Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas

Census-designated place in Arkansas, United States

34°01′55″N 93°57′04″W / 34.03194°N 93.95111°W / 34.03194; -93.95111CountryUnited StatesStateArkansasCountyHowardElevation

^[1]

637 ft (194 m)Population

(2020)

• Total179Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code870GNIS feature ID2805631^[1]

Center Point is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howard County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 179.^[2]

History

When Howard County formed in 1873, Center Point was its first county seat.^[3] After the first railroad in the county was built through Nashville—bypassing Center Point—the county seat was moved there in 1884.^[3]

Demographics

2020 census

Center Point CDP, Arkansas – Racial and ethnic composition
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020^[4]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	141	78.77%
Black or African American alone (NH)	14	7.82%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	3	1.68%
Asian alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	1	0.56%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	10	5.59%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	10	5.59%
Total	179	100.00%

Notable people

Carl Boles, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, was born in Center Point.
Eurith D. Rivers, the 68th Governor of Georgia, was born in Center Point.
Dorothy Shaver, born in Center Point in 1893, was the first woman in the United States to head a multimillion-dollar company, Lord & Taylor.
Robert G. Shaver, lawyer, colonel in Confederate States Army, and Ku Klux Klan leader.^[5]

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Center Point, Howard County, Arkansas
^ "Center Point CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Dierks Lake, Saline River: Environmental Impact Statement". US Army Corps of Engineers. 1975.
^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Center Point CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau.
^ Hempstead, Fay (1911). Historical Review of Arkansas. Vol. 2. Lewis Publishing. p. 1033.