Batesville, Arkansas
| Batesville, Arkansas | |
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| Coordinates: 35°46′25″N 91°38′29″W / 35.77361°N 91.64139°WCoordinates: 35°46′25″N 91°38′29″W / 35.77361°N 91.64139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Independence |
| Founded | 1821 |
| Incorporated | 1822 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rick Elumbaugh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.11 sq mi (28.77 km2) |
| • Land | 10.98 sq mi (28.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,248 |
| • Density | 933.3/sq mi (353.9/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 72501, 72503 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-04030 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0076245 |
| Website | Official Website for the City of Batesville, Arkansas |
Batesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles (183 km) northeast of Little Rock, the state capital. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city was 10,248. The city serves as a regional manufacturing and distribution hub for the Ozark Mountain region and northeast Arkansas.
Batesville is the second oldest municipality in the state of Arkansas, after Georgetown. It was named for the first territorial delegate from Arkansas to the Congress of the United States, James Woodson Bates, who settled in the town. The town has also gone by the names of Napoleon and Poke Bayou.
In early days, Batesville was an important port on the White River and served as an entry point to the interior of northern Arkansas. Batesville played a large role in the settling of the Ozark Mountains region and served as the central land office for northern Arkansas.
The first known settlement of the Batesville area was in 1810 near the mouth of Polk Bayou, and by 1819 the town had a ferry across the White River and about a dozen houses. The town was partially laid out in early 1821, and on March 3, 1822 a bill of assurrance was recorded and executed and the town's plat was laid out. Batesville became the county seat in 1821. In January 1822, Judge Richard Searcy opened the town's first state circuit court. The town's first post office was established in 1822, and in 1830 became the home of a county court. On 25 September 1836, shortly after Arkansas was granted its statehood, Governor Conway incorporated Batesville Academy, the state's first academy. In the past, the area in and around the city had extensive quarries of manganese ore, phosphate rock, sandstone, limestone, and marble.
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