Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,879 at the 2020 census,

In 1863, eight suspected Confederate sympathizers were extrajudicially executed by the Union Army, one survived. Huntsville incorporated as a town after the Civil War in 1877. The community was incorporated as a city on July 16, 1925.

Geography

Huntsville is located north of the center of Madison County in the northwest part of the Arkansas Ozarks. Via U.S. Route 412 it is east of Springdale and west of Harrison.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.33%, are water.

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2020 census

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|+Huntsville racial composition

!scope="col"| Race

!scope="col"| Number

!scope="col"| Percentage

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!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)

| 2,086

| 72.46%

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!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)

| 12

| 0.42%

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!scope="row"| Native American

| 34

| 1.18%

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!scope="row"| Asian

| 7

| 0.24%

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!scope="row"| Pacific Islander

| 222

| 7.71%

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!scope="row"| Other/Mixed

| 150

| 5.21%

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!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino

| 368

| 12.78%

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As of the 2020 census, Huntsville had a population of 2,879. The median age was 33.2 years. 30.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.5% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 83.6 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,003 households in Huntsville, of which 41.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 38.3% were married-couple households, 19.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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! # !! Employer

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| 1 || Butterball, LLC

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| 2 || Huntsville School District

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| 3 || Ducommun

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| 4 || Walmart Stores Inc.

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| 5 || Lew Thompson & Sons, Inc.

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| 6 || Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.

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| 7 || Anderson Gas & Propane, Inc.

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| 8 || Meadowview Healthcare & Rehab

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| 9 || Kingston School District

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| 10 || McDonald's (fast food)

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Education

The Huntsville School District provides public elementary and secondary education leading to graduation at Huntsville High School.

The Huntsville Public Library, part of the Madison Carroll and Madison Library System, is located at 827 N. College Street, which provides patrons of the library system access to print books, publications, multimedia content, internet access, public computer access, as well as access to an Interlibrary loan system.

Infrastructure

thumb|right|alt=Image of municipal airport from above|Huntsville Municipal Airport

Transportation

Major highways

  • 20px U.S. Route 412
  • 20px U.S. Route 412 Business
  • 20px Highway 23
  • 20px Highway 74

Aviation

The Huntsville Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of Huntsville's central business district.

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  • Joe Berry, Major League Baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Athletics, and Cleveland Indians
  • Orval E. Faubus, 36th governor of Arkansas during the desegregation days; lived in Huntsville as a youth, having been born in the nearby Combs community
  • Ronnie Hawkins, legendary rockabilly musician; his band The Hawks later became The Band; born in Huntsville
  • Gary Miller, Republican congressman from California; born in Huntsville
  • Isaac Murphy, politician who lived and worked in Huntsville; elected as governor in 1863 after Union occupation of Little Rock
  • Danny L. Patrick, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Madison and Carroll counties from 1967 to 1970; taught school in Huntsville from 1964 to 1971

References

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  • City-Data.com, comprehensive statistical data and more about Huntsville