{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Halley, Arkansas |settlement_type = Census-designated place |nickname = |motto = <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = Veteran's Memorial, Halley, Arkansas.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Veteran's Memorial in Halley |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Arkansas |pushpin_label = Halley, Arkansas |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = Halley's location in Arkansas <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{USA}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Arkansas}} |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Desha |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Government --> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 44 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 141 |coordinates = {{coord|33|32|11|N|91|19|25|W|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2805650<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2805650}}</ref> |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Halley''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Desha County, Arkansas, United States.<ref name=gnis/> It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 44.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halley CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0529380|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}</ref>

==History==

John J. Bowie (eldest brother of James Bowie) purchased land in the area in 1857.<ref name="Kelley">{{cite web | last = Kelley | first = George P. | title = John J. Bowie, 1787-1859 | publisher = Rootsweb | url = http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ardesha/bowie.htm | accessdate = August 23, 2013}}</ref>

Construction of the Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad&mdash;the first chartered railway in Arkansas&mdash;began in 1852, and {{convert|7|mi|km|abbr=on}} of track had been laid west from Eunice by the start of the Civil War. The line passed through Bowie's land, and a stop there was called "Bowie Station". The railroad was completed after the war, but abandoned in 1875 after flooding on the Mississippi River damaged the railbed and bridges. Highway 208 between Eunice and Halley was built on the abandoned railbed.<ref name="Kelley"/><ref>{{cite web | last1 = Stroud | first1 = Hilliard | last2 = Merritt | first2 =Jim | title = McGehee: The Town and the Man | publisher = Rootsweb | year = 1981 | url = http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ardesha/mcgehee.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Schexnayder | first = Charlotte Tillar | title = Desha County | publisher = Encyclopedia of Arkansas | date = January 31, 2014 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=765}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Zbinden | first = Van | title = Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad | publisher = Encyclopedia of Arkansas | date = November 18, 2011 | url = http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=3473}}</ref>

Bowie Station was later renamed "Halley" after early settlers, the Halley family.<ref name="Kelley"/>

In 1901, a line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was built through Halley.<ref>{{cite web | title = Missouri Pacific Railroad | publisher = La Belle Woodworking | url = https://www.labellemodels.com/manuals/Missouri%20Pacific.pdf | accessdate = August 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |2020= 44 |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;" |+'''Halley 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) – Halley CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US0529380&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> !% 2020 |- |White alone (NH) |28 |63.64% |- |Black or African American alone (NH) |15 |34.09% |- |Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Asian alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Pacific Islander alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Some Other Race alone (NH) |0 |0.00% |- |Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) |1 |2.27% |- |Hispanic or Latino (any race) |0 |0.00% |- |'''Total''' |'''44''' |'''100.00%''' |}

==Infrastructure== The Halley Volunteer Fire Department is located in the settlement.<ref>{{cite web | title = Halley | publisher = Arkansas Rural & Volunteer Firefighters Association | url = https://www.arvfa.com/department_view.php?id=268 | accessdate = August 23, 2016 | archive-date = August 27, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160827141243/https://www.arvfa.com/department_view.php?id=268 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Education== It is in the Dermott School District.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05041_desha/DC20SD_C05041.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Desha County, AR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=March 11, 2023}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05041_desha/DC20SD_C05041_SD2MS.txt Text list] - [http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st05_ar/c05041_desha/DC10SD_C05041_001.pdf 2010 map]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Desha County, Arkansas}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Desha County, Arkansas Category:Unincorporated communities in Arkansas Category:Census-designated places in Arkansas