Editing Sherwood, Arkansas (section)

==Gravel Ridge==

The community of [[Gravel Ridge, Arkansas|Gravel Ridge]], located at {{coord|34|52|12|N|92|11|13|W|type:city}} (34.870068, -92.187069), was a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in Pulaski County<ref>{{GNIS|2402544}}</ref> that was annexed into the city of Sherwood in 2008.<ref name= "annexed">{{cite web| url = http://www.cityofsherwood.net/City/Meetings/Agendas/Agenda%20080428.pdf | title = Sherwood City Council (Meetings Agenda) | date = April 28, 2008 | publisher = City of Sherwood | location = Sherwood, AR | page = 2 | access-date = November 4, 2010
}}</ref>  Gravel Ridge, located between western [[Jacksonville, Arkansas|Jacksonville]] and the Sylvan Hills area of Sherwood, had a population of 3,232 and total area of {{convert|1.9|sqmi|km2}}, as of the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]].

===Annexation===
Gravel Ridge carried ties to both Jacksonville and Sherwood for many years.  Its telephone number prefix is shared with Sherwood, while Gravel Ridge shares a [[ZIP code]] with Jacksonville.  On February 5, 2008, a special election was held in Jacksonville for the annexation of Gravel Ridge into Jacksonville.  Upon the Jacksonville ballot issue being announced, Sherwood Mayor Hillman and the Sherwood city council ordered a special election for March 11, 2008, to gauge support for the annexation of Gravel Ridge into Sherwood.  In each of the cities' respective elections, each city's residents as well as the residents of Gravel Ridge voted.  The proposal for annexation into either Jacksonville or Sherwood passed in each election.  The result prompted a third special election for Gravel Ridge residents only on April 1, 2008, to vote on whether they wanted to be annexed into Sherwood or Jacksonville, with voters ultimately deciding in favor of annexation by Sherwood.

Gravel Ridge was formally annexed during the Sherwood city council meeting on April 28, 2008,<ref name= "annexed"/> during which the territory comprising the one-time census designated place was divided along Arkansas Highway 107 into additions to the first and second wards of Sherwood.

====Voting results====
{| class="wikitable" width="750pt"
|+
|-
!width="26%|Election Title
!width="12%|Date of Election
!width="12% |Choices
!width="12% |Results
!width="38%|Total Votes
|-
| rowspan="2" |Gravel Ridge Annexation 
| rowspan="2" |April 1, 2008
|Jacksonville
|221 - 25.91%
| rowspan="2" |853
|-
|Sherwood
|632 - 74.09%
|-
| rowspan="10" |Sherwood Annexation
| rowspan="10" |March 11, 2008
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Sherwood Residence
|-
|For
|1193 - 86.32%
| rowspan="2" |1382
|-
|Against
|189 - 13.68%
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Gravel Ridge Residence
|-
|For
|571 - 74.35%
| rowspan="2" |768
|-
|Against
|197 - 25.65%
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Total
| rowspan="3" |2,150
|-
|For
|1764 - 82.05%
|-
|Against
|386 - 17.95%
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |Jacksonville Annexation
| rowspan="10" |February 5, 2008
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Jacksonville Residence
|-
|For
|2958 - 75.59%
| rowspan="2" |3913
|-
|Against
|955 - 24.41%
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |Gravel Ridge Residence
|-
|For
|384 - 32.49%
| rowspan="2" |1182
|-
|Against
|798 - 67.51%
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Total
| rowspan="3" |5,095
|-
|For
|3,342 - 65.59%
|-
|Against
|1,753 - 34.41%
|-
|}