Gurdon, Arkansas 4.61

Gurdon is a city in Clark County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,212 at the 2010 census.HistoryThe town was founded in the late nineteenth century as a railroad town for the timber industry on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (now the Union Pacific Railroad). Originally settled in 1873, the city was incorporated in 1880. The town's name derives from railroad executive Henry Gurdon Marquand's middle name.Gurdon is the birthplace of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, in 1892.GeographyGurdon is located in southern Clark County at . U.S. Route 67 passes through the city, leading northeast to Arkadelphia, the county seat, and southwest to Prescott.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6km2, of which 6.4km2 is land and 0.2km2, or 2.88%, is water.DemographicsAs of the 2010 United States Census, there were 2,212 people residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 46.7% White, 37.5% Black, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, <0.1% from some other race and 1.2% from two or more races. 14.3% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.