Miller County, Arkansas | |
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 Miller County Courthouse in Texarkana | |
 Location within the U.S. state ofArkansas | |
| Coordinates:33°19′40″N93°52′38″W / 33.327777777778°N 93.877222222222°W /33.327777777778; -93.877222222222 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Arkansas |
| Founded | April 1, 1820; recreated December 22, 1874, following abolishment in 1838 |
| Named after | James Miller[2] |
| Seat | Texarkana |
| Largest city | Texarkana |
| Area | |
• Total | 637.48 sq mi (1,651.1 km2) |
| • Land | 623.98 sq mi (1,616.1 km2) |
| • Water | 13.5 sq mi (35 km2) 2.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 42,600 |
• Estimate (2024) | 41,958 |
| • Density | 68.3/sq mi (26.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Website | www |
Miller County is acounty located in the southwestern corner of theU.S. state ofArkansas. As of the2020 census, the population was 42,600.[3] Thecounty seat isTexarkana.[4] Miller County is part of theTexarkana, TX-AR, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
When first formed, Miller County was Arkansas's sixth county, established on April 1, 1820, and named forJames Miller, the first governor of theArkansas 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 andPulaski — were formed during Arkansas's days as part of theMissouri Territory. This county was abolished in 1838.
During the Reconstruction era, it was organized again on December 22, 1874,[5] from a portion of neighboringLafayette County.[6]
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When created in 1820, Miller County included most of the current Miller County, as well as several present-day Texas counties.[Note 1] In 1831 the county seat was located what is the current dayClarksville,Texas.
When Arkansas achieved statehood 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 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.[8]
The modern Miller County was re-created in 1874 from the parts of Lafayette County lying west and south of the Red River.
Miller County is located in the southwest corner of Arkansas in thePiney Woods, atemperate coniferous forest. The forests of pine trees initially formed a logging andsilviculture industry, though many fields have been cleared from the forest to grow rice, soybeans, corn, and vegetables.[9] The county is also within theArk-La-Tex region, sharing atripoint withTexas andLouisiana. The Ark-La-Tex is an economic region anchored byShreveport, Louisiana,Tyler, Texas,Longview, Texas, and Texarkana. TheRed 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.[10] According to theU.S. Census Bureau, Miller County has a total area of 637.48 square miles (1,651.1 km2), of which 623.98 square miles (1,616.1 km2) is land and 13.50 square miles (35.0 km2) (2.1%) is water.[1]
The county is located approximately 143 miles (230 km) southwest ofLittle Rock, 73 miles (117 km) north ofShreveport,Louisiana, and 204 miles (328 km) east of theDallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW) inTexas.[Note 2] Miller County is surrounded by three Arkansas counties:Little River County to the north,Hempstead County to the northeast,Lafayette County to the east; two Louisianaparishes:Bossier Parish to the southeast andCaddo Parish, to the south; and two Texas counties to the west:Cass andBowie.
Miller County is within theSouth Central PlainsLevel III ecoregion designated by theEnvironmental Protection Agency. Within 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, theRed River Bottomlands follows the Red River. This eco-region contains floodplains, low terraces, oxbow lakes, meander scars, backswamps, natural levees, and 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 theSaline River orOuachita River due to land cover, land use, and upstream lithology differences.
South of Texarkana, theFloodplains 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 theOuachita Mountains. North of the low terraces, a small strip ofPleistocene 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 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 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.[12]
Miller County is within theRed Riverwatershed. The historic channel of the Red River defines the northern and eastern boundary of Miller County.[10] TheSulphur River, McKinney Bayou, andBois D'Arc Creek are also important water courses in the county; all tributary to the Red River.[13] 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 Riverfloodplain.[14] Areas within the levee are frequently subject to inundation by the Red, including a town evacuation ofGarland City in 2015.[15]
Miller County contains two protected areas: the Sandhills Natural Area owned by theArkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC), and the Sulphur RiverWildlife Management Areas (WMA), owned by theArkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC). The Sandhills Natural Area preserves 274 acres (111 ha) of undisturbed sandhill vegetation along rolling hills and sandy soils.[16] It is a home to at least 40 rare species of plants, the most of any ANHC Natural Area.[17] The Sulphur River WMA preserves 16,520 acres (6,690 ha) ofbottomland hardwood forest,cypress breaks,oxbow lakes, and bayous along the Red River Valley. Established in the 1950s, the area is open tobirding, camping, hunting, fishing, and hiking. Within the WMA, 500 acres (200 ha) is maintained as the Henry Moore Waterfowl Rest Area.[18]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1830 | 356 | — | |
| 1880 | 9,919 | — | |
| 1890 | 14,714 | 48.3% | |
| 1900 | 17,558 | 19.3% | |
| 1910 | 19,555 | 11.4% | |
| 1920 | 24,021 | 22.8% | |
| 1930 | 30,586 | 27.3% | |
| 1940 | 31,874 | 4.2% | |
| 1950 | 32,614 | 2.3% | |
| 1960 | 31,686 | −2.8% | |
| 1970 | 33,385 | 5.4% | |
| 1980 | 37,766 | 13.1% | |
| 1990 | 38,467 | 1.9% | |
| 2000 | 40,443 | 5.1% | |
| 2010 | 43,462 | 7.5% | |
| 2020 | 42,600 | −2.0% | |
| 2024 (est.) | 41,958 | [19] | −1.5% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[20] 1790–1960[21] 1900–1990[22] 1990–2000[23] 2010[24] | |||
As of the2020 census, the county had a population of 42,600. The median age was 39.9 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 93.1 males age 18 and over.[25][26]
The racial makeup of the county was 65.8%White, 25.8%Black or African American, 0.7%American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%Asian, <0.1%Native Hawaiian andPacific Islander, 1.7% from some other race, and 5.5% fromtwo or more races.Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 3.7% of the population.[26]
60.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 39.9% lived in rural areas.[27]
There were 17,068 households in the county, of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.3% were married-couple households, 19.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[25]
There were 19,779 housing units, of which 13.7% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 62.3% were owner-occupied and 37.7% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.7% and the rental vacancy rate was 11.5%.[25]
As of the2010 census,[28] there were 43,462 people, 17,219 households, and 11,685 families residing in the county. Thepopulation density was 68 people per square mile (26 people/km2). There were 19,281 housing units at an average density of 30 units per square mile (12 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 71.6%White, 24.5%Black orAfrican American, 0.7%Native American, 0.5%Asian, 0.04%Pacific Islander, 1.0% fromother races, and 1.7% from two or more races. 2.4% of the population wereHispanic orLatino 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% weremarried 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 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 the county was $40,307, and the median income for a family was $47,960.[29] Males had a median income of $41,556 versus $30,417 for females.[30] Theper capita income for the county was $19,654. About 14.1% of families and 18.1% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 12.9% of those age 65 or over.[31]
As of the2000 census,[32] there were 40,443 people, 15,637 households, and 11,086 families residing in the county. The population density was 65 people per square mile (25 people/km2). There were 17,727 housing units at an average density of 28 units per square mile (11 units/km2). 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 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 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 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 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%.[33]
Public school districts serving sections of Miller County:[34]
Three of those districts are based in Miller County; TASD 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 aroundGenoa between the two larger districts. Successful completion of the curriculum of these schools leads to graduation fromArkansas High School,Fouke High School, orGenoa Central High School respectively. All three high schools offerAdvanced Placement (AP) courses and are accredited by theArkansas Department of Education (ADE). TASD also offers graduation from theWashington Academy Charter School, analternativepublic charter school, andTexarkana Area Vocational Center. Arkansas HS offers concurrent credit agreements with nearbyUniversity of Arkansas Community College at Hope (UACCH) Texarkana Campus, and is the only school in the county accredited byAdvancED.[35]
Students in the northeast part of Miller County aroundGarland outside the three Miller County-based districts are within the Lafayette County School District.
Miller County contains one institution ofhigher education, the Texarkana campus ofUniversity of Arkansas Community College at Hope, a publiccommunity college based inHope, Arkansas.Texarkana, Texas containsTexas A&M University–Texarkana, a public four-year university with a high percentage of students from Arkansas, andTexarkana College, a community college. Other higher education institutions in the region includeCossatot Community College inDe Queen, Arkansas,Southern Arkansas University inMagnolia, and several institutions in the vicinity ofShreveport, Louisiana.
The Texarkana Public Library is located at 600 West 3rd Street. TPL offers books,e-books, media, reference, youth, business andgenealogy services. In Fouke, the Ann & Dewey Fowler Community Library is located at 305 N Snell Street in a restoredVictorian house.
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Miller County's above-average poverty rate indicates a highMedicaid eligibility rate. As of 2012, 32.4% of Miller County was eligible for Medicaid, with 61.7% of children under 19 eligible forARKids First, a program by theArkansas Department of Human Services that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B).[36] The county's population 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.[37]
TheChristus St. Michael Health System andChristus Health Pine Street in Texarkana arecommunity hospitals offering acute inpatient care,emergency care, surgery, rehabilitation, therapy, andsenior care services. The facilities are both ratedLevel 3 Trauma Centers by theArkansas Department of Health. TheUniversity 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 inHot Springs is areferral hospital in the region, focusing on neurosurgery, cancer treatment, cardiovascular care, and orthopaedics.[38]
The nearestLevel 1 Trauma Center isUniversity Health in Shreveport.
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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, astate district court.[39] State district courts in Arkansas are courts oforiginal jurisdiction for criminal, civil (up to $25,000), small claims, and traffic matters.[40] State district courts are presided over by 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 NorthState Line Avenue in Texarkana[39] and the Miller County Department at the Miller County Correctional Facility at 2300East Street.[41]
Superseding district court jurisdiction is the8th Judicial Circuit Court South, which covers Miller and Lafayette counties. The 8th Circuit South contains three circuit judges, elected to six-year terms circuitwide.[42] Circuit court is held at theMiller County Courthouse at 400 Laurel Street in Texarkana.[42]
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The county government is a constitutional body granted specific powers by theConstitution of Arkansas and theArkansas Code. The quorum court is the legislative branch of the county government and controls all spending and revenue collection. Representatives are calledjustices of the peace and are elected from county districts every even-numbered year. The number of districts in 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 thecounty judge, who serves as thechief 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.[43][44]
| Position | Officeholder | Party |
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| County Judge | Cathy Hardin Harrison | Republican |
| County Clerk | Stephanie Harvin | Republican |
| Circuit Clerk | Penny Kilcrease | Republican |
| Sheriff | David Wayne Easley | Republican |
| Treasurer | Teresa Reed | Republican |
| Collector | Laura Bates | Republican |
| Assessor | Joyce Dennington | Republican |
| Coroner | Jan Gann | Republican |
The composition of the Quorum Court following the 2024 elections is 11 Republicans.. Justices of the Peace (members) of the Quorum Court following the elections are:[45][47][48]
Additionally, the townships of Miller County are entitled to elect their own respective constables, as set forth by theConstitution of Arkansas. Constables are largely of historical significance as they were used to keep the peace in rural areas when travel was more difficult.[49] The township constables as of the 2024 elections are:[48]
Since the mid-20th century, Miller County has transitioned from reliablyDemocratic to steadyRepublican in national, state and local elections. Miller County was part of theSolid South, a period of Democratic hegemony which began afterReconstruction following theCivil War. This resulted essentially in aone-party system, in which a candidate's victory in Democratic primary elections wastantamount to election to the office itself. The Solid Southstarted to dissolve following theCivil 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:AlabamaGovernorGeorge Wallace in1968,GeorgiaGovernorJimmy Carter in1976, and fellow ArkansanBill Clinton in1992 and1996. Republican strength has been growing rapidly in Miller County, supportingGeorge Bush with 53 and 58 percent of the vote, supportingBarack Obama’s opponents with 66 and 69 percent of the vote, and supportingDonald Trump with 70.2 and 72.1 percent of the vote.[50]
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 1896 | 565 | 34.26% | 1,073 | 65.07% | 11 | 0.67% |
| 1900 | 759 | 45.48% | 855 | 51.23% | 55 | 3.30% |
| 1904 | 666 | 45.12% | 763 | 51.69% | 47 | 3.18% |
| 1908 | 722 | 39.20% | 1,035 | 56.19% | 85 | 4.61% |
| 1912 | 331 | 22.40% | 846 | 57.24% | 301 | 20.37% |
| 1916 | 402 | 22.09% | 1,418 | 77.91% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1920 | 836 | 33.90% | 1,545 | 62.65% | 85 | 3.45% |
| 1924 | 397 | 17.28% | 1,460 | 63.56% | 440 | 19.16% |
| 1928 | 1,150 | 39.51% | 1,752 | 60.19% | 9 | 0.31% |
| 1932 | 322 | 7.61% | 3,876 | 91.57% | 35 | 0.83% |
| 1936 | 323 | 10.69% | 2,689 | 89.01% | 9 | 0.30% |
| 1940 | 563 | 15.64% | 3,019 | 83.88% | 17 | 0.47% |
| 1944 | 972 | 25.24% | 2,873 | 74.60% | 6 | 0.16% |
| 1948 | 488 | 10.66% | 2,850 | 62.24% | 1,241 | 27.10% |
| 1952 | 3,137 | 36.87% | 5,337 | 62.72% | 35 | 0.41% |
| 1956 | 4,307 | 43.13% | 5,402 | 54.09% | 278 | 2.78% |
| 1960 | 3,113 | 38.35% | 4,550 | 56.06% | 454 | 5.59% |
| 1964 | 4,253 | 44.81% | 5,190 | 54.68% | 49 | 0.52% |
| 1968 | 2,662 | 24.99% | 2,929 | 27.49% | 5,062 | 47.52% |
| 1972 | 8,355 | 74.53% | 2,855 | 25.47% | 0 | 0.00% |
| 1976 | 4,679 | 41.23% | 6,648 | 58.58% | 22 | 0.19% |
| 1980 | 6,770 | 52.40% | 5,996 | 46.41% | 155 | 1.20% |
| 1984 | 8,302 | 63.43% | 4,686 | 35.80% | 100 | 0.76% |
| 1988 | 7,110 | 56.30% | 5,437 | 43.05% | 82 | 0.65% |
| 1992 | 5,273 | 36.06% | 7,050 | 48.21% | 2,300 | 15.73% |
| 1996 | 4,874 | 38.97% | 6,469 | 51.73% | 1,163 | 9.30% |
| 2000 | 7,276 | 52.94% | 6,278 | 45.67% | 191 | 1.39% |
| 2004 | 8,448 | 57.56% | 6,139 | 41.82% | 91 | 0.62% |
| 2008 | 9,913 | 65.81% | 4,869 | 32.32% | 281 | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 10,622 | 69.29% | 4,518 | 29.47% | 189 | 1.23% |
| 2016 | 11,294 | 70.19% | 4,273 | 26.56% | 524 | 3.26% |
| 2020 | 11,920 | 72.12% | 4,245 | 25.68% | 364 | 2.20% |
| 2024 | 11,842 | 74.94% | 3,769 | 23.85% | 192 | 1.21% |
InCongress, Arkansas has been represented by two Republican senators (John Boozman andTom Cotton) since January 3, 2015, ending a long history of Democratic hegemony. In theHouse of Representatives, Miller County is within theArkansas 4th district, which containsSouthwest Arkansas, theArkansas River Valley, and a fewOzark counties. The Arkansas 4th has been represented byBruce Westerman since2014.
In theArkansas Senate, Miller County is within the 11th District. The district also contains Little River and Lafayette counties, and parts ofHempstead andSevier counties. The 11th has been represented byJimmy Hickey Jr. (R) of Texarkana since 2013. In theArkansas House of Representatives, Miller County contains two Districts. The 1st District is almostcoterminal with Texarkana, with the rest of the county within the 2nd District. The 2nd District also covers most of Lafayette County and parts ofColumbia County, includingMagnolia. The Texarkana district has been represented byCarol Dalby (R) since 2016, with the 2nd District represented byLane Jean (R) since 2012.[52]
Miller County has produced some successful politicians, including three longtime members of the U.S. House of Representatives:Mike Ross represented the Arkansas 4th from 2001 to 2013,Walter E. Rogers represented theTexas's 18th from 1951 to 1967, andMax Sandlin represented theTexas 1st from 1997 to 2005.William F. Kirby served asArkansas Attorney General from 1907 to 1909,Arkansas Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1910 to 1916 and 1926 to 1934, and represented Arkansas in theU.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 amillage in Arkansas, will apply. The rate depends upon the property's location with respect to city limits, school district, and specialtax increment financing (TIF) districts. This tax is collected by the Miller 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 personalincome tax, special taxation exemptions apply to residents with permanent addresses within the city limits of Texarkana. TheArkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) requires taxpayers to submit theTexarkana Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate with their Arkansas tax return.[53] 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.[54]
Sales and use taxes in Arkansas are voter approved and collected by the DFA.Arkansas's statewidesales anduse tax has been 6.5% since July 1, 2013.[55] 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[56] TheArkansas State Treasurer disburses tax revenue to counties/cities in accordance with tax rules.
Townships in Arkansas are 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, theUnited 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 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/orcensus-designated places that are fully or partially inside the township.[57][58]
TheArkansas 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, 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 areLake Millwood in Arkansas andLake Wright Patman in Texas.[59] Miller County PWA purchases water from TWU, and has the same executive director as of February 2018.[60] The remaining systems have retail populations served under 1,000, and are groundwater systems.[61][62][63][64]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromWoods, AJ; Foti, TL; Chapman, SS; Omernik, JM; et al.Ecoregions of Arkansas(PDF).United States Geological Survey.Archived(PDF) from the original on August 2, 2021. (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs).
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