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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Watson, Arkansas |settlement_type = [[City]] |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_seal = |image_map = File:Desha County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Watson Highlighted 0573550.svg |mapsize = 250x200px |map_caption = Location of Watson in Desha County, Arkansas. |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Arkansas|County]] |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_name1 = [[Arkansas]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Desha County, Arkansas|Desha]] |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 0.52 |area_total_sq_mi = 0.20 |area_land_km2 = 0.52 |area_land_sq_mi = 0.20 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 |elevation_ft = 151 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] |population_footnotes = |population_total = 185 |population_metro = |population_density_km2 = 357.51 |population_density_sq_mi = 925.00 |timezone = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]] |utc_offset = -6 |coordinates = {{coord|33|53|43|N|91|15|12|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 71674 |area_code = [[Area code 870|870]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 05-73550 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 2405688<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2405688}}</ref> |footnotes = |website = |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> }} '''Watson''' is a city in [[Desha County, Arkansas|Desha County]], [[Arkansas]], United States. The population was 211 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Watson city, Arkansas| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=August 15, 2011}}</ref> ==History== The Desha [[County seat]] was moved to Watson in October 1874 after [[bank erosion]] along the [[Mississippi River]] undermined [[Napoleon, Arkansas|Napoleon]], which would eventually be abandoned. A vote in September 1879 relocated the county seat to [[Arkansas City, Arkansas|Arkansas City]].<ref>{{ cite book |editor-first=Dallas T. |editor-last=Herndon |title= Centennial History of Arkansas |publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company |volume=I |location=Little Rock |year= 1922 |page=753 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002409336r?urlappend=%3Bseq=761%3Bownerid=13510798902671963-837 |oclc=2882497 }}</ref> ==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.2|sqmi|km2}}, all land. ===Delta Heritage Trail=== In 1992, the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] discontinued service on a rail line which ran directly through Watson, and a {{convert|73|mi|km|abbr=on}} right-of-way on which the rail line ran was donated to the State of Arkansas. Parts of the abandoned rail line have since been converted into the [[Delta Heritage Trail State Park|Delta Heritage Trail]]. A wilderness lies to the north of the town, where the trail will have views of the [[Arkansas River]] (from the [[Yancopin Bridge]]), and of the [[White River (Arkansas)|White River]] (from the Benzal Bridge).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/delta-heritage-trail-state-park | title=Delta Heritage Trail State Park | Arkansas State Parks | date=May 18, 2020 }}</ref> Between the bridges, the trail is planned to traverse old-growth hardwood forest within the Trusten Holder State Wildlife Management Area.<ref>{{cite web | title = Delta Heritage Trail State Park | publisher = Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism | url = http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/deltaheritagetrail/#.UrmaqbT1G5c | accessdate = August 18, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Delta Heritage Trail | publisher = Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture | date = April 24, 2012 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=1221}}</ref> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1910= 139 |1920= 254 |1930= 282 |1940= 236 |1950= 309 |1960= 312 |1970= 371 |1980= 433 |1990= 282 |2000= 288 |2010= 211 |2020= 185 |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" |+Watson racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0573550&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> !Race !Num. !Perc. |- |[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic) |120 |64.86% |- |[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic) |54 |29.19% |- |[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] |2 |1.08% |- |[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] |3 |1.62% |- |[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] |6 |3.24% |} As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 185 people, 115 households, and 68 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 288 people, 113 households, and 78 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,414.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 125 housing units at an average density of {{convert|614.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.57% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 24.65% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.69% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.69% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 1.39% from two or more races. There were 113 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.10. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 26.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $17,143, and the median income for a family was $33,889. Males had a median income of $30,625 versus $15,313 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,631. About 22.6% of families and 25.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 40.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.0% of those 65 or over. ==Education== It is in the [[McGehee School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05041_desha/DC20SD_C05041.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Desha County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=March 11, 2023}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05041_desha/DC20SD_C05041_SD2MS.txt Text list] - [http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05041_desha/DC10SD_C05041_001.pdf 2010 map]</ref> In 1972 the Watson School District merged into the [[Delta Special School District]].<ref name=Goatcherp13>{{cite web|last=Goatcher|first=Truett|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED458075.pdf|title=School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?|publisher=Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators|date=January 1999|page=16 (PDF p. 16/27)}}</ref> On July 1, 2004, the Delta Special School District merged into the McGehee district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arkansased.org/about/excel/consolidaton_annexation_070110.xls|title=Consolidation/Annexations of LEA's (1983-2010)] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924075952/http://arkansased.org/about/excel/consolidaton_annexation_070110.xls |archivedate=September 24, 2010|publisher=[[Arkansas Department of Education]]|url-status=usurped|accessdate=March 6, 2011}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.stateparks.com/trusten_holder_state_wildlife_management_area_in_arkansas.html Trusten Holder State Wildlife Management Area] {{Desha County, Arkansas}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Cities in Desha County, Arkansas]] [[Category:Cities in Arkansas]]
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