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  Conway County, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Conway County was formed on October 20, 1825 and named for Henry Wharton Conway who was territorial delegate to the U.S. Congress.
In the county the population is spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 16.10% who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conway_County,_Arkansas   (408 words)

  
 Faulkner County, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faulkner County was formed on 12 April 1873 and is named after Colonel Sanford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner who was the composer of the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveller".
In the county the population is spread out with 25.60% under the age of 18, 15.30% from 18 to 24, 30.10% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 9.50% who are 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the county is $38,204, and the median income for a family is $45,946.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Faulkner_County,_Arkansas   (415 words)

  
 About Central Arkansas - Conway
Conway County lies in the heart of the fertile Arkansas River Valley in the rolling foothills of the Ozarks.
Conway County is named for Henry Wharton Conway, a member of the Arkansas territorial delegation to Congress.
Conway County has worked to diversify its industry and is home to a variety of businesses and manufacturing, as well as to Winrock Farms, the agricultural enterprise founded on Petit Jean Mountain by the late Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller.
www.house.gov /snyder/about_central_ar/conway.htm   (315 words)

  
 CA03-336
Appellees testified at trial that the gate is in Conway County and that they had used the road as a matter of right since purchasing their property.
The exhibit does not show the county road 247 continuing entirely across defendants' property but the testimony of both the plaintiffs and defendants shows that it continues until it reaches plaintiffs' property and shortly before reaching it, it forks to the right into a hay meadow of plaintiffs' property.
However, in this case, venue was proper in the Conway County Circuit Court because a transitory claim -- the request for an injunction prohibiting appellants from interfering with appellees' use of the gate in Conway County -- was included in the complaint.
courts.state.ar.us /opinions/2003b/20030924/ca03-336.html   (1282 words)

  
 Conway, county court battle begins
Conway says the extra staff is needed to handle the increasing load of inmates being housed in the Gwinnett County Detention Center, which is the county jail.
McGarity noted in his opening statements that the county was exploding with growth and that the very courtroom in which the bench trial was being held was a new courtroom added to deal with the overflow of new cases.
A key witness for the plaintiff, County Auditor Virginia Harris, who is employed by Gwinnett County, was called to the stand to testify in relation to a review of jail operations she conducted in June 2001.
www.gwinnettcitizen.com /0802/conwaybattle.html   (719 words)

  
 About Conway, Arkansas
Conway was designated the county seat of Faulkner County in 1873, the same year that the county was created by the legislature.
The population of Faulkner County in 1990 was 60,006 and the projected population for 2010 is 108,730.6 Even with the constant influx of people and new development, Conway, Greenbrier, Vilonia and other cities in Faulkner County still strive to maintain that small town atmosphere which appeals to so many people.
Conway lies north of Round Mountain, elevation 560' and south of the Cadron Ridge, elevation 550'.The Arkansas River bounds COnway on the west.
www.cityofconway.org /about.html   (2113 words)

  
 - - Conway, Arkansas - Conway Online - Conway, AR-
Conway, AR was designated the county seat of Faulkner County in 1873, the same year that the county was created by the legislature.
Conway's population was 43,167 according to the 2000 Census.
Conway is also home to approximately 11,000 college students who live in the city during the academic year.
www.conwayonline.com   (1298 words)

  
 Tension reaching boiling point over sheriff’s lawsuit
Conway said he was under the impression that the county had no problem with the delay.
Conway filed suit against the county in March in an effort to force Gwinnett County to add enough money to his $28 million budget to cover what the sheriff considers a critical staffing shortage.
Conway is an elected constitutional officer and is not accountable to Hill or the County Commission on how the money in his budget is spent, although the commission is responsible for funding the budgets of elected constitutional officers.
www.gwinnettcitizen.com /0505/tensionreaching.html   (1156 words)

  
 Morrilton Arkansas Chamber of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Quality of life is an important asset in the Morrilton area, with a large county medical center, superior private and public schools, a two-year college, numerous churches, a municipal airport, city, state, and federal parks, county fair-grounds, golf course, ball parks, fitness center, county library, interstate access and numerous facilities for meetings and conventions.
Morrilton is in Conway County, which is in the North Central portion of the State.
Morrilton: 6,550 - Conway County: 20,336 by U.S. Census 2000
www.morrilton.com /information.htm   (537 words)

  
 HCM - Home (Horry County Museum)
The central theme underlying the exhibits is the wide range of environmental conditions found in Horry County and how its inhabitants, from prehistoric to present, have adapted to these local conditions.
Throughout the month of December the Horry County Museum will be hosting and exhibit titled “Community Christmas” which will feature dresses, toys, and other items from the Victorian era.
Horry County Council has given the museum the opportunity to develop plans to renovate and relocate to the old Burroughs School on 9th Ave.
www.horrycountymuseum.org   (767 words)

  
 Scroggin Family
Jones County was created from Baldwin County and is situated geographically to the West of Baldwin County, South of Jasper and Putnam County, due East of Monroe County and North of Bibb County.
and for the county of Conway in the state aforesaid personally appeared Julia Scroggin, who being by one duly sworn according to law deposed and says that she is the lawful widow of Humphry Scroggin deceased who was late a soldier in the Georgia volunteers of hte War of 1812.
That the said Humphrey Scroggin died in Conway County Arks in the year 1862 and that Julia (the applicant) has remained a widow eversince the death of the said Humphrey Scroggin her husband; and is a widow at this date.
carolshouse.com /familyhistory/scroggin   (3809 words)

  
 A-C | Counties | Arkansas politics, political history, counties, regions & military facts
Arkansas County encompassed most of eastern Arkansas in 1813, when it was named a county by the Territorial Legislature of Missouri after an American Indian settlement, the Arkansas.
Cotton, corn, clover, alfalfa, wheat, peanuts, potatoes and fruits are grown in the county.
The county seat is located at Warren, which is the largest town in the county.
www.arkansasheritage.com /life_times/counties/a_c.asp   (1372 words)

  
 Conway County,For the Original Arkansas Genealogy Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Conway County formed in 1825 out of Pulaski County and is named for the Conway family.
The county seat was moved numerous times as the county kept reforming and it was the intention to keep the county seat housed in a central location in the county.
The county seat was moved to Morrilton in 1883-1884.
www.couchgenweb.com /arkansas/conway/conway_c.htm   (424 words)

  
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If the biography does not mention their Van Buren county connection, or they were not a resident of Van Buren Co., but mentions someone within it who was, please indicate the Van Buren county connection when the biography is submitted.
Morrow was born in Tennessee, and died in Conway County, Ark. in 1880, being the mother of five children, of whom three sons are living.
They were married in Montgomery County, Maryland (There is a deed in Bedford County, Virginia which mentions that REBECCA is the daughter of ROBERT EADES and that she received land that was part of the estate of ROBERT EADES).
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/7046/vanbio.html   (3587 words)

  
 UACES: Conway County Profile 2002: Employment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Unemployment rates in Conway County declined in the mid 1990s to about 5% in 1995 and increased to 8.25% in 2000.
A larger proportion of jobs in Conway County are in farm and farm services, trade and construction as compared to the State average.
Forty-one percent of the jobs in Conway County are in those sectors as compared to 32 percent for the State.
www.uaex.edu /conway/County_Profile/employment.asp   (364 words)

  
 Faulkner County Historical Society
I helped them to gather more of their crop and went out with them on a trip to nearby counties in search of a better location to settle, which ended in the neighborhood of Conway at the settlement of the kinfolks whom I had first visited.
I am quite sure that if the girls of Conway could have at that time realized that George Donaghey would be a future governor of the state, Miss Louvenia would have had some sharp competition.
Walking along the road to Conway on the morning of my mother's death, my father said to me in outburst of heart-broken grief: "I wish I could go with her, as I do not see how I can live without her!" They had been married thirty-five years, lacking twenty-seven days, and had lived happily together.
www.faulknerhistory.com /articles/YoungMan.htm   (5491 words)

  
 Alvus Martin Maxwell
Anna's husband died or left them and she and her children moved to Conway County Arkansas to be near family.
The Cyrus Maxwell family had lived in Conway County in the 1840s, but moved back to Carroll County (where he had first settled in the mid-1830s) after he married Elizabeth Cargile.
Cyrus served as county surveyor from 1868 to 1872 and was county judge in 1871.
www.jamesmskipper.us /AlvusPWP1.html   (733 words)

  
 KATV Channel 7 - Search Results
People in the Sardis community in Conway County are exchanging survival stories today -- a day after their homes were wrecked by a tornado.
It was a cry for help that first brought crews to the scene of the Conway County double homicide Tuesday night.
Sunday morning a Conway County Church nearly destroyed by one of last weekend's tornadoes, had it's first service since the storm.
www.katv.com /search.hrb?s=ns&k=conway   (532 words)

  
 Conway County Economic Development Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A community full of concerned individuals working together to make Conway County a leader in business, industry and education efforts for the State of Arkansas and the country.
Our strong work ethic is a product of an excellent educational system, exceptional cultural and recreational opportunities, exceptional health care, housing in a variety of styles and price ranges, convenient and accessible transportation, and an economy that blends local retail services with industry, agriculture and tourism.
The Conway County Economic Development Corporation actively recruits firms to take advantage of the many amenities by locating their plants in the community.
www.morrilton.com /development_intro.htm   (238 words)

  
 UACES: Conway County Profile 2002: Poverty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The estimated poverty level is highest in the Delta with six counties having a poverty rate of over 31 percent.
Conway County is close to the State on average.
The participation rate ranges from 21 percent in Saline County to a high of 92 percent in Lee County.
www.uaex.edu /conway/County_Profile/poverty.asp   (263 words)

  
 Thomas Morrow Genealogy Project - Person Page 15
Her body was interred at Kilgore Cemetery, Solgohachia, Conway County, Arkansas, at Kilgore Cemetery.
For the greater part of his life he had lived in Conway County (Arkansas) coming here with his father (Rev. Joseph Mayall) from Illinois, where he was born, more than thirty-five years ago.
He was nearly sixty years old and was one of the county's most substantial citizens, always found in the van of progress and right, and in this belief raised his family of son (Marcus Mayall) and daughter (Lavada (Mayall) (Hembree) Morrow) to continue the blessing of a good name, a good life.
www.tomorrowdigital.com /trmorrownet/gendb-p/p15.htm   (1671 words)

  
 Conway Area Chamber of Commerce
The Conway Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to South Carolina’s historic rivertown community.
From our small town atmosphere and emphasis on family, to the successful international companies who call Conway home, the community is one in which you will truly love to live, play, work and do business.
We are an area on the move, growing and prospering but remembering where we came from and holding those memories precious.
www.conwayscchamber.com /index.php   (88 words)

  
 Faulkner County Historical Society
Each article was written by the ordained Methodist minister who was pastor of all the churches in his circuit, although he sometimes had the assistance of "local" preachers.
In the northeast section of the county there were in 1936 Methodist churches at Enders [76 members] and Mount Pleasant [123 members] on the Quitman Circuit.
According to the list of Faulkner County churches in Faulkner County: Its Land and People (1986), there was at one time a Shady Grove Methodist Church in the Wooster area.
www.faulknerhistory.com /articles/SouthernMethodistChurches.htm   (3501 words)

  
 The Official Site of the City of Conway Arkansas
Silver Moon Cinema, a Conway Park and Recreations program, is comprised of a volunteer staff with event proceeds going to local area charities.
The Conway Parks and Recreation Advisory Board submitted their report to the Conway City Council on August 17, 2004.
The internet versions of the City of Conway Code, Ordinance, and Maps are provided solely for reference and the convenience of having the materials in a computer-readable and searchable format.
www.cityofconway.org   (529 words)

  
 UACES: AR Communities: Taxes: Conway County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cities in Conway County received $0.13 million for their general revenue funds while the library received $0.15 million from property tax revenue.
The next largest share of property tax revenue (5.7%) went to the county general fund while the county road fund received 3.1 percent.
Cities in Conway County received 2.3 percent for their general revenue funds while the library received 2.7 percent of the property tax revenue.
www.arcommunities.org /taxes/Conway/use.asp   (234 words)

  
 Thomas Morrow Genealogy Project - Person Page 9
Lucinda died in 1853 at Conway County, Arkansas.
James was a defendant in a court case at Conway County, Arkansas, on 18 March 1859.
This county was in the western part of the New Madrid district and was renamed to Wayne..
www.tomorrowdigital.com /trmorrownet/gendb-p/p9.htm   (2052 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Conway County, Ark.
For convenient presentation of this material, the site includes a page for each of the more than 3,000 counties in the U.S., as well as for various U.S. and foreign territories and countries.
Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/AR/CW.html   (483 words)

  
 1997 Economic Census: Summary Statistics for Conway County, AR (1997 NAICS Basis)
Arkansas County, AR Ashley County, AR Baxter County, AR Benton County, AR Boone County, AR Bradley County, AR Calhoun County, AR Carroll County, AR Chicot County, AR Clark County, AR Clay County, AR Cleburne County, AR Cleveland County, AR Columbia County, AR Conway County, AR Craighead County, AR Crawford County, AR Crittenden County...
Nevada County, AR Newton County, AR Ouachita County, AR Perry County, AR Phillips County, AR Pike County, AR Poinsett County, AR Polk County, AR Pope County, AR Prairie County, AR Pulaski County, AR Randolph County, AR St. Francis Count...
Saline County, AR Scott County, AR Searcy County, AR Sebastian County, AR Sevier County, AR Sharp County, AR Stone County, AR Union County, AR Van Buren County, AR Washington County...
www.census.gov /epcd/ec97/ar/AR029.HTM   (300 words)

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