Editing Monette, Arkansas

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| name               = Monette, Arkansas
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
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| image_caption      = Downtown Monette, July 2011
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| map_caption        = Location of Monette in Craighead County, Arkansas.
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| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Arkansas|County]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_name1  = [[Arkansas]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Craighead County, Arkansas|Craighead]]
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = 
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 1898
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| established_date1  = July 3, 1900
| 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     = 14.67
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.66
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.66
| area_water_km2     = 0.02
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01
| elevation_ft       = 236
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 1506
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| population_density_km2 = 102.79
| population_density_sq_mi = 266.22
| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
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| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 72447
| area_code          = [[Area code 870|870]]
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'''Monette''' is a city in [[Craighead County, Arkansas|Craighead County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The city is located in an area of Northeast Arkansas known as Buffalo Island. The population was 1,506 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0546400|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
The city of Monette was initially settled in 1898, when the [[Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad]] bypassed the town of Stottsville (about a mile away from the town's present location, founded by Adam Stots in the 1870's) in 1898. Settlers and businessmen in Stottsville decided to relocate to the new railroad. The first train arrived in Monette on August 19, 1898, and the town was incorporated two years later on July 3, 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teske |first=Steve |title=Monette (Craighead County) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/monette-craighead-county-864/ |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>{{see also|List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)}}
On December 10, 2021, a large and violent EF4 [[tornado]] part of a large [[Tornado outbreak of December 10-11, 2021|tornado outbreak]] struck Monette. One person was killed at a nursing home on the north side of town. 
On April 2, 2025, during [[Tornado outbreak and floods of April 2–7, 2025|another tornado outbreak]], a large EF3 tornado caused damage to infrastructure, buildings, and homes along the outskirts of town. It is believed that no one within Monette was seriously injured; however the tornado did injure 8 others in the neighboring towns of [[Bay, Arkansas|Bay]] and [[Lake City, Arkansas|Lake City]], Arkansas. 

==Geography==
Monette is located in eastern Craighead County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|16.3|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqkm|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.19%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Monette city, Arkansas|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0546400|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182603/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0546400|archive-date=February 12, 2020|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder|accessdate=June 18, 2014}}</ref>

Ecologically, Monette is located within the [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)#St. Francis Lowlands (73c)|St. Francis Lowlands]] [[ecoregion]] within the larger [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain]]. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the [[1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes]]. Waterways have mostly been [[Channelization (river)|channelized]], causing loss of aquatic and [[riparian]] wildlife habitat.<ref name=ark4>{{USGS|title=Ecoregions of Arkansas|comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs |author= Woods, A.J., Foti, T.L., Chapman, S.S., Omernik, J.M. |display-authors=et al |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Level_IV_ecoregions,_Arkansas.pdf }}</ref> The [[St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area]], which preserves some of the [[bottomland hardwood forest]] typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies just west of Monette along the [[St. Francis River]].

=== List of highways ===
*[[Image:Arkansas 18.svg|20px]] [[Highway 18 (Arkansas)|Highway 18]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 139.svg|20px]] [[Highway 139 (Arkansas)|Highway 139]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 559
|1920= 1066
|1930= 1111
|1940= 1074
|1950= 1114
|1960= 981
|1970= 1076
|1980= 1165
|1990= 1115
|2000= 1179
|2010= 1501
|2020= 1506
|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>
}}
Monette is included in the [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

[[File:Buffalo Island Museum Monette AR 002.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The First National Bank Building in Monette is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Craighead County, Arkansas|National Register of Historic Places]].]]

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Monette racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0546400&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)
| 1,363
| 90.5%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 7
| 0.46%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 1
| 0.07%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 25
| 1.66%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 110
| 7.3%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 1,506 people, 730 households, and 449 families residing in the city.

===2009===
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 2009, there were 1,247 people, 529 households, and 321 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|721.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 572 housing units at an average density of {{convert|348.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 96.61% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.08% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.44% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.78% from two or more races.  2.63% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 525 households, out of which 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 37.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.8% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 76.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 73.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $27,500, and the median income for a family was $33,796. Males had a median income of $28,375 versus $20,109 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,517.  About 13.3% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 25.7% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==

=== Public education ===
Monette is the headquarters for the [[Buffalo Island Central School District]], which provides public education to more than 850 elementary and secondary school students in Craighead and Mississippi counties. Students graduate from the Monette-based [[Buffalo Island Central High School]]. The school's mascot and athletic emblem is the Mustangs.

The Buffalo Island Central School District was established on July 1, 1984. Until that point the [[Monette School District]] served the community; on that day it merged with the [[Leachville School District]] to form the current school district.<ref name=Consolfrom1983>"[http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls |date=2015-09-12 }}." [[Arkansas Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.</ref>

=== Public libraries ===
Kohn Memorial Library is the city's public library and one of seven branch libraries of the Crowley Ridge Regional library system.

==Notable persons==
* [[Jim "Dandy" Mangrum]], lead singer and frontman of the [[Southern rock]] band [[Black Oak Arkansas]]
* [[Dave Wallace (Arkansas politician)|Dave Wallace]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Arkansas House of Representatives]] from [[Mississippi County, Arkansas|Mississippi County]]; former Monette resident

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Cities in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Craighead County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Jonesboro metropolitan area]]