North Little Rock, Arkansas North Little Rock, Arkansas Downtown North Little Rock, known as Argenta, in September 2011 Downtown North Little Rock, known as Argenta, in September 2011 Location of North Little Rock in Arkansas Location of North Little Rock in Arkansas North Little Rock, Arkansas is positioned in the US North Little Rock, Arkansas - North Little Rock, Arkansas Incorporated 1890 - incorporation of Argenta; consolidated with unincorporated North Little Rock in 1903 North Little Rock is a town/city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States, athwart the Arkansas River from Little Rock in the central part of the state.
North Little Rock, along with Little Rock and Conway, anchors the six-county Little Rock North Little Rock Conway Metropolitan Travel Destination (2014 populace 729,135), which is further encompassed in the Little Rock-North Little Rock Combined Travel Destination with 902,443 residents.
The town/city includes Dickey-Stephens Park, the new home of the Arkansas Travelers minor league baseball team.
Burns Park, one of the biggest municipal parks in the United States, is positioned in North Little Rock, and Verizon Arena, Little Rock's chief entertainment venue.
North Little Rock North Little Rock has a long history, dating back to the Burial Mound People. It was once known as Argenta, a name presently applied specifically to downtown North Little Rock.
In 1890, Little Rock took in the unincorporated Argenta improve as its Eighth Ward, preempting a competing petition to incorporate Argenta.
A neighboring region was incorporated as the Town of North Little Rock in 1901 as part of a plan to reclaim the Eighth Ward from Little Rock.
By 1904, the Arkansas Supreme Court allowed the town to annex the Eighth Ward; the undivided City of North Little Rock considers this its beginning date.
The combined town/city adopted the Argenta name by 1906, but reverted to North Little Rock in October 1917.
A remnant of the city's earliest years can be found in North Little Rock City Hall (constructed in 1914), which still contains plaques referring to "Argenta", and contains "C of A" (City of Argenta) ornamental designs.
North Little Rock is positioned at 34 46 51 N 92 15 25 W (34.780791, -92.256881). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 47.0 square miles (122 km2), of which 44.8 square miles (116 km2) is territory and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) (4.58%) is water.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,578, and the median income for a family was $43,595.
Most students attend enhance schools in the North Little Rock School District which includes: North Little Rock High School grades 9-12 The North Little Rock High School West Campus facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its art-deco architecture style.
In addition, the Pulaski County Special School District administers a several other North Little Rock region schools, including: In North Little Rock there are a number of private schools: Central Arkansas Christian Schools (Pre - K3-12) North Little Rock Montessori North Little Rock Catholic Academy (Pre - K3-8) National Weather Service North Little Rock, Arkansas Weather Forecast Office (Private) Bogard, American Baptist Association founder, clergyman in North Little Rock from 1903 to 1909 Pat Hays, former mayor of North Little Rock Douglas House, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 40 (Pulaski and Faulkner counties) since 2013 Frank Page, radio broadcaster, attended school in North Little Rock Officer Tommy Norman, North Little Rock Police Officer North Little Rock has two sister metros/cities according to Sister Cities International: According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, North Little Rock has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. See Adams, Walter M., "A History of North Little Rock The Unique City" (1986, August House)(ISBN 0874 - 830028).
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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