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The Huntsville and Madison County Area

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The Huntsville and Madison County Ara

Facts about Madison County

Population, 2009 estimate 15,875; Arkansas - 2,889,450
Population, percent change, 2000 to 2009 - 11.5%; Arkansas - 8.1%
Land area, 2009 (square miles) - 837 Arkansas - 52,068
Persons per square mile, 2009 18.7 Arkansas - 55.5
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2009 - 6.2% Arkansas - 7.1%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2009 - 23.5% Arkansas - 24.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2009 17.8% Arkansas - 14.3%
Female persons, percent, 2009 - 50.0% Arkansas - 51.0%
White persons, percent, 2009 - 96.4% Arkansas - 80.6%
High school graduates, % of persons age 25+, 2000 - 67.8% Arkansas - 75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher, % of persons age 25+, 2000 - 10.1% Arkansas - 16.7%
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 - 32.9 Arkansas - 21.9
Housing units, 2009 - 6,982 Arkansas - 1,310,701
Homeownership rate, 2000 79.1% Arkansas - 69.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 - $62,300 Arkansas - $72,800
Households, 2000 - 5,463 Arkansas - 1,042,696
Persons per household, 2000 - 2.59 Arkansas - 2.49
Median household income, 2008 - $33,221 Arkansas - $38,820
Per capita income, 1999 - $14,736 Arkansas - $16,904
Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 - 16.0% Arkansas - 15.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) - 185,465 Arkansas - 46,721,413
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) - 63,871 Arkansas - 25,611,630
Retail sales per capita, 2002 - $4,457 Arkansas - $9,459
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) - 1,765 Arkansas - 2,766,905

Huntsville is the home of . .

three major companies: Butterball, LLC which processes the World Famous Butterball turkey; LaBarge Electronics of Huntsville which specializes in high-reliability circuit boards and electronic and elctromechanical assemblies; and Anna Mary Cakes, avaialable at most Wal-Mart and Kroger stores.

State of the art recycling

The Madison County Solid Waste and Recycling Center is a full-service facility that accepts more materials than any other single location in the state. This makes our program very convenient and economical. Our goal is to reduce the volume and toxicity of the solid waste that is generated in our county. In an effort to reduce our need for landfills, we accept many items free of charge for recycling. Household trash is accepted for a disposal fee and will go to a landfill. Special wastes such as yard waste, old tires, appliances, construction & demolition debris, and household hazardous waste are also accepted. In addition, we buy aluminum cans and several metals. No dead animals are accepted, nor industrial/commercial hazardous waste.

THE HUNTSVILLE AND MADISON COUNTY AREA

On September 30, 1836, the First General Assembly created Madison County out of territory taken from Washington County. Madison County became the thirty-sixth county created by the General Assembly and was named for President James Madison.

Madison County is in the second tier of counties from the northern and western boundaries of the state, between Benton and Washington on the west, and Carroll and Newton on the east. Carroll County forms the northern boundary and Franklin and Johnson counties form the southern.

The thirty-sixth parallel crosses the county approximately seven miles south of Huntsville. The length of the county from north to south is thirty-seven miles. It is twelve miles wide on the northern boundary and twenty-five miles wide on the southern boundary. The total area of the county is 837 square miles.

Huntsville and Madison County is listed by the OMB and the U.S Census as part of the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area as over 1/3 of the residents of the county work in either Washington or Benton counties. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County.

The latitude of Huntsville is 36°5'23"N and the longitude is 93°44'6"W. It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 1,519 feet. The population of Huntsville in 2000 was 1,931. The estimated population, in 2003, was 1,992 and in 2006 2,358.

The landscape of the area consists of rolling hills to rugged mountainous terrain (Ozark Mountains)creating many pastoral and breathtaking vistas and views. Huntsville is only 25 miles from Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas. It is only 40 miles to Buffalo National River from Huntsville. It is only 25 miles to the historic tourist town of Eureka Springs and slightly over 1 hour (72 miles) from Branson, Missouri.

The Huntsville Area Chamber of Commerce provides each of our members with complementary ads on our website as part of their membership. Ads appear randomly each time the web page is visited.