Editing Parkdale, Arkansas

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Parkdale, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Parkdale in Ashley County, Arkansas.
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Arkansas]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Ashley County, Arkansas|Ashley]]
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|area_total_km2           = 2.64
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.02
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.02
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
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|elevation_ft             = 118
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 172
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|population_density_km2   = 65.12
|population_density_sq_mi = 168.63
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
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|postal_code              = 71661
|area_code                = [[Area code 870|870]]
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|blank_info               = 05-53510
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|blank1_info              = 2404478<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404478}}</ref>
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'''Parkdale''' is a city in [[Ashley County, Arkansas|Ashley County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 277 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0553510| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212183427/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0553510| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Parkdale city, Arkansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 1, 2013}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.6|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==History==
In 1908, a Black man named [[Lynching of Earnest Williams|Earnest Williams]] was [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] by a white mob who were "outraged" because he had used "offensive language".<ref>{{cite thesis |type=PhD |title=A Study of Mob Action in the South |first=John R. |last=Steelman | authorlink=John R. Steelman |publisher=[[University of North Carolina]] |year=1928 |page=178|url=https://archive.org/stream/studyofmobaction00stee/studyofmobaction00stee_djvu.txt}}</ref>

==Arkansas Overall High School Basketball Championship==

In 1979, Parkdale High School (later shut down and merged with Hamburg school district in 1994) won the Arkansas overall state championship in boys basketball, as a Class B school.

Ronald Claiborne scored 32 points for Parkdale in the overall championship game against Marmaduke. Parkdale finished 42-2 in 1979, including an overall tournament upset win over Pine Bluff. Parkdale's population at the time was approximately 471, as opposed to Pine Bluff's population of approximately 57,000.

The basketball championship by Class B Parkdale was later compared to the movie ''Hoosiers'', where a tiny school wins the overall basketball championship in Indiana.<ref>https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/mar/10/championships-decided-but-who-is-really/</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 383
|1920= 284
|1930= 371
|1940= 278
|1950= 385
|1960= 448
|1970= 459
|1980= 471
|1990= 393
|2000= 377
|2010= 277
|2020= 172
|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"
|+Parkdale racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0553510&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|48
|27.91%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|117
|68.02%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|4
|2.33%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|3
|1.74%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 172 people, 89 households, and 66 families residing in the city.

===2000 census===
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 2000, there were 377 people, 141 households, and 100 families residing in the city.  The population density was {{convert|374.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 158 housing units at an average density of {{convert|156.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 29.44% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 66.84% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 1.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.12% from two or more races.  2.65% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 141 households, out of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 28.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.4% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 20.7% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $16,188, and the median income for a family was $16,875. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $14,659 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $9,050.  About 43.5% of families and 49.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 74.6% of those under age 18 and 24.7% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==
Public education is provide to elementary and secondary school students from the [[Hamburg School District (Arkansas)|Hamburg School District]] leading to graduation from [[Hamburg High School (Arkansas)|Hamburg High School]].

It was served by the [[Parkdale School District]] until July 1, 1994, when it consolidated into Hamburg SD.<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 October 13, 2017.</ref>

==References==
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{{Ashley County, Arkansas}}

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[[Category:Cities in Ashley County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Arkansas]]