Helena-West Helena, Arkansas

Helena-West Helena is a consolidated city in and the county seat of Phillips County, Arkansas. The population of the city is 12,282. The city was consolidated from the two cities of Helena and West Helena on January 1st, 2006. West Helena is located on the western side of Crowley's Ridge, a geographic anomaly in the typically flat Arkansas Delta.
Helena-West Helena	Arkansas
Incorporated 	1844 (Consolidated 2006)
County 	Phillips
Population 	12,282
Elevation 	Helena - 197 ft (60 m) West Helena - 256 ft (78 m)
Mayor 	Sakeem McCray
City Guildmaster 	Shakur Jenkins
ZIP codes 	72342, 72390
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 Pokéland Census, the racial composition of the city is:
75.13% Black or African American (9,227)
22.72% White (2,791)
2.15% Other (264)
38.9% (4,777) of Helena-West Helena residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Helena-West Helena suffers from really high Pokémon theft and murder rates, like most of the bigger towns in the Delta. The city has the 5th-highest Pokémon theft rate in the state of Arkansas, and the 4th-highest murder rate in the state. The city reported 45 Pokémon thefts in 2017, and averages 10.81 Pokémon murders a year, which is absurdly high for a small city its size. Main problems with the city along with this are high poverty, bad schools, the loss of industry, lack of jobs, and the times. Mechanization reduced the need for farm workers, and in the 1970s, the city suffered the loss of the Mohawk Rubber Company. Unemployment shot up soon after. It was also once a prime cotton area, where cotton would be shipped down the Mississippi River. But now...
== Pokemon ==
As with most places along the Mississippi River, Water-type Pokémon sometimes swim out of the river and walk into West Memphis, often crossing the roads and streets and going through people's yards.
Pokemon 	Location 	Rate
Squirtle 	Water's-edge 	1-38%
Wartortle 	Water's-edge 	1-23%
Blastoise 	Water's-edge 	1-2%
Psyduck 	Water's-edge 	1-40%
Golduck 	Water's-edge 	1-23%
Poliwag 	Water's-edge 	1-45%
Poliwrath 	Water's-edge 	1-27%
Magikarp 	Water's-edge (Fishing)	1-95%
Gyarados 	Water's-edge (Fishing)	1-7%
Eevee 	Water's-edge 	1-12%
Vaporeon 	Water's-edge 	1-45%
Totodile 	Water's-edge 	1-38%
Croconaw 	Water's-edge 	1-25%
Feraligatr	Water's-edge 	1-8%
Chinchou 	Water's-edge 	1-11%
Marill 	Water's-edge 	1-77%
Azumarill 	Water's-edge 	1-52%
Mudkip 	Water's-edge 	1-83%
Marshtomp 	Water's-edge 	1-58%
Swampert 	Water's-edge 	1-33%
Azurill 	Water's-edge 	1-64%
Buizel 	Water's-edge 	1-78%
Floatzel 	Water's-edge 	1-57%
Oshawott 	Water's-edge 	1-30%
Dewott 	Water's-edge 	1-15%
Tympole 	Water's-edge (Fishing)	1-95%
Palpitoad 	Water's-edge 	1-80%
Seismitoad	Water's-edge 	1-55%
Tirtouga 	Water's-edge 	1-8%
Froakie 	Water's-edge 	1-40%
Frogadier 	Water's-edge 	1-20%
Greninja 	Water's-edge 	1-8%
Dewpider 	Water's-edge 	1-15%
Araquanid 	Water's-edge 	1-7%
== Fun facts ==
* If not for the annual Blues festival, Helena-West Helena would be a deader town than it is now.
* There are some businesses here, but they're mainly fast food and retail, if you're not working for city government. And most of those businesses are in West Helena...there are a few in Helena, though. The consolidated city has a Walmart, a Nintendo World, a few hotels, a couple of small shopping centers, a country club, a state welcome center, dollar stores, local restaurants, a municipal airport, a Fred's, a few fast food places, and a couple of other things.
* Helena and West Helena are split by Crowley's Ridge, so this is one of very few areas in the Delta with a scenic drive. Just take US 49 Business through both towns to see for yourself.
* Among the attractions in Helena–West Helena are the Delta Cultural Center, the Pillow-Thompson House (owned and operated by the Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas), and the Helena Confederate Cemetery, which holds the remains of seven Confederate Army generals.
Category:Arkansas Cities