Gillett is a city in
Arkansas CountyArkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the population was 20,749. The county has two county seats, De Witt and Stuttgart. The first of the state's 75 present-day counties to be created, Arkansas County was formed on 13 December 1813 and is named...
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. The population was 819 at the
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. Gillett is the home of the annual Gillett Coon Supper, one of the most important political events of the year. Gillett is known in the area for having a good and safe school system, and a long history of pride in its community.
Gillett will soon have two city parks, one controlled by the city and the other to be privately maintained.
Gillett is a city in
Arkansas CountyArkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the population was 20,749. The county has two county seats, De Witt and Stuttgart. The first of the state's 75 present-day counties to be created, Arkansas County was formed on 13 December 1813 and is named...
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ArkansasArkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the...
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United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The population was 819 at the
2000 censusThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
. Gillett is the home of the annual Gillett Coon Supper, one of the most important political events of the year. Gillett is known in the area for having a good and safe school system, and a long history of pride in its community.
Gillett will soon have two city parks, one controlled by the city and the other to be privately maintained. The latter, Menard Park, will provide a walking track and playground equipment for children. Also, in 2005, Gillett High School was recognized as the smallest public high school in the state of Arkansas.
Geography
Gillett is located at (34.119216, -91.380323).
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), of which, 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²) of it is land and 0.95% is water.
Gillett High School
Gillett High School named its sports team Wolves. The school colors are orange and black. The Wolves football team made the state playoffs 23 times before the football team was ended in 2007, as a result of consolidation. In 2003, Gillett School District came under former Governor Mike Huckabee's rural school consolidation act. The bill required all school districts with fewer than 350 students to join with a neighboring school district. Gillett became part of De Witt School District, but GHS still had its identity. On April 29, 2009 the De Witt school board voted to close Gillett High School and bus the students to De Witt High School.
Demographics
As of the
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of 2000, there were 819 people, 356 households, and 242 families residing in the city. The
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was 783.5 people per square mile (301.2/km²). There were 433 housing units at an average density of 414.3/sq mi (159.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.18%
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, 12.58%
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or
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, 1.20%
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, 1.02% from
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. 0.37% of the population were
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or
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of any race.
There were 356 households out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.8% were
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living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the city the population was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 91.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,538, and the median income for a family was $36,719. Males had a median income of $27,308 versus $19,219 for females. The
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for the city was $17,247. About 12.1% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.