Prairie Township, Carroll County, Arkansas

Township in Arkansas, United States

36°20′27.79″N 93°35′6.28″W / 36.3410528°N 93.5850778°W / 36.3410528; -93.5850778Country

United StatesState

ArkansasCountyCarrollArea

• Total70.850 sq mi (183.50 km²) • Land70.706 sq mi (183.13 km²) • Water0.144 sq mi (0.37 km²)Population

(2010)

• Total7,555 • Density106.85/sq mi (41.26/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Zip Code

72616 (Berryville)

Area code870

Prairie Township is one of twenty-one current townships in Carroll County, Arkansas, USA.^[1] As of the 2010 census, its total population was 7,555.

Prairie Township was formed prior to 1870; the exact date is unknown since county records were lost.^[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Prairie Township covers an area of 70.850 square miles (183.50 km²); 70.706 square miles (183.13 km²) of land and 0.144 square miles (0.37 km²) of water.

Cities, towns, villages, and CDPs

Berryville (part)

References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States National Atlas

^ "Prairie Township, Carroll County, Arkansas." U.S. Census Bureau. Breakdown. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
^ History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Higginson Book Company. 1889. p. 359.