Sheridan, Arkansas Sheridan, Arkansas Location in Grant County and the state of Arkansas Location in Grant County and the state of Arkansas Sheridan is a town/city and governmental center of county of Grant County, Arkansas.

Early pioneer were drawn to the region by the native timber, which is still a very meaningful part of Sheridan's economy, although the town/city has diversified into a several other industries.

Sheridan's history also includes a college, Missionary Baptist College, until its closure in 1934, and a series of conflicts amid the Civil Rights Movement. Located at the southern end of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area, Sheridan has been experiencing a populace boom in recent years, as pointed out by a 49% expansion in populace between the 1990 and 2010 censuses. The populace as of the 2010 census was 4,603. Sheridan was titled after Union general Phillip Sheridan amid the Reconstruction Era. At the beginning of the 20th century, a barns passed through Sheridan south into Dallas County.

In 1943, Jewell Williams, a Jehovah's Witness, was convicted in the Mayor's Court for selling Bibles without a permit under Sheridan City Ord.

The "Mighty 1090" KAAY airways broadcast sponsored the Rebel Springs Rock Festival of 1973 5 miles (8 km) east of Sheridan on Highway 270 that encompassed ZZ Top as a headliner.

Sheridan is part of the Little Rock North Little Rock Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

As of the 2010 United States census of 2010, there were 4,603 citizens , 1,841 homeholds, and 1,238 families residing in the city.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.0% White, 1.6% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 1.3% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.

There were 1,841 homeholds out of which 32.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.8% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $57,305, and the median income for a family was $64,123.

About 3.8% of families and 8.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 3,872 citizens , 1,509 homeholds, and 1,050 families residing in the city.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.34% White, 0.96% Black or African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.57% from other competitions, and 0.65% from two or more competitions.

There were 1,509 homeholds out of which 35.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $37,207, and the median income for a family was $43,953.

About 7.0% of families and 9.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 17.6% of those age 65 or over.

Sheridan is provided enhance education from the Sheridan School District, including the Sheridan High School.

At the time, Sheridan had around 199 African American inhabitants out of the town's total populace of 1,898.

On May 21, 1954, the small-town school board voted unanimously to integrate its 21 black students into its high school to avoid the $4,000 it would have cost the school board to send them to Jefferson County.

After the departure of the last black student from the town/city limits, the town/city bulldozed the black school; the remnants of the school were buried and the town/city no longer had a duty to integrate their schools. In March 2014, Sheridan High School principal Rodney Williams ordered the removal of student profiles from the student yearbook, clean water publish one of an openly gay student.

As the seat of county government, Sheridan is home to the Grant County Courthouse.

Sheridan hosts an annual event based on the area's deep roots in the timber trade called Timberfest, which includes a lumberjack competition and live music around the courthouse square.

Grant County Library in Sheridan The Grant County Museum, positioned on Shackleford Road in Sheridan, preserves and interprets the history and culture of the county for inhabitants and visitors.

Other exhibits include pioneer life and settlement in Grant County, and the flora and fauna native to the county.

Bales and Cleveland started the first journal in the Grant County area, titled The Sheridan Spy.

Williams, who a year later became a state senator, bought the Sheridan Spy and retitled it The Sheridan Headlight, which is still presented today.

This fitness was eventually purchased by the city, which now allows the Sheridan Water and Sewer Department to operate the fitness autonomously of town/city funds. Today, Sheridan is capable of treating groundwater obtained from five wells at a rate of 4.5 million gallons (17 million liters) per day (MGD/MLD).

Sheridan's wastewater treatment facility is positioned at the end of Gatzke Drive and discharges treated effluent to Big Creek in accordance with the permit granted by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. The facility utilizes a three-cell pond stabilization fitness followed by a holding pond and is designed for a flow of 0.67 MGD (2.5 MLD).

Ken Bragg, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Sheridan since 2013 Andy Mayberry, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 27, author of state law banning abortion after twenty weeks of gestation; born in Sheridan in 1970 John Little Mc - Clellan, lawyer and politician, United States representative for Arkansas's 6th congressional precinct from 1935 to 1939 "Sheridan (Grant County)".

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sheridan city, Arkansas".

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

Kirk, John, "Not Quite Black and White: School Desegregation in Arkansas, 1954-1966." Fredrick William Allsopp, "History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years or More." "Sheridan Wastewater Treatment Facility" (PDF).

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