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Pike County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- November 1, 1833
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Seat
- Murfreesboro
- Largest city
- Glenwood
- Total
- 614 sq mi (1,590 km )
- Land
- 601 sq mi (1,560 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 9,964
- Density
- 16.9/sq mi (6.53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Zebulon Pike
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Capital
- Murfreesboro
- Population
- 10171
- Area
- 1590
- Shares border with
- Polk County
- Official website
- pikecountyar.org
- Image
- Pike County Courthouse, Arkansas.jpg
- Households
- 4215
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- water as percent of area
- 2.2
- native label
- Pike County
- different from
- Pike County
- Commons category
- Pike County, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Pike County, Arkansas
- inception
- 1833-11-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Pike County, Arkansas
- per capita income
- 24642
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Encyclopedic overview
Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,171. The county seat is Murfreesboro. Pike County is Arkansas's 25th county, formed on November 1, 1833, and named for Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, the explorer for whom Pikes Peak is named. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pike County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.