Springdale, Arkansas
Springdale, Arkansas The Northwest Arkansas Naturals playing in Arvest Ballpark, the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Emma Avenue, Old Springdale High School, Tyson Foods World Headquarters The Northwest Arkansas Naturals playing in Arvest Ballpark, the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Emma Avenue, Old Springdale High School, Tyson Foods World Headquarters Official seal of Springdale, Arkansas Location in Washington County and the state of Arkansas Location in Washington County and the state of Arkansas Springdale, Arkansas is positioned in the US Springdale, Arkansas - Springdale, Arkansas Springdale is the fourth-largest town/city in Arkansas, and is positioned in both Washington and Benton counties in Northwest Arkansas.
Located on the Springfield Plateau deep in the Ozark Mountains, Springdale has long been an meaningful industrial town/city for the region. In addition to a several trucking companies, the town/city is home to the world command posts of Tyson Foods, the world's biggest meat producing company. Originally titled Shiloh, the town/city changed its name to Springdale when applying for a postal service in 1872. The four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Travel Destination is ranked 109th in terms of populace in the United States with 463,204 in 2010 as stated to the United States Enumeration Bureau.
Springdale has been experiencing a populace boom in recent years, as pointed out by a 133% expansion in populace between the 1990 and 2010 censuses. During this reconstructionof rapid growth, the town/city has seen a new Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, the establishment of a Springdale ground of Northwest Arkansas Community College and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals minor league baseball team move into Arvest Ballpark.
Tyson remains the city's top employer, and is visible throughout the city.
Many enhance features bear the Tyson name, including the Randal Tyson Recreational Complex, Don Tyson Parkway, Helen Tyson Middle School, Don Tyson Elementary and Don Tyson School of Innovation.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 108.9 square miles (282 km2), of which, 108.3 square miles (280 km2) of it is territory and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2) of it, or 0.62%, is water. The town/city limits extend north into southern Benton County.
Springdale is bordered by the metros/cities of Cave Springs, Lowell, and Bethel Heights to the north, by Elm Springs and Tontitown to the west, and by Johnson and Fayetteville to the south.
The town/city is positioned in both Benton and Washington counties along Interstate 49/US Highway 62/US Highway 71 (I-49/US 62/US 71). This is the only fully controlled access route through the area, which replaced the winding US 71 (now US 71 - B) in the 1990s. An interstate connection with Fort Smith to the south and Kansas City, Missouri to the north has greatly helped to expanded Springdale. Within Washington County, Springdale is bordered along the south by Fayetteville and Johnson.
Springdale is positioned on the Springfield Plateau, a subset of The Ozarks which run through northwest Arkansas, southern Missouri, and Northeastern Oklahoma. In the Springdale area, sandstones and shales were deposited on top of the Springfield Plateau amid the Pennsylvanian Period.
The Fayetteville Springdale Rogers Metropolitan Area consists of three Arkansas counties: Benton, Madison, and Washington, and Mc - Donald County, Missouri. The region had a populace of 347,045 at the 2000 census which had increased to 463,204 by the 2010 Enumeration (an increase of 33.47 per cent).
Climate data for Springdale, Arkansas (1981 2010 normals) 56.8% of Springdale's populace describes themselves as religious, slightly above the nationwide average of 48.8%. 25.6% of citizens in Springdale who describe themselves as having a religion are Baptist (14.5% of the city's total population).
3 Springdale Public Schools 2,235 In recent decades, Northwest Arkansas has seen rapid expansion and diversification of its economy based upon the three Fortune 500 companies based there Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B.
Although impacted by the Great Recession, Northwest Arkansas' economy fared better than most peer urbane areas, the state of Arkansas and the United States overall.
Springdale has a robust poultry refining industry, including large hatcheries and/or refining plants owned and directed by Tyson Foods, Cargill, and George's throughout the city.
Since Tyson Foods and George's are based in the city, a host of administrative/executive/support staff is also working in Springdale to support these large operations.
Springdale also has a range of industrial/manufacturing employers present in the city, including Apex Tool Group, Ball Corporation, Brunner & Lay, Dayco Products, and Pratt & Whitney.
This strong industrialized zone differentiates the town/city among the four large principal metros/cities of Northwest Arkansas.
Technology is a burgeoning zone in the city; The 34 acres (14 ha) Springdale Technology Park at the intersection of Huntsville and Monitor Roads is home to Nano - Mech, Arkansas's first nanomanufacturer.
The Tyson Foods Discovery Center and Tyson Data Center (under construction), both positioned on the Tyson HQ Main Campus, integrate poultry science and technology; this is a symbiosis reflective of Springdale's economic past and future. The mayor is propel by a citywide election to serve as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the town/city by presiding over all town/city functions, policies, rules and laws.
The town/city council consists of eight members who together form the legislative body for the city.
Two members are propel from each of the city's four wards. The Council meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at the City Administration Building.
Springdale Advertising and Promotion Commission Springdale Water and Sewer Commission The Springdale Housing Authority and Springdale Public Facilities Board also help direct the City of Springdale on matters inside their purview.
Springdale High School Springdale Public Schools is the second-largest school precinct in Arkansas, providing educational services to over 21,000 students on 29 different campuses throughout the city.
Pre-kindergarten, seventeen elementary schools, four middle schools, Springdale High School, Har-Ber High School, and the Don Tyson School of Innovation constitute the district.
Private education is available at Shiloh Christian School, established in 1976 by the First Baptist Church of Springdale.
It is fully accredited by Association of Christian Schools International and Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association.
Higher education in Springdale is available at the Springdale Campus of Northwest Arkansas Community College.
Ecclesia College is a very small work college accredited through the Association for Biblical Higher Education positioned in Springdale.
Near Springdale is the University of Arkansas (Uof - A), the flagship institution of the University of Arkansas System.
Located to the west of Springdale, John Brown University is a private, interdenominational, Christian liberal arts college in Siloam Springs.
Springdale is home to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the minor league baseball team of the Texas League.
Parsons Stadium in easterly Springdale is host to many affairs throughout the year, most prominently the Rodeo of the Ozarks.
This four-day event began in Springdale in 1944 and brings experienced cowboys and cowgirls to the town/city for one of the nation's top outside rodeos.
The primary through route in Springdale is Interstate 49/US 71/US 62 (the concurrent routes are unsigned and thus the route is simply known as I-49 in Springdale).
Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration in 2014, the highway became the first freeway in the region when it was instead of in the 1990s to relieve the former US 71 (now US 71 - B) of a much-increased demand of through travelers following the unanticipated and rapid expansion of Northwest Arkansas.
US 412 and US 71 - B briefly overlap in Springdale along Thompson Avenue Highway 112 - This route serves as the boundary of Springdale along much of its routing.
56th Street - This discontinuous road joins Sunset Avenue and Don Tyson Parkway to Arvest Ballpark in southwest Springdale.
In northwest Springdale, it joins Wagon Wheel Road to Elm Springs Road.
Springdale exits include Don Tyson Parkway, Sunset Avenue (US 412), Elm Springs Road and Wagon Wheel Road.
Gutensohn Road/Silent Grove Road - This road begins at Sunset Ave and runs north as Gutensohn Road until meeting Huntsville Ave, when it shifts names to Silent Grove Road and continues north to Lowell This route is a chief commercial thoroughfare as well as an unofficial neighborhood boundary in Springdale.
Arkansas Highway 265/Old Missouri Road - This route first was used by Native Americans as the Great Osage Trail, followed by Civil War troops bound for Fort Smith, Arkansas, the Trail of Tears, the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach route, and later still the telegraph.
Don Tyson Parkway - The primary southern corridor in Springdale, this four-lane road was assembled in sections and instead of in 2007.
US 412/Sunset Avenue/Robinson Ave - The only through east-west road in Springdale, this state highway joins Siloam Springs to the west with Huntsville in the east.
Sunset Ave is the principal commercial avenue in Springdale, with dozens of hotels, restaurants and bureaus along the road.
US 412 intersects Thompson Ave (US 71 - B) in midtown Springdale, and the routes briefly overlap.
Emma Avenue - The major east-west street in downtown Springdale, portions are designated as historic districts.
The road was formerly a through street but was broken into two segments by the assembly of a new Springdale High School in 2009.
Elm Springs Road/Huntsville Avenue - Known as Elm Springs Road near I-49, this road becomes Huntsville Road in midtown Springdale and passes through a major industrial area.
The City of Springdale's primary provider of enhance transit is Ozark Regional Transit.
The bus-based county-wide transit fitness runs throughout Washington and Benton Counties and is administrated by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Highfill serves Springdale and other communities in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers urbane area.
Springdale was the southwest county-wide command posts of the Welch's company. Randy Alexander, Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Springdale Justin Boyd, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Fort Smith; former resident of Springdale Jana Della Rosa, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Benton and Washington counties; native of Springdale, resident of Rogers Jim Bob Duggar, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 until 2002.
John Paul Hammerschmidt, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional precinct from 1967 to 1993 Hinshaw, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who represented Springdale from 1981 to 1996 Timothy Chad Hutchinson, lawyer in Fayetteville; Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives Robin Lundstrum, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Benton and Washington counties since 2015; businesswoman in Springdale Micah Neal, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Springdale; operator of Neal's Cafe Patrick, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Madison and Carroll counties from 1967 to 1970 "House OKs naming Springdale world's poultry capital".
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"Danny Lee Patrick", Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, July 29, 2009 Springdale Public Schools Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Arkansas, United States Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Arkansas, United States Populated places established in 1838 - Cities in Benton County, Arkansas - Cities in Arkansas - Cities in Washington County, Arkansas - Fayetteville Springdale Rogers urbane region - Springdale, Arkansas - 1838 establishments in Arka
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