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Mount Ida, Arkansas
Summary
Mount Ida is a city in and county seat of Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Founded in 1842, the city saw a silver boom in the 1880s bring early prosperity and economic development to the area.
Today, the economy is largely ranching, poultry farming, silviculture, and tourism around Lake Ouachita. It is known as the quartz crystal capital of the U.S. and is known worldwide for its quartz deposits. The population was 996 as of the 2020 census.
Mount Ida was incorporated on May 30, 1890.
Episode 133, entitled "What's in my Pocket?", of the popular podcast Small Town Murder, hosted by James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman, featured Mount Ida on August 22, 2019.
Mount Ida is located in central Montgomery County on the south bank of the South Fork of the Ouachita River. US Route 270 and Arkansas Highway 27 pass through the town. US 270 leads east to Hot Springs and northwest to Heavener, Oklahoma, while AR 27 leads northeast to Danville and southwest to Norman. Mount Ida, the mountain, is about southwest of the town along Route 27.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Mount Ida has a total area of , of which , or 1.94%, are water.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Mount Ida has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 996 people, 428 households, and 273 families residing in the city.
As of the census of 2000, there were 981 people, 412 households, and 257 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 471 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.53% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 1.94% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. 0.51% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 412 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.
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