Ward, Arkansas
| Ward, Arkansas | |
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 Location in Lonoke County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 35°1′12″N 91°57′18″W / 35.02000°N 91.95500°WCoordinates: 35°1′12″N 91°57′18″W / 35.02000°N 91.95500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Lonoke |
| Government | |
| • Type | mayor-council |
| • Mayor | Art Brooke |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.9 sq mi (10.1 km2) |
| • Land | 3.9 sq mi (10.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 243 ft (74 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,000 |
| • Density | 661.5/sq mi (255.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 72176 |
| Area code(s) | 501 |
| FIPS code | 05-73130 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0056036 |
| Website | www.bestofward.com |
Ward is the third most populous city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 4,067 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km2), all land.
The city is divided into three wards, progressing from the northeast to the southwest. In the city's first ward is its downtown, which is situated diagonally along a railroad line running parallel to Arkansas Highway 367 (the former path of U.S. Highway 67). The second ward contains the central portion of the city, its industrial area, and its access to the current U.S. Highway 67/167. Arkansas Highway 319 (Peyton Street within the city south of Highway 367) is a primary thoroughfare in central Ward toward the southwestern section of the city. Some of the most recent development is in the city's third ward, situated mostly along Peyton Street, south of Wilson Street into the Old Austin community and Arkansas Highway 38; a small detached portion of the ward is located to the northwest along the railroad line and Arkansas Highway 367. Ward Central Elementary, the city's campus of the Cabot School District, is located in the larger portion of the third ward.
Ward is governed by a mayor-council form of municipal government, with a mayor, city clerk, and six-member city council, as well as four city departments — fire, police, street maintenance, and utilities (water and sanitation). City administration is housed in the former Ward Elementary School; the campus is also the site of the city's library, a branch of the Lonoke-Prairie Regional Library System, also the site of the Ward Lions Club.
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