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Nimmons, Arkansas
Summary
Nimmons is a town in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 69 at the 2010 census, down from 100 in 2000.
Nimmons was established as a stop along the St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad (later part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway) in 1901, and was named for a railroad worker. The town was granted its own post office (since closed) in 1903, and several businesses, fueled by the timber industry, operated in the town over the next two decades. The town began to decline after timber resources in the area were exhausted.
Arkansas Delta
Nimmons is located in eastern Clay County at (36.305413, -90.096163). It lies west of the St. Francis River, which forms the Arkansas–Missouri state line. Nimmons has a total area of , all land.
Ecologically, Nimmons is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat.
As of the census of 2000, there were 100 people, 44 households, and 23 families residing in the town. The population density was 154.4/km^2 (396.7/mi2). There were 50 housing units at an average density of 77.2/km^2 (198.3/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.00% White and 4.00% Native American. 3.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 44 households, out of which 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5% were non-families. 34.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 18.0% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.
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