Magnet Cove, Arkansas

Coordinates: 34°26′57″N 92°50′16″W / 34.44917°N 92.83778°W / 34.44917; -92.83778
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Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Census-designated place
Magnet Cove is located in Arkansas
Magnet Cove
Magnet Cove
Magnet Cove is located in the United States
Magnet Cove
Magnet Cove
Coordinates: 34°26′57″N 92°50′16″W / 34.44917°N 92.83778°W / 34.44917; -92.83778[1]
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyHot Spring
Area
[2]
 • Total2.11 sq mi (5.47 km2)
 • Land2.11 sq mi (5.47 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[1]
492 ft (150 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total692
 • Density327.96/sq mi (126.60/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72104
Area code501
FIPS code05-43430

Magnet Cove is a census-designated place (CDP)[3] and former town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States.[4] It is located in the Ouachita Mountains southeast of Hot Springs, on Arkansas Highway 51 north of U.S. Highway 270. As of the 2020 census, the town of Magnet Cove had a population of 692.[5]

Geography[edit]

The boundaries of the former town, with a population of 5, represented only a very small portion of the overall Magnet Cove community.[6] The community suspended its incorporation in 2006.[7] As of 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau recognized an area along Highway 51 extending from Harver Hills Road in the southeast to Gourdneck Valley Road in the northwest as the Magnet Cove Census Designated Place. The CDP occupies the topographic Magnet Cove, a broad valley along Stone Quarry Creek surrounded by hills, and includes the Magnet Cove High School and Elementary School, as well as Magnet Cove United Methodist Church.[8]

Geology[edit]

The Magnet Cove igneous complex lies to the west of the town. The area is known for its abundance of odd minerals, including magnetite usually in the form of lodestone,[9] as well as many other species such as rutile, anatase, brookite, perovskite, and some rare-earth-bearing minerals.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2000467—
2010411−12.0%
202069268.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]
2010[11] 2020[12]

2020 census[edit]

Magnet Cove CDP, Arkansas – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[11] Pop 2020[12] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 361 640 87.83% 92.49%
Black or African American alone (NH) 5 0 1.22% 0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 1 0 0.24% 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 33 47 8.03% 6.79%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11 5 2.68% 0.72%
Total 411 692 100.00% 100.00%

Education[edit]

It is in the Magnet Cove School District.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magnet Cove, Arkansas
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (G001): Magnet Cove CDP, Arkansas". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 21, 2017.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Town of Magnet Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ "Magnet Cove CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "Map of Magnet Cove, AR (March 2008)" (PDF). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved June 10, 2012. (Note: The purple rectangle in the lower center of the map is the entire incorporated town.)
  7. ^ Pennington, Helen (September 17, 2014). "Magnet Cove (Hot Spring County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  8. ^ "TIGERweb mapping system". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  9. ^ Rivero, Nicolas (August 25, 2017). "The Smallest Town in Each of the 50 States". Mental Floss. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  11. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Magnet Cove CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau.
  12. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Magnet Cove CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau.
  13. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hot Spring County, AR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 17, 2022.


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