Editing Grant County, Arkansas

{{Short description|County in Arkansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Grant County
 | official_name        = County of Grant
 | state                = Arkansas
 | type                 = [[County (United States)|County]]
 | ex image             = Grant County Courthouse, Sheridan, Arkansas.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Grant County Courthouse in Sheridan
 | founded year         = 1869
 | founded date         = February 4
 | founded title        = Established
 | named for            = [[Ulysses S. Grant]]
 | seat wl              = Sheridan
 | largest city wl      = Sheridan
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 633
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 632
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 1.1
 | area percentage      = 0.2%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 17958
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 18383 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | district             = 4th
 | time zone            = Central
 | web                  = www.grantcountyar.com }}

'''Grant County''', officially the '''County of Grant''', is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Arkansas]]. Its population was 17,958 at the [[2020 United States census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Census - Geography Profile: Grant County, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Grant_County,_Arkansas?g=0500000US05053|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 20, 2023}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Sheridan, Arkansas|Sheridan]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Grant County is included in the [[Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area]]. It is an alcohol [[prohibition]] or [[dry county]].

==History==
Established on February 4, 1869, Grant County was [[Namesake|named after]] of [[President-elect of the United States|U.S. President-elect]]<!-- EDITORS NOTE: Please do not change to "President of the United States" as it would be historically inaccurate. Grant did not take office until March 4, 1869 (a full month after the county was named for him). Thank you. -->  [[Ulysses S. Grant]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n140 141]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Grant%20County|title= Grant County|year= 2012|work= Local.Arkansas.gov|publisher= Information Network of Arkansas (INA) and Arkansas Municipal League|access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref>

[[Robert W. Glover]], a [[Missionary Baptist]] [[clergy]]man who served in both houses of the [[Arkansas General Assembly]] (1905-1912) from Sheridan, introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astate.edu/a/centennial/centennial-events-gallery/act-100-re-enactment-ceremony/|title=ASU-Jonesboro: Act 100 Re-enactment Ceremony|publisher=astate.edu|access-date=July 5, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116093319/http://www2.astate.edu/a/centennial/centennial-events-gallery/act-100-re-enactment-ceremony/|archive-date=January 16, 2011}}</ref> His brother [[David Delano Glover]] was a state representative in the 1907 session and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1929 to 1935, having been unseated in 1934 by Grant County native [[John Little McClellan]] who at the time was practicing law in [[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]]. McClellan later went on to become Arkansas's longest serving [[U.S. senator]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|633|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|632|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_05.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 26, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> Grant County is considered part of the [[Arkansas Timberlands]] geographical area.

===Major highways===
*[[Image:I-530 (AR).svg|25px]] [[Interstate 530 (Arkansas)|Interstate 530]]
*[[Image:US 65.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 65]]
*[[Image:US 167.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 167]]
*[[Image:US 270.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 270]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 35.svg|20px]] [[Highway 35 (Arkansas)|Highway 35]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 46.svg|20px]] [[Highway 46 (Arkansas)|Highway 46]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Saline County, Arkansas|Saline County]] (north)
* [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]] (northeast)
* [[Jefferson County, Arkansas|Jefferson County]] (east)
* [[Cleveland County, Arkansas|Cleveland County]] (southeast)
* [[Dallas County, Arkansas|Dallas County]] (south)
* [[Hot Spring County, Arkansas|Hot Spring County]] (west)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 3943
|1880= 6185
|1890= 7786
|1900= 7671
|1910= 9425
|1920= 10710
|1930= 9834
|1940= 10477
|1950= 9024
|1960= 8294
|1970= 9711
|1980= 13008
|1990= 13948
|2000= 16464
|2010= 17853
|2020= 17958
|estyear=2023
|estimate=18383
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 30, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ar190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|editor-last=Forstall|editor-first=Richard L.|date=March 27, 1995|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|date=April 2, 2001|access-date=August 26, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05053.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607032418/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05053.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref>
}}

[[Image:USA Grant County, Arkansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|Age pyramid Grant County<ref>Based on 2000 [[census]] data</ref>]]

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Grant County racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US05053&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 16,166
| 90.02%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 447
| 2.49%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 70
| 0.39%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 76
| 0.42%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 758
| 4.22%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 440
| 2.45%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 17,958 people, 6,863 households, and 5,007 families residing in the county.

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 16,464 people, 4,241 households, and 4,780 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|26|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 6,960 housing units at an average density of {{convert|11|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 95.55% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.47% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.45% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.64% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.73% from two or more races. 1.15% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 6,241 households, out of which 35.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.70% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.40% were non-families. 20.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.90% under the age of 18, 8.00% from 18 to 24, 29.60% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 12.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,182, and the median income for a family was $42,901. Males had a median income of $31,842 versus $22,098 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,547. About 7.80% of families and 10.20% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.50% of those under age 18 and 13.00% of those age 65 or over.

The largest self-identified ancestry groups in Grant County, Arkansas are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://statisticalatlas.com/county/Arkansas/Grant-County/Ancestry|title=The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas}}</ref>

* 30.1% English
* 12.0% American
* 9.5% Irish
* 8.9% German
* 1.4% Italian
* 1.2% Polish
* 1.1% French
* 0.7% Swedish

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==Government==

=== Government ===
The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]] and the [[Arkansas Code]]. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called ''justices of the peace'' and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in a county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Grant County Quorum Court has nine members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the ''county judge'', who serves as the [[chief operating officer]] of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quorum Courts |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/quorum-courts-6348/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Office of County Judge |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/office-of-county-judge-5720/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Grant County, Arkansas Elected countywide officials<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Grant County Officials {{!}} Grant County, AR |url=https://grantcountyar.com/officials/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Grant {{!}} Association of Arkansas Counties |url=https://www.arcounties.org/counties/grant/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.arcounties.org}}</ref><ref>https://www.arcounties.org/site/assets/files/6033/november_races.pdf</ref>
!Position
!Officeholder
!Party
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County Judge
|Randy Pruitt
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|County/Circuit Clerk
|Geral Harrison
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Sheriff/Collector
|Pete Roberts
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Treasurer
|Tim Stuckey
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Assessor
|Kristy Pruitt
|Republican
|-style="background-color:#F48882;
|Coroner
|Michael Walton
|Republican
|-
|Surveyor
|Brian Watson
|(Unknown)
|}
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 8 Republicans and 1 Independent. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Grant County, Arkansas, elections, 2024 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Grant_County,_Arkansas,_elections,_2024 |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>

* District 1: Jason Roshto (R)
* District 2: Danny Bone (R)
* District 3: James D. Easley (R)
* District 4: Marilyn DeMoss (R)
* District 5: Scott Wells (R)
* District 6: Tony Carder (R)
* District 7: Michael Nevens (I)
* District 8: Mark Allen (R)
* District 9: Paul S. Drake (R)

Additionally, the townships of Grant County are entitled to elect their own respective constables, as set forth by the [[Constitution of Arkansas]]. Constables are largely of historical significance as they were used to keep the peace in rural areas when travel was more difficult. The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

* Calvert: Reggie Jackson (R)
* Darysaw: Alton Davis (D)
* Franklin: Kurt Huffman (R)
* Madison: Butch Kelley (R)
* Tennessee: Martin Dockery (D)

=== Politics ===
Over The past few election cycles Grant county has trended heavily towards the GOP. The last Democrat (as of 2024) to carry this county was Bill Clinton in 1996.
{{PresHead|place=Grant County, Arkansas|source=<ref name="DL">{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/|access-date=November 18, 2016}}</ref>}}
<!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->
{{PresRow|2024|Republican|6,755|1,192|131|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|6,794|1,268|138|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|5,725|1,373|347|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|4,829|1,468|182|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|5,023|1,562|208|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|4,205|2,524|41|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,285|2,535|193|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,925|2,948|663|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,272|3,190|736|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,717|2,142|45|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,167|2,148|38|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,007|3,078|191|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,047|3,797|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,414|1,147|20|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|American Independent|627|852|2,194|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,308|1,678|61|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|563|1,394|312|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|818|1,272|49|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|637|1,487|11|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|121|883|231|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|334|1,088|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|160|1,043|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|147|978|1|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|55|1,626|4|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|439|1,045|2|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|133|628|97|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|230|619|16|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|190|957|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|110|440|72|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|160|524|68|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|151|406|3|Arkansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|175|574|0|Arkansas}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|125|801|5|Arkansas}}

==Communities==

===Cities===
* [[Leola, Arkansas|Leola]]
* [[Prattsville, Arkansas|Prattsville]]
* [[Sheridan, Arkansas|Sheridan]] (county seat)

===Towns===
* [[Poyen, Arkansas|Poyen]]
* [[Tull, Arkansas|Tull]]

===Townships===
[[File:Grant County Arkansas 2010 Township Map large.jpg|thumb|Townships in Grant County, Arkansas as of 2010]]

{{Arkansas Townships About|County = Grant}}
<ref>{{Cite map
 |publisher   = U. S. Census Bureau
 |title       = 2011 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS): Grant County, AR
 |url         = http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas11/st05_ar/cou/c05053_grant/BAS11C20505300000_000.pdf
 |access-date  = August 14, 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121019144826/http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas11/st05_ar/cou/c05053_grant/BAS11C20505300000_000.pdf
 |archive-date = October 19, 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/block/2010/cousub/dc10blk_st05_cousub.html#G | title = Arkansas: 2010 Census Block Maps - County Subdivision | publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]] | access-date = May 28, 2014}}</ref>

{{div col}}
* Calvert (small part of [[Sheridan, Arkansas|Sheridan]])
* Darysaw
* Davis
* Dekalb ([[Tull, Arkansas|Tull]])
* Fenter ([[Poyen, Arkansas|Poyen]])
* Franklin
* Madison
* Merry Green (most of [[Sheridan, Arkansas|Sheridan]])
* River ([[Prattsville, Arkansas|Prattsville]])
* Simpson
* Tennessee ([[Leola, Arkansas|Leola]])
* Washington
{{div col end}}

==Culture==
Grant County is home to [[Jenkins' Ferry Battleground State Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/jenkinsferry/|title=Jenkins' Ferry Battleground State Park|publisher=[[Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism]]|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Arkansas}}
* [[List of dry communities by U.S. state#Arkansas|List of dry counties in Arkansas]]
* [[List of counties in Arkansas]]
* [[List of lakes in Grant County, Arkansas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Grant County, Arkansas]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Sister project links|wikt=Grant County|commonscat=yes|n=no|q=no|s=no|author=no|b=no|voy=no|v=no|d=no}}
* [http://www.argenweb.net/grant/ ARGenWeb Grant County], genealogy resources for the county
* {{osmrelation-inline}}
* {{Ballotpedia}}
* {{Internet Archive author|name=Grant County, Arkansas}}

{{Geographic Location
| Centre    = Grant County, Arkansas
| North     = [[Saline County, Arkansas|Saline County]]
| Northeast = [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]]
| East      = [[Jefferson County, Arkansas|Jefferson County]]
| Southeast = [[Cleveland County, Arkansas|Cleveland County]]
| South     = [[Dallas County, Arkansas|Dallas County]]
| Southwest = 
| West      = [[Hot Spring County, Arkansas|Hot Spring County]]
| Northwest = 
}}

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