Editing Success, Arkansas

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Success, Arkansas
|settlement_type          = [[Town]]
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|image_caption            = Water tower
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|map_caption              = Location of Success in Clay 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        = [[Clay County, Arkansas|Clay]]
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|area_total_km2           = 0.58
|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.22
|area_land_km2            = 0.58
|area_land_sq_mi          = 0.22
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|elevation_ft             = 295
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 98
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|population_density_km2   = 169.45
|population_density_sq_mi = 439.46
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|timezone_DST             = CDT
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 72470
|area_code                = [[Area code 870|870]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 05-67550
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2406678<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2406678}}</ref>
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'''Success''' is a town in [[Clay County, Arkansas|Clay County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 149 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0567550| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212181526/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0567550| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Success town, Arkansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=June 17, 2014}}</ref>

The origin of the name "Success" is obscure.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=147|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|pages=141–143}}</ref>

==History==

Success was established during the railroad and timber boom that came to northeastern Arkansas during the late 19th century.  The community received a post office with the name “Success” in 1895, and incorporated in 1903.<ref>Steven Teske, "[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/success-clay-county-6555/ Success (Clay County)]," ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas'', 2017.</ref>

==Geography==
Success is located in northwestern Clay County just east of the [[Little Black River (Current River tributary)|Little Black River]], a tributary of the [[Current River (Ozarks)|Current River]].  The town lies at the intersection of [[Arkansas Highway 211]] and [[Arkansas Highway 328]], northwest of [[Corning, Arkansas|Corning]], and 2.7 miles south of the Arkansas-[[Missouri]] state line.<ref>''Arkansas Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 2nd ed., 2004, p.28 {{isbn|0899333451}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.56|sqkm|disp=flip|2}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1910= 379
|1920= 436
|1930= 308
|1940= 281
|1950= 311
|1960= 226
|1970= 201
|1980= 223
|1990= 170
|2000= 180
|2010= 149
|2020= 98
|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>
}}

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 180 people, 71 households, and 49 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 315.9/km{{sup|2}} (824.1/mi<sup>2</sup>).  There were 85 housing units at an average density of 149.2/km{{sup|2}} (389.2/mi<sup>2</sup>).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.33% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.11% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], and 0.56% from two or more races.  1.11% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 71 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.4% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.9% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,625, and the median income for a family was $30,469. Males had a median income of $19,250 versus $15,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $30,955.  About 19.3% of families and 19.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 20.0% of those under the age of 18 and 22.5% of those 65 or over.

==Notable person==
*[[Joe Jett]], [[Arkansas House of Representatives|state representative]] for District 56, resides in Success.

==References==
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{{Clay County, Arkansas}}

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[[Category:Towns in Clay County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Towns in Arkansas]]