Editing Pea Ridge, Arkansas

{{Short description|City in Arkansas}}
{{about|the U.S. city|the American Civil War battle of the same name|Battle of Pea Ridge|other uses|Pea Ridge (disambiguation){{!}}Pea Ridge}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Pea Ridge, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
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|image_caption            = [[Pea Ridge Commercial Historic District]]
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|map_caption              = Location of Pea Ridge in Benton County, Arkansas.
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|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Arkansas}}
|subdivision_name2        = [[Benton County, Arkansas|Benton]]
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|area_total_km2           = 19.64
|area_total_sq_mi         = 7.58
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|area_land_sq_mi          = 7.58
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|elevation_ft             = 1312
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|population_total         = 6559
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|population_density_km2   = 333.94
|population_density_sq_mi = 864.96
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72751
|area_code                = [[Area code 479|479]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-54200
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2404492<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404492}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|http://cityofpearidge.com}}
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'''Pea Ridge''' is a city in [[Benton County, Arkansas]], United States. The name Pea Ridge is derived from a combination of the physical location of the original settlement of the town, across the crest of a ridge of the [[Ozark Mountains]], and for the [[hog peanut]]s or [[turkey pea]]s that had been originally cultivated by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes centuries before European settlement, which later helped to provide basic subsistence once those [[American pioneer|pioneer]] settlers arrived.

The rural town is best known as the location of the pivotal [[American Civil War]] engagement the [[Battle of Pea Ridge]], or, as it is locally known, the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, which took place approximately {{convert|5|mi|0}} east of the town. The site of the battle is preserved as the [[Pea Ridge National Military Park]].

The town's downtown business district is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and largely comprises commercial structures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The population of Pea Ridge was 6,559 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0554200| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212174941/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0554200| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pea Ridge city, Arkansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref> It is part of the [[Northwest Arkansas]] region. The local weekly newspaper is the ''[[Times of Northeast Benton County]]''.

==Geography==
[[Arkansas Highway 94]] is the main road through the city, leading south {{convert|8|mi|0}} to the center of [[Rogers, Arkansas|Rogers]] and northwest {{convert|6|mi|0}} to the [[Missouri]] border. [[Arkansas Highway 72]] leads east {{convert|5|mi|0}} to [[U.S. Route 62]] at Pea Ridge National Military Park, and southwest {{convert|9|mi|0}} to [[Bentonville, Arkansas|Bentonville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|19.1|km2|disp=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1940= 72
|1950= 268
|1960= 380
|1970= 1088
|1980= 1488
|1990= 1620
|2000= 2346
|2010= 4794
|2020= 6559
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Pea Ridge racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0554200&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 5,444
| 83.0%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 55
| 0.84%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 59
| 0.9%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 39
| 0.59%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 4
| 0.06%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 437
| 6.66%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 521
| 7.94%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 6,559 people, 2,021 households, and 1,455 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the 2010 Census, Pea Ridge had a population of 4,794.  The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 90.7% white, 0.7% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 2.0% from two or more races and 5.8% Hispanic or Latino.<ref>2010 general profile of population and housing characteristics of Pea Ridge from the US census</ref>

There were 1300 households, out of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years.  For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,244, and the median income for a family was $42,222. Males had a median income of $29,340 versus $21,298 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,149.  7.7% of the population and 6.0% of families were below the [[poverty line]].  Out of the total population, 9.9% of those under the age of 18 and 7.6% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

==Education==
Most of Pea Ridge is zoned to the [[Pea Ridge School District]]. A small section is zoned to [[Rogers Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05007_benton/DC20SD_C05007.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Benton County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 25, 2022}}</ref> [[Pea Ridge High School]] is the comprehensive high school of the former.

==Image gallery==
<gallery mode="packed" widths="180">
File:1880 Pea Ridge Masonic College.jpg|The 1880 Pea Ridge Masonic College building as it appeared in 1920, about ten years before it was razed 
File:Pea Ridge in 1914.jpg|Downtown Pea Ridge looking east on Pickens Road in 1914. The white structure at the end of the street was a hotel operated by the Martin family, which burned down around 1920.
File:Old JJ Putman Store.jpg|The original J.J. Putnam's general merchandise store, which later burned down and was replaced with a cement block building, which still stands on the southeast corner of Pickens Road and Curtis Avenue. This photo antedates 1914.
File:Putman Store.jpg|The cement block building that replaced J.J. Putnam's first general merchandise store, which burned, on the southeast corner of Pickens Road and Curtis Avenue in 1914.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Battle of Pea Ridge]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://cityofpearidge.com/ City of Pea Ridge official website]
* Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=835 Pea Ridge (Benton County)]
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