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7-577: The Horace Mann School Historic District of Norfork, Arkansas encompasses a complex of four Depression-era school buildings near the center of the community. It includes a main school building, built with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funding in 1936, a home economics building and a vocational educational building, both built in 1937 by the National Youth Administration , and the auditorium/gymnasium, built in 1940 with WPA funds. All are single-story Craftsman-style buildings, although

14-672: A property in Baxter County, Arkansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Norfork, Arkansas Norfork is a city in Baxter County , Arkansas , United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km ), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km )

21-498: A household in the city was $ 30,192, and the median income for a family was $ 34,375. Males had a median income of $ 23,750 versus $ 19,028 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,671. About 7.5% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 16.5% of those age 65 or over. Norfork is the home of the Norfork School District . Norfork High School

28-464: Is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km ) (11.74%) is water. The White River flows 44 miles from Bull Shoals Dam to its confluence with the North Fork River's tailwater at Norfork. As of the census of 2000, the population density was 221.5 inhabitants per square mile (85.5/km ). There were 283 housing units at an average density of 129.5 per square mile (50.0/km ). The racial makeup of

35-552: The city was 96.07% White , 0.21% Black or African American , 1.50% Native American , 0.41% Asian , 0.41% from other races , and 1.45% from two or more races. 1.41% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 224 households, out of which 17.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 29.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who

42-459: The gymnasium presents more stories because of a partially exposed basement. The complex was used as a school until the mid-1980s, and is now owned by the city, which uses the buildings for a variety of purposes. It is a well-preserved and remarkably complete Depression-era school complex. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. This article about

49-451: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.65. In the city the population was spread out, with 16.5% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 16.9% from 25 to 44, 36.4% from 45 to 64, and 27.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.5 males. The median income for

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