{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Appleton, Arkansas |settlement_type = Census-designated place <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Arkansas}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Pope County, Arkansas |established_title = Post Office opened |established_date = 1879-1968
<!-- General information --> |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 499 | pushpin_map = Arkansas#USA | pushpin_map_caption = Appleton's position in Arkansas. |coordinates = {{coord|35|25|27|N|92|53|09|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
<!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 399 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto
<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = Zip code |postal_code = |area_code = 72823 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2805618<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2805618}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }}
'''Appleton''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Griffin Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 399.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appleton CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0501660|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
The town contained a post office from 1879 until 1968.<ref>"Feature Detail Report for: Appleton Post Office (historical)." USGS.[https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:84075 Profile.] Retrieved June 22, 2010.</ref> It was named for an apple orchard that surrounded an early drug store.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Deane | first = Ernie | authorlink = Ernie Deane | title = Arkansas Place Names | publisher = The Ozarks Mountaineer | year = 1986 | location = Branson, Missouri | pages = 83 }}</ref>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 399 |align=left |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=US Census Bureau|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/> }}
===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Appleton CDP, Arkansas Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small> !Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small> !Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Appleton CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0501660&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |334 |83.71% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |6 |1.50% |- |Asian alone (NH) |2 |0.50% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |1 |0.25% |- |Some Other Race alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) |30 |7.52% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |26 |6.52% |- |'''Total''' |'''399''' |'''100.00%''' |}
==Education== It is in the Hector School District.<ref>{{cite map|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05115_pope/DC20SD_C05115.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Pope County, AR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2025-01-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05115_pope/DC20SD_C05115_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
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Category:Census-designated places in Pope County, Arkansas Category:Census-designated places in Arkansas Category:Unincorporated communities in Pope County, Arkansas Category:Unincorporated communities in Arkansas Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1879