# Appleton, Arkansas > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Appleton%2C_Arkansas > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Appleton%2C_Arkansas.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton%2C_Arkansas > Source revision: 1348980362 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Appleton, Arkansas |settlement_type = [Census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place) |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = [State](/source/U.S._state) |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Arkansas}} |subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/List_of_counties_in_Arkansas) |subdivision_name2 = [Pope County, Arkansas](/source/Pope_County%2C_Arkansas) |established_title = Post Office opened |established_date = 1879-1968 |timezone = [Central (CST)](/source/North_American_Central_Time_Zone) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |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_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 399 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = auto |postal_code_type = Zip code |postal_code = |area_code = 72823 |blank_name = [GNIS](/source/Geographic_Names_Information_System) feature ID |blank_info = 2805618{{GNIS|2805618}} |website = |footnotes = }} '''Appleton''' is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) and [census-designated place](/source/census-designated_place) (CDP) in [Griffin Township](/source/Griffin_Township%2C_Pope_County%2C_Arkansas), [Pope County](/source/Pope_County%2C_Arkansas), [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas), United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the [2020 census](/source/2020_United_States_census) with a population of 399.{{Cite web|title=Appleton CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0501660|website=[United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)|accessdate=April 7, 2022}} The town contained a [post office](/source/post_office) from 1879 until 1968."Feature Detail Report for: Appleton Post Office (historical)." [USGS](/source/USGS).[https://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:84075 Profile.] Retrieved June 22, 2010. It was named for an apple orchard that surrounded an early drug store.{{Cite book | last = Deane | first = Ernie | authorlink = Ernie Deane | title = Arkansas Place Names | publisher = The Ozarks Mountaineer | year = 1986 | location = Branson, Missouri | pages = 83 }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 399 |align=left |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{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](/source/US_Census_Bureau)|access-date=}}
2020 }} ===2020 census=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+'''Appleton CDP, Arkansas Racial and ethnic composition'''
{{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.''}} !Race / Ethnicity (''NH = Non-Hispanic'') !Pop 2020{{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](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)}} !% 2020 |- |[White](/source/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites) alone (NH) |334 |83.71% |- |[Black or African American](/source/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans) alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |[Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) or [Alaska Native](/source/Alaska_Native) alone (NH) |6 |1.50% |- |[Asian](/source/Asian_Americans) alone (NH) |2 |0.50% |- |[Pacific Islander](/source/Pacific_Islander_Americans) alone (NH) |1 |0.25% |- |[Some Other Race](/source/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census) alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |[Mixed Race or Multi-Racial](/source/Multiracial_Americans) (NH) |30 |7.52% |- |[Hispanic or Latino](/source/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans) (any race) |26 |6.52% |- |'''Total''' |'''399''' |'''100.00%''' |} ==Education== It is in the [Hector School District](/source/Hector_School_District).{{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](/source/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] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Pope County, Arkansas}} {{authority control}} 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Appleton, Arkansas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton%2C_Arkansas) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton%2C_Arkansas?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.