Editing Mansfield, Arkansas

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Mansfield, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|motto                    = "Gateway to Poteau Mountain"<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mansfieldar.org/ |title= City of Mansfield Arkansas |publisher= City of Mansfield Arkansas |accessdate= January 12, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151205054526/http://www.mansfieldar.org/ |archive-date= December 5, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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|image_skyline            = Downtown_Mansfield,_Arkansas.jpg
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|image_caption            = Park in downtown Mansfield
|image_seal               = 
|image_map                = File:Scott County and Sebastian County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Mansfield Highlighted 0543880.svg
|map_caption              = Location of Mansfield in Scott County and Sebastian County, Arkansas.
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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Arkansas|Counties]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Arkansas]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Sebastian County, Arkansas|Sebastian]], [[Scott County, Arkansas|Scott]]
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_05.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 6.08
|area_total_sq_mi         = 2.35
|area_land_km2            = 5.99
|area_land_sq_mi          = 2.31
|area_water_km2           = 0.09
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.04
|elevation_ft             = 620
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 1053
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_km2   = 175.86
|population_density_sq_mi = 455.45
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|35|03|40|N|94|14|47|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72944
|area_code                = [[Area code 479|479]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-43880
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2405011<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2405011}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|http://mansfieldar.org}}
}}

'''Mansfield''' is a city in [[Scott County, Arkansas|Scott]] and [[Sebastian County, Arkansas|Sebastian]] counties [[Arkansas]], United States. The Sebastian County portion of the city is part of the [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]-[[Oklahoma]] [[Fort Smith metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 Census]], the population was 1,139.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=U.S. Census website|accessdate=April 29, 2014}}</ref> The population was 1,097 at the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]].

==History==
Mansfield was [[plat]]ted in 1887 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA777|year=1889|publisher=Higginson Book Company|page=777}}</ref> The city most likely was named for William W. Mansfield, a [[List of justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court|Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court]].<ref>{{Encyclopedia of Arkansas History|name=Mansfield|id=991|retrieved=July 7, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.2|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (0.89%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1890= 243
|1900= 368
|1910= 816
|1920= 923
|1930= 919
|1940= 1002
|1950= 869
|1960= 881
|1970= 981
|1980= 1000
|1990= 1018
|2000= 1097
|2010= 1139
|2020= 1053
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Mansfield racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0543880&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 31, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 908
| 86.23%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 6
| 0.57%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 25
| 2.37%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 13
| 1.23%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 4
| 0.38%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 62
| 5.89%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 35
| 3.32%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,053 people, 473 households, and 344 families residing in the city.

===2013===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2013, there were 1,121 people in 440 households, including 289 families, in the city.  The population density was {{convert|493.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 505 housing units at an average density of {{convert|227.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 95.81% White, 0.09% Black or African American, 1.09% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.91% from other races, and 1.64% from two or more races.  3.37% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 440 households, 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 31.6% of households were one person and 15.7% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.13.

The age distribution was 27.9% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% 65 or older.  The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.0 males.

The median household income was $26,938 and the median family income was $35,000. Males had a median income of $28,534 versus $19,063 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,012.  About 13.2% of families and 18.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 32.1% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Public education for early childhood, elementary and secondary students are zoned to attend [[Mansfield School District (Arkansas)|Mansfield School District]],<ref name=CensusSchoolMap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05131_sebastian/DC20SD_C05131.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sebastian County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=September 19, 2022}}</ref> which leads to graduation from [[Mansfield High School (Arkansas)|Mansfield High School]].

==Notable persons==
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* [[Mark Darr]], former Arkansas [[Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas|lieutenant governor]], graduated in 1991 from Mansfield High School.
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==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns in Arkansas]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mansfield, Arkansas}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151205054526/http://www.mansfieldar.org/ The City of Mansfield, Arkansas] Official Website of Mansfield, Arkansas

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{{Sebastian County, Arkansas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Scott County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Sebastian County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Fort Smith metropolitan area]]