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117-517: Miller County may refer to several counties in the United States: Miller County, Arkansas Miller County, Arkansas Territory , former county (1820–1838) of the former Arkansas Territory , now split between several states ( Arkansas , southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas ) Miller County, Georgia Miller County, Missouri [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

234-721: A 54,400-square-mile (141,000 km ) area of eastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas and the southeastern corner of Oklahoma . They are bounded on the east by the Mississippi lowland forests , on the south by the Western Gulf coastal grasslands , on the west by the East Central Texas forests and the Texas blackland prairies , on the northwest by the Central forest-grasslands transition , and on

351-685: A Globally Important Bird Area by the American Bird Conservancy . The preserve was established in 1974 under 16 U.S. Code § 698 - Big Thicket National Preserve "...to assure the preservation, conservation, and protection of the natural, scenic, and recreational values of a significant portion of the Big Thicket area in the State of Texas..." Since the preserve's inception, the Conservation Fund has helped to increase

468-542: A Separate Category (2010) As of the 2010 census , there were 43,462 people, 17,219 households, and 11,685 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile (26 people/km ). There were 19,281 housing units at an average density of 30 units per square mile (12 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 71.6% White , 24.5% Black or African American , 0.7% Native American , 0.5% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 1.0% from other races , and 1.7% from two or more races. 2.4% of

585-531: A county court in Fannin. The attempts were ultimately unsuccessful. In 1845 Texas agreed to annexation by the United States, settling the boundary between Texas and Arkansas. As much of Miller County was lost to Texas, the county was dissolved, with the remaining territory returning to Lafayette County. The modern Miller County was re-created in 1874 from the parts of Lafayette County lying west and south of

702-417: A county vary from nine to fifteen, and district boundaries are drawn by the county election commission. The Miller County Quorum Court has eleven members. Presiding over quorum court meetings is the county judge , who serves as the chief operating officer of the county. The county judge is elected at-large and does not vote in quorum court business, although capable of vetoing quorum court decisions. Since

819-505: A different assemblage of birds migrate from the north to spend the winters months in the region, including the Canada goose ( Branta canadensis ), ring-necked duck ( Aythya collaris ), hooded merganser ( Lophodytes cucullatus ), blue-headed vireo ( Vireo solitarius ), Henslow's sparrow ( Ammodramus henslowii ), Le Conte's Sparrow ( Ammodramus leconteii ), and Smith's longspur ( Calcarius pictus ). A few species that once occurred in

936-478: A diverse herbaceous layer of grasses, sedges , and, in some places, insectivorous plants and orchids. These wetland savannas are one of the rarest habitat types in Texas with only a few small fragments receiving any protected status. Other similar sites have been greatly modified or have become overgrown and less diverse. Flatwood landscapes are characterized by pimple mounds , small hillocks that are abundant across

1053-682: A dozen others. Amphibians: Over a dozen species of salamanders occur in the Piney Woods. The Louisiana slimy salamander ( Plethodon kisatchie ) of northern Louisiana and adjacent areas of southern Arkansas is endemic to the region. The three-toed amphiuma ( Amphiuma tridactylum ), commonly growing 18 to 30 inches (46-76 cm.), and other species such as the Gulf Coast waterdog ( Necturus beyeri ), Red River mudpuppy ( Necturus louisianensis ), and western lesser siren ( Siren intermedia ) are entirely aquatic. Other salamanders include

1170-519: A dozen species of bats occur in the region, some migratory like the Brazilian free-tailed bat ( Tadarida brasiliensis ) and silvered-haired bat ( Lasionycteris noctivagans ), others are year round residents like the Seminole bat ( Lasiurus seminolus ), evening bat ( Nycticeius humeralis ), Rafinesque's big-eared bat ( Corynorhinus rafinesquii ), a threatened species in Texas. Rodents found in

1287-817: A full-time District Judge elected to a four-year term by a districtwide election. The judge presides over both the Texarkana Department at 100 North State Line Avenue in Texarkana and the Miller County Department at the Miller County Correctional Facility at 2300 East Street . Superseding district court jurisdiction is the 8th Judicial Circuit Court South , which covers Miller and Lafayette counties. The 8th Circuit South contains three circuit judges, elected to six-year terms circuitwide. Circuit court

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1404-794: A great diversity of herbaceous species, with the structure and composition varying from the more open forests of the wet savannas to the more closed forests of the dry flatwoods. Savanna wetlands on the Montgomery Formation and prairie areas on the Beaumont Formation were most likely larger in the Flatwoods than in the Southern Tertiary Uplands (35e) and Tertiary Uplands (35a) to the north. The pine wetland savannas had scattered longleaf pine along with shrubs of sweetbay, wax myrtle, titi , and holly, and

1521-826: A greater drainage density than other parts of the South Central Plains. Native vegetation is largely oak–hickory–pine forest. Today, woods and pastureland are common. Water quality in forested watersheds tends to be good, and is better than in pastureland. Streams generally have lower total dissolved solids values and much lower total organic carbon values than the Tertiary Uplands (35a) and Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces (35c), although turbidity, total suspended solids, and hardness values are slightly higher. Longitudinal stream gradients and Ouachita Mountain influences are greater than in ecoregions 35a or 35c. Water quality in forested watersheds tends to be good, and

1638-464: A household in the county was $ 30,951, and the median income for a family was $ 36,665. Males had a median income of $ 33,080 versus $ 21,376 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 16,444. About 15.40% of families and 19.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.90% of those under age 18 and 16.50% of those age 65 or over. Educational attainment in Miller County

1755-762: A joint department between the two Texarkana municipalities, provides drinking water and fire flows on both sides of the state line, including several partner cities in Texas. Its source waters are Lake Millwood in Arkansas and Lake Wright Patman in Texas. Miller County PWA purchases water from TWU, and has the same executive director as of February 2018. The remaining systems have retail populations served under 1,000, and are groundwater systems. [REDACTED] Media related to Miller County, Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons 33°19′40″N 93°52′38″W  /  33.32778°N 93.87722°W  / 33.32778; -93.87722 Piney Woods The Piney Woods cover

1872-541: A large area in eastern Texas, southern Arkansas, and northern Louisiana. The rolling Tertiary Uplands are dominated by commercial pine plantations that have replaced the native oak – hickory – pine forest. Ecoregion 35a is underlain by poorly-consolidated Tertiary sand , silt , and gravel ; it lacks the Cretaceous , often calcareous rocks of the Cretaceous Dissected Uplands (35d) and

1989-412: A mixed forest of pine and oak; flatwood wetlands are less extensive than on the lowest terrace. The mid-level terrace is veneered with windblown silt deposits ( loess ). Streams tend to be mildly acidic and stained by organic matter. They have more suspended solids, greater turbidity, and higher hardness values than the Tertiary Uplands (35a). The southernmost piece of 35c, around Marksville, Louisiana ,

2106-627: A public four-year university with a high percentage of students from Arkansas, and Texarkana College , a community college. Other higher education institutions in the region include Cossatot Community College in De Queen, Arkansas , Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia , and several institutions in the vicinity of Shreveport, Louisiana . The Texarkana Public Library is located at 600 West 3rd Street. TPL offers books, e-books , media, reference, youth, business and genealogy services. In Fouke,

2223-505: A small carnivorous plant , have found niches in sloughs. A baygall is another type of wetland found the Piney Woods and other forest of the Gulf Coast states in the USA. Hardy species of prickly pear cactus and yucca can be found in the forests where deep sands occur. The indigenous Texas trailing phlox ( Phlox nivalis texensis ), an endangered species, grows in the sandy soils of longleaf pine forests. Mammals: Common species in

2340-504: A variety of ferns and mosses . Bald cypress and water tupelo occur in semi-permanently flooded areas. Spanish moss hangs in these trees, and floating aquatic plants often occur. On wet flats, backswamps, and swamp margins that are seasonally flooded, overcup oak , water hickory , water elm , sweetgum, green ash , and red maple occur. River banks may contain black willow , sycamore , and eastern cottonwood . Wetness and flooding present severe limitations for agriculture. A few of

2457-464: A vine, may cover groves of trees. Two varieties of wetlands are common in the Piney Woods: bayous are generally found near rivers and sloughs are generally found near creeks. In bayous bald cypress , Spanish moss , and water lilies are common plants. Sloughs are shallow pools of standing water that most trees are not capable of growing in. Other species, such as the purple bladderwort ,

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2574-706: A wide area bounded roughly by Pine Island Bayou in Hardin County, Texas to the south, the Neches River bottom to the east (units on both sides of the river), the Trinity River to the west and Steinhagen Reservoir to the north. The preserve contains ten distinct ecosystems according to the National Park Service . Big Thicket National Preserve is one of two UNESCO Biosphere Reserves in Texas. The preserve has also been listed as

2691-646: Is University Health in Shreveport. The Miller County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the county. The agency is led by the Miller County Sheriff, an official elected by countywide vote every four years. The county is under the jurisdiction of the 37th District Court, a state district court . State district courts in Arkansas are courts of original jurisdiction for criminal, civil (up to $ 25,000), small claims, and traffic matters. State district courts are presided over by

2808-645: Is a Pleistocene terrace with some similarities in soils and historical natural vegetation to that of the Lafayette Loess Plains (34j). The prairie has been converted to agriculture. Terraces are less extensive in Texas and Oklahoma, occurring mostly along the Red River , with some smaller terraces along the Sulphur River . In Texas, current land cover is mostly pine–hardwood forest, with post oak, Shumard oak , and eastern redcedar woods to

2925-436: Is almost coterminal with Texarkana, with the rest of the county within the 2nd District. The 2nd District also covers most of Lafayette County and parts of Columbia County , including Magnolia . The Texarkana district has been represented by Carol Dalby (R) since 2016, with the 2nd District represented by Lane Jean (R) since 2012. Miller County has produced some successful politicians, including three longtime members of

3042-406: Is an economic region anchored by Shreveport, Louisiana , Tyler, Texas , Longview, Texas , and Texarkana. The Red River serves as the northern and eastern boundary of the county, though the watercourse has shifted since the county's reestablishment in 1874. The original Red River continues to serve as the county line between Little River, Hempstead, and Lafayette counties in Arkansas. According to

3159-705: Is better than downstream of pastureland. Surface waters usually have lower total organic carbon values and slightly higher turbidity, total suspended solids, and hardness values than the Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces (35c). Streams lying in the Muddy Boggy Creek and Blue River watersheds often originate in, and share many aquatic species with, the Arbuckle Uplift (29g); alkalinity, hardness, and conductivity values are influenced by local springs, and increase westward. Streams in

3276-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Miller County, Arkansas Miller County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arkansas . As of the 2020 census , the population was 42,600. The county seat is Texarkana . Miller County is part of the Texarkana , TX -AR, Metropolitan Statistical Area . When first formed, Miller County

3393-490: Is far less common than in the Red River Bottomlands (35g). Active, meandering alluvial river channels are dynamic systems, with erosion and deposition reworking the topography of levees, ridges, and swales. Overbank flooding, subsurface groundwater , and local precipitation recharge water levels in backswamps , pools, sloughs , oxbows, and depressions of this floodplain region. Potential natural vegetation

3510-667: Is held at the Miller County Courthouse at 400 Laurel Street in Texarkana. The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by the Constitution of Arkansas and the Arkansas Code . The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are called justices of the peace and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in

3627-543: Is relatively high in the Piney Woods for a temperate area of its size, with well over 30 species ranging into the region. The Louisiana pinesnake ( Pituophis ruthveni ) is endemic and Slowinski's cornsnake ( Pantherophis slowinskii ) is nearly endemic. Five venomous snakes occur in the region, the Texas coralsnake ( Micrurus tener ), eastern copperhead ( Agkistrodon contortrix ), northern cottonmouth ( Agkistrodon piscivorus ), timber rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ), and pygmy rattlesnake ( Sistrurus miliarius ). Some of

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3744-567: Is significantly above healthy weight, with 54.0% of adults and 38.0% of children/adolescents ranking as overweight or obese, compared to the state averages of 67.1% and 39.3%, respectively. These rates are significantly above national averages of 62.9% and 30.3%, respectively. The Christus St. Michael Health System and Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana are community hospitals offering acute inpatient care, emergency care , surgery, rehabilitation, therapy, and senior care services. The facilities are both rated Level 3 Trauma Centers by

3861-571: Is southern floodplain forest as in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion 73); it is unlike the oak–hickory–pine forest of the higher, better drained, and lithologically distinct Tertiary Uplands (35a) and Cretaceous Dissected Uplands (35d). Water oak , willow oak , sweetgum, blackgum , American elm , red maple , Southern red oak , swamp chestnut oak , and loblolly pine are typical. Understory flora include holly , grape genus , poison ivy , crossvine , greenbriar, and

3978-601: Is surrounded by three Arkansas counties: Little River County to the north, Hempstead County to the northeast, Lafayette County to the east; two Louisiana parishes : Bossier Parish to the southeast and Caddo Parish , to the south; and two Texas counties to the west: Cass and Bowie . Miller County is within the South Central Plains Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency . Within

4095-605: Is the largest school district in Miller County, with the Fouke District serving approximately the southern half of the county, and the Genoa District serving a small area around Genoa between the two larger districts. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation from Arkansas High School , Fouke High School , or Genoa Central High School respectively. All three high schools offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses and are accredited by

4212-515: Is typical for a rural Arkansas county, with a 2016 study finding 85.5% of Miller County residents over age 25 held a high school degree or higher, in line with Arkansas and national averages of 85.2% and 87.0%, respectively. Miller County's proportion of population holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.5%, significantly below the state average of 21.5% and national average of 30.3%. Public school districts serving sections of Miller County: Three of those districts are based in Miller County; TASD

4329-529: Is veneered with windblown silt deposits ( loess ). Streams tend to be mildly acidic and stained by organic matter. They have more suspended solids, greater turbidity, and higher hardness values than the Tertiary Uplands. Miller County is within the Red River watershed . The historic channel of the Red River defines the northern and eastern boundary of Miller County. The Sulphur River , McKinney Bayou, and Bois D'Arc Creek are also important water courses in

4446-441: Is warmer, wetter, flatter, less dissected, and lower in elevation than the Tertiary Uplands (35a) and Southern Tertiary Uplands (35e) to the north, with a greater presettlement fire frequency. Streams are low gradient and sluggish. In the eastern part of the region near the boundary with the Red River Bottomlands (35g), more loess occurs, the landscape becomes more dissected, and it supports a mixed hardwood–pine forest. Almost all of

4563-653: Is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications. The townships of Miller County are listed below; listed in parentheses are the cities, towns, and/or census-designated places that are fully or partially inside the township. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is responsible for the regulation and oversight of public water systems throughout the state. Miller County contains six community water systems: Texarkana Water Utilities (TWU), Fouke Waterworks, Miller County Public Water Authority (PWA), Garland Waterworks, Eastern Cass Water Supply Corporation, and Shady Acres Mobile Home Park. TWU,

4680-574: The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). TASD also offers graduation from the Washington Academy Charter School , an alternative public charter school , and Texarkana Area Vocational Center . Arkansas HS offers concurrent credit agreements with nearby University of Arkansas Community College at Hope (UACCH) Texarkana Campus, and is the only school in the county accredited by AdvancED . Students in

4797-571: The Arkansas Department of Health . The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) offers a family medicine residency program at the UAMS Southwest Area Health Education Center in Texarkana. CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs in Hot Springs is a referral hospital in the region, focusing on neurosurgery, cancer treatment, cardiovascular care, and orthopaedics. The nearest Level 1 Trauma Center

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4914-691: The Arkansas River Valley , and a few Ozark counties. The Arkansas 4th has been represented by Bruce Westerman since 2014 . In the Arkansas Senate , Miller County is within the 11th District. The district also contains Little River and Lafayette counties, and parts of Hempstead and Sevier counties. The 11th has been represented by Jimmy Hickey Jr. (R) of Texarkana since 2013. In the Arkansas House of Representatives , Miller County contains two Districts. The 1st District

5031-794: The Big Thicket National Preserve is within this region. The area has a long history of modification, particularly by the lumber, railroad, and oil and gas industries that contributed to boom and bust cycles of development and occupance. Settlements include (in Louisiana) Moss Bluff ; DeRidder ; (in Texas) Lumberton ; Atascocita ; Humble ; and The Woodlands . Protected areas include Chicot State Park , Marsh Bayou Wildlife Management Area (WMA), West Bay WMA , Big Thicket National Preserve , and Kirby State Forest. The Red River Bottomlands contain

5148-506: The Catahoula Formation have distinctive barrens or glades in Texas and Louisiana that contain several rare species. Forested seeps in sand hills support acid bog species including southern sweetbay , hollies, wax-myrtles , fetterbush , insectivorous plants , orchids , and wild azalea ; this vegetation becomes more extensive in the Flatwoods (35f). Currently, the ecoregion in Texas and Louisiana has more pine forest than

5265-707: The Floodplains and Low Terraces eco-region follows the Sulphur River. It contains frequently flooded forested wetlands, natural levees, swales, oxbow lakes, and meander scars. Longitudinal channel gradients are low and are less than in the Ouachita Mountains . North of the low terraces, a small strip of Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces ecoregion contains level, poorly-drained, periodically wet soils underlain by Pleistocene unconsolidated terrace deposits. Loblolly pine and oaks are common and are adapted to

5382-643: The Gulf and Atlantic coastal plains from Texas to Virginia . Region 35b is nearly level, veneered by Holocene alluvium, and contains natural levees , swales , oxbow lakes , and meander scars . Longitudinal channel gradients are low and are less than in the Ouachita Mountains (ecoregion 36). Soils include Alfisols, Inceptisols , Vertisols , and Entisols and are generally somewhat poorly drained to very poorly drained, clayey and loamy. Large parts of Ecoregion 35b are frequently flooded. Forested wetlands are characteristic, but pastureland also occurs. Cropland

5499-479: The Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion 73). Settlements, all in Louisiana, include Shreveport ; the eastern part of Natchitoches ; Alexandria ; Cheneyville ; and Bunkie . Protected areas include Spring Bank Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Soda Lake WMA, John Franks WMA, Red River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Loggy Bayou WMA, Bayou Pierre WMA, Elbow Slough WMA, Grand Cote NWR , Lake Ophelia NWR , and

5616-523: The U.S. Census Bureau , Miller County has a total area of 637.48 square miles (1,651.1 km ), of which 623.98 square miles (1,616.1 km ) is land and 13.50 square miles (35.0 km ) (2.1%) is water. The county is located approximately 143 miles (230 km) southwest of Little Rock , 73 miles (117 km) north of Shreveport , Louisiana , and 204 miles (328 km) east of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW) in Texas . Miller County

5733-485: The U.S. Senate from 1916 to 1921. Property tax is assessed by the Miller County Assessor annually based upon the fair market value of the property and determining which tax rate, commonly called a millage in Arkansas, will apply. The rate depends upon the property's location with respect to city limits, school district, and special tax increment financing (TIF) districts. This tax is collected by

5850-689: The Acadiana Conservation Corridor. The level to rolling Blackland Prairie characteristically has dark soils derived from underlying Cretaceous marl , chalk , and limestone . Prairie was common or dominant during and shortly after the Hypsithermal Period in the middle of the Holocene Epoch. By the late 18th century, the Blackland Prairie was a mosaic of woodland, savanna, and prairies. Today,

5967-564: The Ann & Dewey Fowler Community Library is located at 305 N Snell Street in a restored Victorian house. Miller County's above-average poverty rate indicates a high Medicaid eligibility rate. As of 2012, 32.4% of Miller County was eligible for Medicaid, with 61.7% of children under 19 eligible for ARKids First , a program by the Arkansas Department of Human Services that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B). The county's population

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6084-642: The DFA. Arkansas's statewide sales and use tax has been 6.5% since July 1, 2013. Miller County has an additional sales and use tax of 1.25%, which has been in effect since October 1, 2012. Within Miller County, the City of Texarkana has an additional 2.5% sales and use tax since January 1, 2008, and the towns of Fouke and Garland having an additional 1.0% sales and use tax, each since the early 1980s The Arkansas State Treasurer disburses tax revenue to counties/cities in accordance with tax rules. Townships in Arkansas are

6201-754: The Floodplains and Low Terraces include parts of Beaumont and Lake Charles ; typically these narrow and wet regions are less developed. Protected areas include Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge , Little River National Wildlife Refuge , Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge , Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge , Sabine Island Wildlife Management Area, and Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge . The Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces are nearly level, poorly-drained, periodically wet, underlain by Pleistocene unconsolidated terrace deposits, and often covered by pine–hardwood flatwoods . The broad flats and gently sloping stream terraces are lower and less dissected than

6318-430: The Gulf Coast toad ( Incilius nebulifer ) occurs in the south. The Fowler's toad ( Anaxyrus fowleri ) ranges throughout Arkansas and Louisiana, but populations in east Texas intergraded with Woodhouse's toad ( Anaxyrus woodhousii ), however some regard the east Texas populations as a distinct species, the east Texas toad ( Anaxyrus velatus ). Fish: The Piney Woods are rich in fish diversity. Fish occurring in

6435-611: The Piney Woods (threatened species: Federal++; State +: historical isolated Illinois population now extirpated = *). Within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ecoregions scheme, the Piney Woods are known as the South Central Plains, a Level III ecoregion. Within the South Central Plains, eight Level IV ecoregions are identified: Tertiary Uplands, Floodplains and Low Terraces, Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces, Cretaceous Dissected Uplands, Southern Tertiary Uplands, Flatwoods, Red River Bottomlands, and Blackland Prairie. The rolling Tertiary Uplands , gently to moderately sloping, cover

6552-451: The Piney Woods and they appear to be slowly increasing in numbers and dispersing. As of 2020, however, the black bear is largely extirpated from most quarters, and rare in peripheral areas. With the clearing of forest and decline of the native predators (or competitors), the nine-banded armadillo ( Dasypus novemcinctus ), coyotes ( Canis latrans ), and black-tailed jackrabbit ( Lepus californicus ) have expanded their ranges eastward into

6669-509: The Piney Woods in the spring and summer, such as the anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga ), yellow-crowned night-heron ( Nyctanassa violacea ), little blue heron ( Egretta caerulea ), snowy egret ( Egretta thula ), purple gallinule ( Porphyrula martinica ), Chuck-will's-widow ( Caprimulgus carolinensis ), scissor-tailed flycatcher ( Tyrannus forficatus ), prairie warbler ( Dendroica discolor ), Swainson's warbler ( Limnothlypis swainsonii ), and painted bunting ( Passerina ciris ). Conversely,

6786-436: The Piney Woods include White-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ), Virginia opossum ( Didelphis virginiana ), northern raccoon ( Procyon lotor ), striped skunk ( Mephitis mephitis ), eastern mole ( Scalopus aquaticus ), least shrew ( Cryptotis parva ), eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ), eastern fox squirrel ( Sciurus niger ), and eastern cottontail ( Sylvilagus floridanus ). Somewhat less common are

6903-460: The Piney Woods include the green anole ( Anolis carolinensis ), six-lined racerunner ( Aspidoscelis sexlineatus ), prairie lizard ( Sceloporus conssbrinus ), slender glass lizard ( Ophisaurus attenuatus ), and a number of skinks including the five-lined skink ( Plestiodon fasciatus ), broad-headed skink ( Plestiodon laticeps ), southern coal skink ( Plestiodon anthracinus ), and little brown skink ( Scincella lateralis ). Snake diversity

7020-844: The Piney Woods include the southern flying squirrel ( Glaucomys volans ), common muskrat ( Ondatra zibethicus ), Baird's pocket gopher ( Geomys breviceps ), woodland vole ( Microtus pinetorum ), and about 10 additional native rats and mice. Several of the larger carnivores that once occurred in the Piney Woods are entirely extirpated , including the hog-nosed skunk ( Conepatus leuconotus ), red wolf ( Canis rufus ), jaguar ( Panthera onca ), and ocelot ( Leopardus pardalis ). The mountain lion ( Puma concolor ) and black bear ( Ursus americanus ) have also been extirpated from most areas; however, very rare sightings or remains are occasionally documented, likely representing wandering individuals rather than breeding populations. Stable populations of black bears occur in adjacent areas north and east of

7137-594: The Pleistocene terrace deposits of Pleistocene Fluvial Terraces (35c), and the Tertiary sediments of the Tertiary Uplands (35a). Natural vegetation of the bottomland hardwood forests included trees such as water oak, sweetgum, willow oak, southern red oak, Nutall oak , honey locust , water locust , eastern red cedar, blackgum, blackjack oak , overcup oak, river birch , red maple, green ash, and American elm. There are also some plant distribution differences between

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7254-594: The Randolph County Collector between the first business day of March of each year through October 15 without penalty. The Miller County Treasurer disburses tax revenues to various government agencies, such as cities, county road departments, fire departments, libraries, and police departments in accordance with the budget set by the quorum court. Due to Miller County's proximity to Texas, which has no state personal income tax , special taxation exemptions apply to residents with permanent addresses within

7371-607: The Red River Valley. Established in the 1950s, the area is open to birding , camping, hunting, fishing, and hiking. Within the WMA, 500 acres (200 ha) is maintained as the Henry Moore Waterfowl Rest Area. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 42,600 people, 16,426 households, and 11,108 families residing in the county. Racial/Ethnic Makeup of Miller County treating Hispanics as

7488-548: The Red River. Miller County is located in the southwest corner of Arkansas in the Piney Woods , a temperate coniferous forest . The forests of pine trees initially formed a logging and silviculture industry, though many fields have been cleared from the forest to grow rice, soybeans, corn, and vegetables. The county is also within the Ark-La-Tex region, sharing a tripoint with Texas and Louisiana . The Ark-La-Tex

7605-892: The Sandhills Natural Area owned by the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC), and the Sulphur River Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), owned by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC). The Sandhills Natural Area preserves 274 acres (111 ha) of undisturbed sandhill vegetation along rolling hills and sandy soils. It is a home to at least 40 rare species of plants, the most of any ANHC Natural Area. The Sulphur River WMA preserves 16,520 acres (6,690 ha) of bottomland hardwood forest , cypress breaks, oxbow lakes , and bayous along

7722-456: The South Central Plains (ecoregion 35). In Oklahoma, The main crops are soybeans, grain sorghum, alfalfa, corn, and wheat; In Texas, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, and cotton; and in Louisiana, cotton, soybeans, corn, wheat, and rice, with some sugarcane in the southern portion. The Red River carries high silt loads and is almost continuously turbid compared to other rivers of the South Central Plains, although silt load has lessened in Louisiana with

7839-501: The Southern Tertiary Uplands (35e) to the north, and tend to be less clayey than in the Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies (34b) and Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies (34a) to the south. This ecoregion once was dominated by longleaf pine flatwoods and savannas, but also supported other mixed pine–hardwood forest types. The longleaf pine community was characterized by longleaf pine over

7956-555: The Tertiary Uplands (35a), but higher than the floodplains of 35b and 35g. Soils are typically well to poorly drained Alfisols and Ultisols with loamy and sandy surfaces. Loblolly pine and oaks are common and are adapted to the prevailing hydroxeric regime; pastureland and hayland are less extensive. A vertical sequence of terraces occurs. The lowest terrace is nearly flat, clayey, and has extensive hardwood wetlands. Higher terraces become progressively older and more dissected; they are dominated by pine flatwoods, pine savanna, prairie , or

8073-411: The U.S. House of Representatives: Mike Ross represented the Arkansas 4th from 2001 to 2013, Walter E. Rogers represented the Texas's 18th from 1951 to 1967, and Max Sandlin represented the Texas 1st from 1997 to 2005. William F. Kirby served as Arkansas Attorney General from 1907 to 1909, Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1910 to 1916 and 1926 to 1934, and represented Arkansas in

8190-410: The area include mid and tall grasses such as yellow Indian grass , pinehill bluestem , narrowleaf woodoats , and panicums . The landscape is dissected by numerous small streams. Waters tend to be stained by organics, thus lowering water clarity and increasing total organic carbon and biochemical oxygen demand levels. Most streams have a sandy substrate and a forest canopy . Many do not flow during

8307-540: The city limits of Texarkana. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) requires taxpayers to submit the Texarkana Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate with their Arkansas tax return. Taxpayers are exempt from Arkansas income tax, and residents of Texarkana, Texas are exempt from Arkansas income tax from any income earned within the city limits of Texarkana, Arkansas. Sales and use taxes in Arkansas are voter approved and collected by

8424-414: The commercial timber growing and wood processing in the state of Texas takes place in the Piney Woods region, which contains about 50,000 square kilometres (12,000,000 acres) of commercial forestland. One National Preserve , the Big Thicket National Preserve , in the southern part of the Texas portion of the Piney Woods region, currently consists of fourteen named, non-contiguous units scattered across

8541-441: The construction of the river's lock and dam system. The Red River historically carried high silt loads and was almost continuously turbid compared to other rivers of Ecoregion 35. With the construction of the lock and dam system throughout its extent in Louisiana, silt load has lessened. The Louisiana portion of the Red River Bottomlands shares similarities in natural vegetation and other biota, hydrology, and land uses with parts of

8658-452: The county was $ 40,307, and the median income for a family was $ 47,960. Males had a median income of $ 41,556 versus $ 30,417 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,654. About 14.1% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2000 census , there were 40,443 people, 15,637 households, and 11,086 families residing in

8775-400: The county. The population density was 65 people per square mile (25 people/km ). There were 17,727 housing units at an average density of 28 units per square mile (11 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 74.02% White, 22.99% Black or African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.37% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. 1.58% of

8892-597: The county; all tributary to the Red River. Swamps and bayous along the Sulphur River drain much of the western part of Miller County. A levee in the eastern part of Miller County delineates the border between the McKinney Bayou watershed, with everything east of the levee within the Red River floodplain . Areas within the levee are frequently subject to inundation by the Red, including a town evacuation of Garland City in 2015. Miller County contains two protected areas:

9009-539: The divisions of a county. Each township includes unincorporated areas; some may have incorporated cities or towns within part of their boundaries. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times. However, the United States census does list Arkansas population based on townships (sometimes referred to as "county subdivisions" or "minor civil divisions"). Townships are also of value for historical purposes in terms of genealogical research. Each town or city

9126-766: The eastern part of the Cretaceous Dissected Uplands drain the more rugged, lithologically distinct Ouachita Mountains (ecoregion 36); aquatic flora and fauna assemblages are influenced by the Ouachitas and are distinct from western streams. Settlements include (in Arkansas) Arkadelphia ; Hope ; Lockesburg ; (in Oklahoma) Hugo ; Bennington ; and Caney . Protected areas include Crater of Diamonds State Park , some portions of Ouachita National Forest , and Boggy Depot Park . The Southern Tertiary Uplands ecoregion of Texas and Louisiana generally covers

9243-454: The extensive Quaternary alluvium of Ecoregions 35b, 35g, and 73 ( Mississippi Alluvial Plain ). In eastern Texas and Louisiana, Tertiary deposits are mostly Eocene clays, silts, and sands, with some Paleocene sediments to the west. Soils are loamy , well-drained, thermic Ultisols or moderately drained Alfisols , typically with sandy and loamy surface textures. In many areas of Ecoregion 35a, commercial pine plantations have replaced

9360-498: The fertile soils of the Blackland Prairie are mostly used for pastureland, woodland, and hayland. Only a few prairie remnants still occur and are mostly limited to the thin, droughty soils of cuesta scarps . Settlements include Gurdon , Prescott , McNab , Ozan , Saratoga , and Rocky Comfort . Protected areas include Terre Noire Natural Area Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Ozan WMA, Hope Upland WMA, Rick Evans Grandview Prairie WMA, and Raymond Gary State Park . The majority of

9477-432: The flats. On steep slopes, along streams and other areas where fire was less frequent, forests contained loblolly pine, sweetgum, white oak, southern red oak, willow oak, blackgum, and hollies. Although greatly reduced from its original extent, longleaf pine continues to characterize a significant portion of the area. Beech–magnolia was not extensive, occurring in narrow areas along some streams and mesic slopes. This region

9594-504: The floodplain and low terraces of the Red River within the South Central Plains (ecoregion 35). The region occurs in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and includes the highly meandering main channel of the Red River, oxbow lakes, meander scars, ridges, and backswamps. The Holocene alluvium associated with Red River deposition developed well to somewhat poorly drained Vertisols and Entisols with clayey and loamy, reddish-brown, neutral to calcareous surfaces. The lithology contrasts with

9711-547: The floodplains of ecoregions 35g and 35b. Western species, such as bur oak and Durand oak , were native to the Red River Bottomlands but were typically absent from the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion 73). Currently in the Red River Bottomlands, most of its natural woodland has been cleared for cropland and improved pasture, although some woodland still occurs in very poorly drained and frequently flooded areas. The broad, nearly level bottomlands are often dominated by agriculture, with more cropland than other floodplains of

9828-638: The forested habitat compared to their abundance in the open marshlands and prairies to the south. The Sabine map turtle ( Graptemys sabinensis ) is endemic: and among the many other turtles found in the region are the alligator snapping turtle ( Macrochelys temminckii ), chicken turtle ( Deirochelys reticularia ), false map turtle ( Graptemys pseudogeographica ), river cooter ( Pseudemys concinna ), three-toed box turtle ( Terrapene triunguis ), eastern mud turtle ( Kinosternon subrubrum ), razor-backed musk turtle ( Sternotherus carinatus ), and spiny softshell turtle ( Apalone spinifera ). Lizards occurring in

9945-433: The higher terraces may have some pasture, but most of the region has deciduous forest land cover. Silviculture activities range from selective tree removal to clearcutting to, in some areas, replacement with pine monoculture. Reservoirs have inundated large areas of this habitat and have altered downstream hydrology. The bottomland forests provide important wildlife habitat with a high diversity of species. Settlements of

10062-536: The meandering Red River. Natural vegetation is southern floodplain forest unlike the oak–hickory– pine forest of higher, better drained compared to adjacent forests. However, the region has widely been cleared and drained for agriculture. The Red River is almost continuously turbid; suspended sediment concentrations are usually much higher than in the Saline River or Ouachita River due to land cover, land use, and upstream lithology differences. South of Texarkana,

10179-601: The mid-20th century, Miller County has transitioned from reliably Democratic to steady Republican in national, state and local elections. Miller County was part of the Solid South , a period of Democratic hegemony which began after Reconstruction following the Civil War . This resulted essentially in a one-party system , in which a candidate's victory in Democratic primary elections was tantamount to election to

10296-435: The native shortleaf pine –hardwood forest. Prominent native trees include shortleaf pine, loblolly pine , southern red oak , post oak , black oak , white oak , hickories , and sweetgum . American beautyberry , sumac , greenbriar , and hawthorn are common understory species. The sandier areas often have more bluejack oak , post oak, and stunted pines. Scattered, stunted, sandhill woodlands also occur. Grasses in

10413-684: The non-venomous snakes include the rough greensnake ( Opheodrys aestivus ), Dekay's brownsnake ( Storeria dekayi ), eastern hog-nosed snake ( Heterodon platirhinos ), western ribbonsnake ( Thamnophis proximus ), glossy swampsnake ( Liodytes rigida ), southern watersnake ( Nerodia fasciata ), diamond-back watersnake ( Nerodia rhombifer ), red-bellied mudsnake ( Farancia abacura ), North American racer ( Coluber constrictor ), coachwhip ( Masticophis flagellum ), scarletsnake ( Cemophora coccinea ), prairie kingsnake ( Lampropeltis calligaster ), speckled kingsnake ( Lampropeltis holbrooki ), western ratsnake ( Pantherophis obsoletus ). and at least

10530-845: The north by the Ozark Mountain forests . They receive 40–52 inches (1,000–1,300 mm) of precipitation annually. The region has heavy to moderate rainfall, with some places receiving over 60 in (1,500 mm) of rain per year. Longleaf , shortleaf , and loblolly pines , along with bluejack and post oaks , dominate sandhills . A well-developed understory grows beneath the sparse canopy , and includes yaupon holly and flowering dogwood . Pine savannas consist of scattered longleaf and loblolly pines alongside black tupelos , sweetgums , and in acid soils along creeks sweetbay magnolias . Other common trees in this ecoregion include eastern redbud , river birch , red maple , southern sugar maple , and American elm . American wisteria ,

10647-549: The northeast part of Miller County around Garland outside the three Miller County-based districts are within the Lafayette County School District. Miller County contains one institution of higher education , the Texarkana campus of University of Arkansas Community College at Hope , a public community college based in Hope, Arkansas . Texarkana, Texas contains Texas A&M University–Texarkana ,

10764-533: The northern river otter ( Lontra canadensis ), bobcat ( Lynx rufus ), gray fox ( Urocyon cinereoargenteus ), southern short-tailed shrew ( Blarina carolinensis ), North American beaver ( Castor canadensis ), and swamp rabbit ( Sylvilagus aquaticus ). Some carnivores such as the eastern spotted skunk ( Spilogale putorius ), ringtail ( Bassariscus astutus ), long-tailed weasel ( Mustela frenata ), American mink ( Mustela vison ), and red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), are uncommon, rarely seen, and in decline. Over

10881-928: The oak–pine and pasture land cover more typical to the north in the Tertiary Uplands (35a). Large parts of the region are public National Forest land, such as Kisatchie National Forest . The Southern Tertiary Uplands ecoregion also covers the majority of Louisiana's longleaf pine range west of the Mississippi River. Settlements include (in Louisiana) Chatham ; Clarks ; Jena ; Pineville ; Leesville ; (in Texas) Jasper ; Lufkin ; and Conroe . Protected areas include Jimmie Davis State Park , Big Cypress State Park, Esler Field Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Kisatchie National Forest (four large tracts), Alexander State Forest , Fort Johnson North Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Clear Creek WMA ,

10998-628: The office itself. The Solid South started to dissolve following the Civil Rights Act in 1964 , which is when Miller County's streak of supporting Democratic candidates ended. The county would support every Republican presidential candidate after 1964, with exceptions for fellow Southerners: Alabama Governor George Wallace in 1968 , Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter in 1976 , and fellow Arkansan Bill Clinton in 1992 and 1996 . Republican strength has been growing rapidly in Miller County, supporting George Bush with 53 and 58 percent of

11115-437: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 11,685 households, out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

11232-437: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 15,637 households, out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.90% were married couples living together, 16.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

11349-411: The prevailing hydroxeric regime; pastureland and hayland are less extensive. A vertical sequence of terraces occurs. The lowest terrace is nearly flat, clayey, and has extensive hardwood wetlands. Higher terraces become progressively older and more dissected; they are dominated by pine flatwoods, pine savanna, or prairie; flatwood wetlands are less extensive than on the lowest terrace. The mid-level terrace

11466-419: The region are now extinct like the passenger pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ), Carolina parakeet ( Conuropsis carolinensis ), ivory-billed woodpecker ( Campephilus principalis ), and Bachman's warbler ( Vermivora bachmanii ). Reptiles: The American alligator ( Alligator mississippiensis ) ranges throughout all but the northwestern most area of the region, however they are not particularly common in

11583-461: The region include much of Little Rock ; El Dorado, Arkansas ; Texarkana ; Ruston, Louisiana ; and Longview , Tyler , and Nacogdoches in Texas. Protected areas include Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge , Poison Springs State Forest , much of Sabine National Forest , and Sabine Wildlife Management Area. The Floodplains and Low Terraces of Ecoregion 35 comprise the western margin of the southern bottomland hardwood communities that extend along

11700-887: The region include the chestnut lamprey ( Ichthyomyzon castaneus ), southern brook lamprey ( Ichthyomyzon gagei ), paddlefish ( Polyodon spathula ), alligator gar ( Atractosteus spatula ), spotted gar ( Lepisosteus oculatus ), bowfin ( Amia calva ), and redfin pickerel ( Esox americanus ). Some sport fish native to the Piney Woods include largemouth bass ( Micropterus salmoides ), spotted bass ( Micropterus punctulatus ), white bass ( Morone chrysops ), yellow bass ( Morone mississippiensis ), black crappie ( Pomoxis nigromaculatus ), white crappie ( Pomoxis annularis ), blue catfish ( Ictalurus furcatus ), channel catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ), yellow bullhead ( Ictalurus natalis ), black bullhead ( Ictalurus melas ), redear sunfish ( Lepomis microlophus ), and longear sunfish ( Lepomis megalotis ). A multitude of smaller fish inhabit

11817-544: The region, the county contains parts of four different Level IV ecoregions. Throughout the South Central Plains, forests are mostly swamp - southern floodplain forest, unlike the oak–hickory–pine forest of higher, better drained forests in adjacent eco-regions. Along the north and eastern county boundary, the Red River Bottomlands follows the Red River. This eco-region contains floodplains, low terraces, oxbow lakes, meander scars, backswamps, natural levees, and

11934-406: The region. Other species have been introduced into the region such as the nutria or coypu ( Myocastor coypus ), house mouse ( Mus musculus ), roof rat ( Rattus rattus ), and Norway rat ( Rattus norvegicus ). Feral house cats ( Felis catus ) and feral pigs ( Sus scrofa ) pose threats to native fauna and are serious conservation concerns. Birds: With some species migrating through in

12051-483: The remainder of longleaf pine range north of the Flatwoods (35f) on Tertiary sediments. The region of Tertiary geology is more hilly and dissected than the Flatwoods (35f) to the south, and soils are generally better drained over the more permeable sediments. Soils are Ultisols and Alfisols with silt loam to loamy sand textures. The Pliocene -age to Eocene-age geology contains a variety of siltstones , sandstones , and calcareous and acidic clays. Historical vegetation

12168-445: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miller_County&oldid=570527353 " Category : United States county name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

12285-450: The same year as Texas declared itself an independent republic in 1836, a dispute arose over their common border, with the area in Miller County having representation in both the Arkansas legislature and the Texas congress. In 1837 and 1838, Texas organized Red River and Fannin counties, respectively, in the area. Arkansas attempted to counter by making it a misdemeanor for Miller County residents to hold office in Texas, and then by establishing

12402-621: The southern portion of Sabine National Forest , Angelina National Forest and Bannister WMA, Davy Crockett National Forest , and Sam Houston National Forest . The Flatwoods ecoregion occurs on mostly flat to gently sloping Pleistocene sediments. The northern boundary is generally along the Hockley Scarp or the division between Pleistocene and older Pliocene/Miocene formations to the north. Soils are poorly to moderately well drained Alfisols and Ultisols with mostly silt loam textures. They are generally more poorly drained than many areas of

12519-996: The spotted salamander ( Ambystoma maculatum ), marbled salamander ( Ambystoma opacum ), mole salamander ( Ambystoma talpoideum ), small-mouthed salamander ( Ambystoma texanum ), spotted dusky salamander ( Desmognathus conanti ), western dwarf salamander ( Eurycea paludicola ), and the eastern newt ( Notophthalmus viridescens ). Anurans (frogs and toads) found in the Piney Woods include Blanchard's cricket frog ( Acris blanchardi ), Cope's gray treefrog ( Hyla chrysoscelis ), green treefrog ( Hyla cinerea ), cajun chorus frog ( Pseudacris fouquettei ), spring peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ), eastern narrow-mouthed toad ( Gastrophryne carolinensis ), Hurter's spadefoot toad ( Scaphiopus hurterii ), American bullfrog ( Lithobates catesbeianus ), bronze frog ( Lithobates clamitans ), pickerel frog ( Lithobates palustris ), and southern leopard frog ( Lithobates sphenocephalus ). The American toad ( Anaxyrus americanus ) occurs in northern areas and

12636-993: The spring and fall, others nesting in the spring and summer months, and still others wintering in the region, well over 300 species of birds occur in the Piney Woods. A few of the many year round residents include the wood duck ( Aix sponsa ), black vulture ( Coragyps atratus ), red-shouldered hawk ( Buteo lineatus ), American kestrel ( Falco sparverius ), wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ), northern bobwhite ( Colinus virginianus ), American woodcock ( Scolopax minor ), greater roadrunner ( Geococcyx californianus ), red-cockaded woodpecker ( Picoides borealis ), loggerhead shrike ( Lanius ludovicianus ), northern mockingbird ( Mimus polyglottos ), brown thrasher ( Toxostoma rufum ), Carolina chickadee ( Poecile carolinensis ), brown-headed nuthatch ( Sitta pusilla ), pine warbler ( Dendroica pinus ), Bachman's sparrow ( Aimophila aestivalis ), and fish crow ( Corvus ossifragus ). Many additional species migrate from regions south and nest in

12753-498: The summer or early fall. However, in sandhills, spring-fed, perennial streams occur; here, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, alkalinity , and hardness values are lower than elsewhere in the South Central Plains. Water quality in forested basins is better than in pastureland. Oil production has lowered stream quality in the south. Timber production is the dominant land use, along with livestock grazing, poultry production, and oil and gas activities. Major settlements in

12870-562: The vote, supporting Barack Obama ’s opponents with 66 and 69 percent of the vote, and supporting Donald Trump with 70.2 and 72.1 percent of the vote. In Congress , Arkansas has been represented by two Republican senators ( John Boozman and Tom Cotton ) since January 3, 2015, ending a long history of Democratic hegemony. In the House of Representatives , Miller County is within the Arkansas 4th district , which contains Southwest Arkansas ,

12987-1182: The waters of the Piney Woods. Endemics include the bluehead shiner ( Pteronotropis hubbsi ) and Creole darter ( Etheostoma collettei ). The western mosquitofish ( Gambusia affinis ), a species that has been widely introduced around the world and considered a pest in many areas, is a native in the Piney Woods. Just a few of the other small fish in the region include blacktail shiner ( Cyprinella venusta ), pallid shiner ( Hybopsis amnis ), blackspot shiner ( Notropis atrocaudalis ), peppered shiner ( Notropis perpallidus ), Sabine shiner ( Notropis sabinae ), weed shiner ( Notropis texanus ), blacktail redhorse ( Moxostoma poecilurum ), freckled madtom ( Noturus nocturnus ), brown madtom ( Noturus phaeus ), Blair's starhead topminnow ( Fundulus blairae ), golden topminnow ( Fundulus chrysotus ), blachspotted topminnow ( Fundulus olivaceus ), bantma sunfish ( Lepomis symmetricus ), scaly sand darter ( Ammocrypta vivax ), redspot darter ( Etheostoma artesiae ), mud darter ( Etheostoma asprigene ), harlequin darter ( Etheostoma histrio ), and goldstripe darter ( Etheostoma parvipinne ). Some endemic flora and fauna of

13104-587: The west. In Arkansas, loblolly pine is more common on the terraces than shortleaf pine, perhaps influenced by the seasonal wet-dry regime. Settlements include White Hall, Arkansas ; much of Pine Bluff, Arkansas ; Sparkman, Arkansas ; East Camden, Arkansas ; Bastrop, Louisiana ; Hermitage, Arkansas ; Minden, Louisiana , and Ashdown, Arkansas . Protected areas include Cane Creek State Park , Seven Devils Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Crossett Experimental Forest WMA , and Lafayette WMA (Arkansas). The nearly level to hilly Cretaceous Dissected Uplands ecoregion has

13221-410: Was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.2 years. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. The median income for a household in

13338-400: Was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.02. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.50% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.10 males. The median income for

13455-627: Was Arkansas's sixth county, established on April 1, 1820, and named for James Miller , the first governor of the Arkansas Territory . Additionally, Miller County was the first of the state's counties to be formed upon the creation of the Arkansas Territory. The first five — Arkansas , Lawrence , Clark , Hempstead and Pulaski — were formed during Arkansas's days as part of the Missouri Territory . This county

13572-465: Was abolished in 1838. During the Reconstruction era, it was organized again on December 22, 1874, from a portion of neighboring Lafayette County . When created in 1820, Miller County included most of the current Miller County, as well as several present-day Texas counties. In 1831 the county seat was located what is the current day Clarksville , Texas . When Arkansas achieved statehood

13689-452: Was dominated by longleaf pine– bluestem woodlands, but a variety of forest types were present, including shortleaf pine–hardwood forests, mixed hardwood–loblolly pine forests, and hardwood-dominated forests along streams. On more mesic sites, some American beech or magnolia –beech–loblolly pine forests occurred. Some small, scattered prairies with many rare plants are associated with areas of calcareous clay soils. Some sandstone outcrops of

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