; the most recent one was erected in 2007.

Crystal City Texas is also considered the Spinach Capital of the World. First held in 1986, the festival is sponsored by the Alma Chamber of Commerce and the Alma Advertising & Promotion Commission.

A package of spinach is dropped from an Alma Fire Department ladder truck onto a board with entrant's names, with the winner receiving a cash prize. Alma Water & Sewer chief office The City of Alma Public Works Department contains the Water & Sewer Division.

This group treats and distributes potable water from Lake Alma to the inhabitants and commercial users of the town/city while also owning and operating a wastewater compilation system. The plant has a design capacity of 1.75 million US gallons (6,600,000 L) per day, and discharges treated effluent to the Arkansas River in accordance with the city's NPDES permit administrated by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.

Justin Boyd, pharmacist in Alma and Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Fort Smith Charlotte Douglas, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 75; a retired educator from Alma Charlene Fite, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 80; formerly resided in Alma; educator in Fort Smit"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Alma city, Arkansas".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014".

"Alma School District".

Alma School District.

"Alma, Spinach Capital of the World".

Alma, Arkansas City of Alma official website Alma School District History of Alma (pdf) from the Alma Chamber of Commerce website Cities in Arkansas - Cities in Crawford County, Arkansas - Fort Smith urbane region - Populated places established in 1874 - 1874 establishments in Arkansas