Ouachita County, Arkansas

Ouachita County is a county in Arkansas. The population of the county is 26,120.
Ouachita County 	Arkansas
Founded 	November 29, 1842
Named for 	Ouachita River
County seat 	Camden
Population 	26,120
Habitat 	Forest
Cong. District 	4th
County Guildmaster	Ladarrell Weaver
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
US Route 79
US Route 79B
US Route 278
US Route 278B
Arkansas Highway 4
Arkansas Highway 7
Arkansas Highway 9
Arkansas Highway 24
Arkansas Highway 57
Arkansas Highway 76
Arkansas Highway 205
Arkansas Highway 274
Arkansas Highway 332
Arkansas Highway 368
Arkansas Highway 376
Arkansas Highway 387
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Calhoun County (east)
Dallas County (north)
Clark County (northwest)
Union County (south)
Columbia County (southwest)
Nevada County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
55.92% White (14,606)
40.56% Black or African American (10,594)
3.52% Other (920)
23.0% (6,007) of Ouachita County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Ouachita County has above average and somewhat high rates of Pokemon theft and murder, mainly in Camden. The county reported 30 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 4.05 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location 	Rate
Bulbasaur 	Forest 	1-30%
Ivysaur 	Forest 	1-15%
Venusaur 	Forest 	1%
Charmander 	Forest 	1-18%
Charmeleon 	Forest 	1-8%
Squirtle 	Forest 	1-7%
Caterpie 	Forest 	1-65%
Metapod 	Forest 	1-60%
Butterfree 	Forest 	1-55%
Weedle 	Forest 	1-56%
Kakuna 	Forest 	1-51%
Beedrill 	Forest 	1-46%
Rattata 	Forest 	1-36%
Raticate 	Forest 	1-21%
Ekans 	Forest 	1-38%
Arbok 	Forest 	1-20%
Pikachu 	Forest 	1-52%
Raichu 	Forest 	1-35%
Sandshrew 	Forest 	1-30%
Sandslash 	Forest 	1-20%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Forest 	1-20%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Forest 	1-10%
Vulpix 	Forest 	1-20%
Ninetales 	Forest 	1-5%
Oddish 	Forest 	1-13%
Gloom 	Forest 	1-3%
Venonat 	Forest 	1-47%
Venomoth 	Forest 	1-32%
Psyduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-30%
Golduck 	Forest (Fishing)	1-5%
Poliwag 	Forest (Fishing)	1-44%
Poliwhirl 	Forest (Fishing)	1-29%
Poliwrath 	Forest (Fishing)	1-9%
Electabuzz 	Forest 	1-24%
Magikarp 	Forest (Fishing)	1-75%
Eevee 	Forest 	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Vaporeon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-15%
Jolteon 	Forest 	1-15%
Flareon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dratini 	Forest 	1-24%
Dragonair 	Forest 	1-9%
Chikorita 	Forest 	1-25%
Bayleef 	Forest 	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Forest 	1-31%
Quilava 	Forest 	1-17%
Typhlosion 	Forest 	1%
Totodile 	Forest 	1-38%
Croconaw 	Forest 	1-23%
Feraligatr 	Forest 	1-3%
Sentret 	Forest 	1-45%
Furret 	Forest 	1-28%
Ledyba 	Forest 	1-57%
Ledian 	Forest 	1-40%
Spinarak 	Forest 	1-45%
Ariados 	Forest 	1-25%
Pichu 	Forest 	1-44%
Mareep 	Forest 	1-48%
Flaaffy 	Forest 	1-38%
Ampharos 	Forest 	1-25%
Marill 	Forest 	1-53%
Azumarill 	Forest 	1-39%
Politoed 	Forest (Fishing)	1-9%
Hoppip 	Forest 	1-50%
Skiploom 	Forest 	1-37%
Jumpluff 	Forest 	1-25%
Sunkern 	Forest 	1-30%
Sunflora 	Forest 	1-15%
Wooper 	Forest (Fishing)	1-47%
Quagsire 	Forest (Fishing)	1-32%
Espeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Umbreon 	Forest 	1-5%
Heracross 	Forest 	1-30%
Stantler 	Forest 	1-30%
Elekid 	Forest 	1-49%
Treecko 	Forest 	1-30%
Grovyle 	Forest 	1-15%
Sceptile 	Forest 	1%
Mudkip 	Forest 	1-45%
Marshtomp 	Forest 	1-30%
Swampert 	Forest 	1-12%
Zigzagoon 	Forest 	1-50%
Linoone 	Forest 	1-35%
Wurmple 	Forest 	1-71%
Silcoon/Cascoon 	Forest 	1-65%
Beautifly/Dustox 	Forest 	1-59%
Ralts 	Forest 	1-40%
Kirlia 	Forest 	1-25%
Gardevoir 	Forest 	1-10%
Surskit 	Forest 	1-25%
Masquerain 	Forest 	1-10%
Shroomish 	Forest 	1-40%
Breloom 	Forest 	1-21%
Azurill 	Forest 	1-46%
Electrike 	Forest 	1-49%
Manectric 	Forest 	1-31%
Minun/Plusle 	Forest 	1-46%
Zangoose 	Forest 	1-35%
Seviper 	Forest 	1-30%
Turtwig 	Forest 	1-23%
Grotle 	Forest 	1-10%
Chimchar 	Forest 	1-20%
Monferno 	Forest 	1-10%
Kricketot 	Forest 	1-60%
Kricketune 	Forest 	1-41%
Shinx 	Forest 	1-52%
Luxio 	Forest 	1-40%
Luxray 	Forest 	1-25%
Pachirisu 	Forest 	1-43%
Buizel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-45%
Floatzel 	Forest (Fishing)	1-27%
Riolu 	Forest 	1-23%
Lucario 	Forest 	1-8%
Croagunk 	Forest 	1-18%
Toxicroak 	Forest 	1-2%
Finneon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-21%
Lumineon 	Forest (Fishing)	1-7%
Leafeon 	Forest 	1-5%
Glaceon 	Forest 	1-5%
Gallade 	Forest 	1-10%
Snivy 	Forest 	1-38%
Servine 	Forest 	1-24%
Serperior 	Forest 	1-10%
Tepig 	Forest 	1-18%
Pignite 	Forest 	1-8%
Oshawott 	Forest 	1-9%
Tympole 	Forest (Fishing)	1-75%
Palpitoad 	Forest 	1-50%
Palpitoad 	Forest (Fishing)	1-58%
Seismitoad 	Forest 	1-25%
Sewaddle 	Forest 	1-68%
Swadloon 	Forest 	1-50%
Leavanny 	Forest 	1-30%
Venipede 	Forest 	1-35%
Whirlipede 	Forest 	1-20%
Scolipede 	Forest 	1%
Zorua 	Forest 	1-18%
Zoroark 	Forest 	1-7%
Minccino 	Forest 	1-40%
Cinccino 	Forest 	1-25%
Deerling 	Forest 	1-70%
Sawsbuck 	Forest 	1-45%
Emolga 	Forest 	1-51%
Joltik 	Forest 	1-9%
Chespin 	Forest 	1-22%
Quilladin 	Forest 	1-10%
Fennekin 	Forest 	1-20%
Braixen 	Forest 	1-10%
Froakie 	Forest 	1-15%
Frogadier 	Forest 	1%
Scatterbug 	Forest 	1-85%
Spewpa 	Forest 	1-80%
Vivillon 	Forest 	1-70%
Helioptile 	Forest 	1-49%
Heliolisk 	Forest 	1-32%
Sylveon 	Forest 	1-5%
Dedenne 	Forest 	1-45%
Rowlet 	Forest 	1-20%
Dartrix 	Forest 	1-10%
Yungoos 	Forest 	1-22%
Gumshoos 	Forest 	1-7%
Bounsweet 	Forest 	1-21%
Steenee 	Forest 	1-6%
Togedemaru 	Forest 	1-52%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Bearden - 966
Camden - 12,183
Chidester - 287
Stephens - 891
=== Towns ===
East Camden - 931
Louann - 164
=== CDPs ===
Reader - 66
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Amy
Cullendale
Frenchport
Rendezvous
Spring Hill
Tates Bluff
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	54 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	1 inch
Average yearly sunny days	217
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	9 (Very High)
Blizzard risk 	0 (Nonexistant)
== Fun facts ==
* Lumber was the driving force of Bearden’s economy. Four large lumber mills—the Cotton Belt mill, the Freeman-Smith Lumber Company, the Eagle Lumber Company, and the Stout Lumber Company—operated within six miles of the town from 1885 to 1930. At one point, the mills employed and supported more than 2,000 area men and their families. Most of the mill workers were farmers or sons of farmers. They would work the mills by day and the fields before and after work. While the success was long lasting, Bearden, like many communities in the early 1900s, experienced the results of unsound lumber practices. Many acres were cut and not replanted correctly or at all, resulting in a shift in milling. Even so, the town continued to prosper, but with fewer mills. The first mill to leave was in 1923.
* Bearden has an annual Gazebo Festival, which was started in 1986 by Jackie Bevil and a gospel group singing in the park. Soon, they attracted a larger and larger audience each year and began to sell lunch boxes. This eventually grew into the Gazebo Festival, held the third weekend in June.
* White Oak Lake and White Oak Lake State Park are located west of Chidester.
* Chidester's school system was established quickly after the founding of the city. In 1949, the Reader (Nevada and Ouachita counties) schools were incorporated into the Chidester school system. During the first decades of the twentieth century, schools in Chidester were segregated, with white children attending the Chidester schools and black children attending the Pleasant Hill school in Chidester. The school leaders responded to the desegregation movement by declaring freedom of choice in 1967, which led to a few black students attending the Chidester schools but no white students enrolling in the Pleasant Hill school. In 1969, the schools were declared fully integrated, but four black teachers then sued the school district on the grounds that they were dismissed from their jobs during the desegregation process due to racial bias. Their suit reached the U.S. Appeals Court in 1971, which upheld their claim, while admitting that guidelines for retention or dismissal of teachers were vague. The Chidester schools were later consolidated into the Fairview School System in 1987, which was in turn combined with the Camden School System by court order in 1990.
* Harrell Field is located in East Camden.
* A small business district had developed in Louann before the discovery of a large field of oil in southern Ouachita and northern Union counties. Like its neighbor, Smackover, Louann exploded with population, as oil wells were built in and around the community. At least eight wells were dug within the town limits of Louann, which incorporated as a town in 1923. However, a combination of the decline of the oil boom and the Great Depression hit Louann rather hard, and the town hasn't really recovered from it.
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