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Russellville, AR - History
We would like to provide the residents of Russellville a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Russellville Home page. The Russellville Home page provides as much information as possible on Russellville. Knowing Russellville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Russellville’s Home page, you will also find Russellville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Russellville has a population of 29227. 49.1% of Russellville’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.9 are female. 39.3% of Russellville is married and 58.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $133,307, and the average rent is $695. Household median income in Russellville is $37,436, and the individual median income is $19,000. Russellville’s Ethnic is the following: White(82%), Hispanic(16.1%), Other(5.6%), Black(5.3%), Multiple(4.4%), Asian(2.1%), Native(0.6%).
In 1906 the town suffered a massive fire in its central business district. The fire consumed nearly half of the buildings but they were quickly rebuilt, most within six months after the fire. In 1909 Arkansas Tech University was founded as an agricultural school, Arkansas Polytechnic College, and now has a student population of over 12,000 students between the Russellville and Ozark campuses.
As of fall 2014, Arkansas Tech University is the third-largest institution of higher learning in the Natural State, preceded only by University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and Arkansas State University. With America's entry into World War II, many Russellville men enlisted or were drafted into the military.
Many of the local men served in the 153rd Infantry. Battery D and Battery F of the 206th Coast Artillery Regiment of the Arkansas National Guard were initially stationed at ATU. Many of the men saw service in Alaska in what is known as the Williwaw War. After the war, the construction of Interstate 40 in 1956 sparked Russelville's growth.
The highway has been a boon to the area's growth, much like the railroad was in the 1870s. A major economic boost came as a result of the completion of a dam near the Arkansas River crossing between Dardanelle and Russellville in 1965. The dam created a lake, which led to the establishment of Lake Dardanelle State Park, a major tourist attraction in the area.
The completion of the lock and power dam, a part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, which brings in between $1 to $2 billion in trade to the state each year, has greatly improved the area's business prospects. During the 1970s, the town, like so many other small American towns, witnessed the decentralization of its historic downtown area, due to the advent of large retail outlets such as Wal-Mart.
Many of the historic buildings were left to decay or were torn down. Also in the 1970s, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant, Arkansas Nuclear One, was built just outside the city, on Lake Dardanelle. The plant brought more people and jobs to the city.
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