Van Buren, Arkansas
Van Buren, Arkansas City of Van Buren Clockwise, from top: US 64/US 71 - B bridge over the Arkansas River, Van Buren Train Depot, Crawford County Bank Building, Main Street in the Van Buren Historic District, Crawford County Courthouse Clockwise, from top: US 64/US 71 - B bridge over the Arkansas River, Van Buren Train Depot, Crawford County Bank Building, Main Street in the Van Buren Historic District, Crawford County Courthouse Location in Crawford County and the state of Arkansas Location in Crawford County and the state of Arkansas Van Buren is positioned in the US Van Buren - Van Buren State Arkansas Township(s) Dora, Van Buren Named for Martin Van Buren Van Buren /v n bj r n/ is the second biggest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Travel Destination and the governmental center of county of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. The town/city is positioned directly northeast of Fort Smith at the Interstate 40 - Interstate 540 junction.
The town/city was incorporated in 1845 and as of the 2010 census had a populace of 22,791, ranking it as the state's 22nd biggest city, behind Searcy.
Perspective Map of Van Buren, Ark., County Seat of Crawford County, 1888.
After Arkansas became a territory in 1819 Daniel and Thomas Phillips constructed a lumber yard in the improve to serve as a fuel depot for traffic along the Arkansas River.
This postal service was titled after the newly appointed Secretary of State, Martin Van Buren.
The courthouse was constructed on a lot of territory donated by Drennen on the condition that Van Buren turn into the county seat.
Van Buren was incorporated on January 4, 1845. On December 28, 1862, Federal and Confederate forces clashed in and around Van Buren resulting in a defeat for Major-General T.
On April 21, 1996, at 11:12 p.m., a category F3 tornado hit the Fort Smith/Van Buren region causing extensive damage.
The tornado, which spawned in Oklahoma and crossed into west Fort Smith near the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers, killed 2, injured 89 and cost $300 million in damage.
After leaving the downtown region of Fort Smith, it traveled northeast through industrialized and residentiary sections of north Fort Smith, then crossed the Arkansas River again into the Mount Vista region on the west side of Van Buren and damaged a highly residentiary region where no fatalities occurred, although this region was very populated at the time.
Van Buren is positioned in the southwest corner of Crawford County at 35 26 40 N 94 20 48 W (35.444339, -94.346737). The Arkansas Oklahoma state line is 2 miles (3 km) to the west.
The Arkansas River forms the southern boundary of the city, separating it from Fort Smith of Sebastian County.
Lee Creek flows through the side of the town/city into the Arkansas River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Van Buren has a total region of 16.5 square miles (42.7 km2), of which 15.4 square miles (40.0 km2) is territory and 1.0 square mile (2.7 km2), or 6.34%, is water. Van Buren lies inside a humid subtropical climate area.
Average temperatures range from 36 F in January, to as high an average of 81 F in July with temperatures reaching the high 90s and low 100s in August.
July and August are the hottest months of the year, with an average high of 93 F (34 C) and an average low of 71.5 F (21.9 C).
Temperatures above 100 F (37.8 C) are not uncommon, occurring on average eleven times a year.
December and January are the coldest months with an average high of 50.5 F (10.3 C) and an average low of 30 F ( 1 C).
Highs below 32 F (0.0 C) occur on average five times a year, with 0.2 evenings per year dropping below 0 F ( 17.8 C).
The city's highest temperature was 113 F (45.0 C), recorded in 1936.
Climate data for Van Buren, Arkansas Average high F ( C) 50 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 1.0 0.8 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.6 2.9 There are 6,947 homeholds, of which 40.4% have kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 25.4% are classified as non-families by the United States Enumeration Bureau.
The average homehold size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.6% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Van Buren is home to many large corporations inside the state and employs a great deal of the city's populace inside its Port and Industrial Park district.
Manufacturing, food processing, and medicine are sustaining industries in Van Buren.
Major employers include poultry processors Tyson Foods and Simmons, the Van Buren School District, USA Truck, and Sparks Medical Center - Van Buren.
Van Buren is home of the King Opera House, a Victorian-style performance hall from the late 19th century, part of the old downtown historic area.
At the south end of the historical downtown is the Crawford County courthouse, the earliest functioning courthouse west of the Mississippi River.
As part of the major Fort Smith urbane area, many Fort Smith based tv stations including KHBS and KFSM, whose radio mast is assembled in Van Buren, furnish small-town news and weather.
The city's primary journal is the Van Buren Press Argus-Courier, however many citizens also read Fort Smith's Southwest Times Record, as well as the Northwest Edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Van Buren's locale at the junction of Interstate 40, Interstate 540, and the Arkansas/Oklahoma border yields surprisingly large tourism and hospitality industries.
The town/city is also positioned at the junction of a several state and U.S.
A private airport, Twin Cities Airport (code 39 - AR), was working to the southeast of the city, but has been closed for many years.
Modern barns s in the town/city include the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
The Van Buren School District is the biggest school precinct in Crawford County, consisting of six elementary schools (grades K-5), two middle schools (grades 6-8), one ninth undertaking academy (grade 9) and one high school (grades 10-12).
The Van Buren High School is in the 6 - A/7 - A-Central Division of Arkansas high school sports.
Justin Boyd, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Fort Smith; former Van Buren resident Gary Deffenbaugh, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Van Buren; retired educator Charlene Fite, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Van Buren; educator in Fort Smith Battle of Van Buren List of metros/cities and suburbs in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places listings in Crawford County, Arkansas "Van Buren".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Van Buren city, Arkansas".
"Brief History of Van Buren, AR".
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture "The Battle of Van Buren, Arkansas - Encounter at Dripping Springs".
"Monthly Averages for Van Buren, AR (72956)" (Table).
"Chapter 2: Into Battle Prairie Grove and Van Buren [Diary of Events: October 27 December 28, 1862]".
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