{{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Monette, Arkansas | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Monette AR 002.jpg | image_caption = Downtown Monette, July 2011 | image_seal = | image_map = File:Craighead County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Monette Highlighted 0546400.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of Monette in Craighead County, Arkansas. | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name = {{USA}} | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Arkansas}} | subdivision_name2 = Craighead | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1898 | established_title1 = Incorporated | established_date1 = July 3, 1900 | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_05.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 14.67 | area_total_sq_mi = 5.66 | area_land_km2 = 14.65 | area_land_sq_mi = 5.66 | area_water_km2 = 0.02 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.01 | elevation_ft = 236 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 1506 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = 102.79 | population_density_sq_mi = 266.22 | population_est = 1679 {{gain}} | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="Vintage 2025 Total Population Estimates for Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions; Housing Unit Estimates for the Nation, States and Counties">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2026/vintage-2025-city-town-pop-estimates.html|title=Vintage 2025 Total Population Estimates for Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions; Housing Unit Estimates for the Nation, States and Counties|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 14, 2026}}</ref> | timezone = Central (CST) | utc_offset = -6 | coordinates = {{coord|35|53|05|N|90|19|35|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}} | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 72447 | area_code = 870 | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 05-46400 | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 2404281<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2404281}}</ref> | website = }}
'''Monette''' is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The city is located in an area of Northeast Arkansas known as Buffalo Island. The population was 1,506 at the 2020 census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US0546400|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
==History== The city of Monette was initially settled in 1898, when the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad bypassed the town of Stottsville (about a mile away from the town's present location, founded by Adam Stots in the 1870's) in 1898. Settlers and businessmen in Stottsville decided to relocate to the new railroad. The first train arrived in Monette on August 19, 1898, and the town was incorporated two years later on July 3, 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teske |first=Steve |title=Monette (Craighead County) |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/monette-craighead-county-864/ |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}}</ref>{{see also|List of F4 and EF4 tornadoes (2020–present)}} On December 10, 2021, a large and violent EF4 tornado part of a large tornado outbreak struck Monette. One person was killed at a nursing home on the north side of town. On April 2, 2025, during another tornado outbreak, a large EF3 tornado caused damage to infrastructure, buildings, and homes along the outskirts of town. It is believed that no one within Monette was seriously injured; however the tornado did injure 8 others in the neighboring towns of Bay and Lake City, Arkansas.
==Geography== Monette is located in eastern Craighead County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|16.3|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqkm|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.19%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Monette city, Arkansas|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0546400|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212182603/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0546400|archive-date=February 12, 2020|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder|accessdate=June 18, 2014}}</ref>
Ecologically, Monette is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat.<ref name=ark4>{{USGS|title=Ecoregions of Arkansas|comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs |author= Woods, A.J., Foti, T.L., Chapman, S.S., Omernik, J.M. |display-authors=et al |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Level_IV_ecoregions,_Arkansas.pdf }}</ref> The St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area, which preserves some of the bottomland hardwood forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies just west of Monette along the St. Francis River.
===List of highways=== *20px Highway 18 *20px Highway 139
==Demographics== {{US Census population | 1910 = 559 | 1920 = 1066 | 1930 = 1111 | 1940 = 1074 | 1950 = 1114 | 1960 = 981 | 1970 = 1076 | 1980 = 1165 | 1990 = 1115 | 2000 = 1179 | 2010 = 1501 | 2020 = 1506 | estyear = 2025 | estimate = 1679 | estref = {{increase}} | footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref> | align = right | align-fn = center }} Monette is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
[[File:Buffalo Island Museum Monette AR 002.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The First National Bank Building in Monette is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.]]
===2020 census=== As of the 2020 census, Monette had a population of 1,506.<ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=place%3A46400&in=state%3A05|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 30, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> The median age was 44.5 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 24.9% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 90.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 86.2 males.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=place%3A46400&in=state%3A05|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 30, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=place%3A46400&in=state%3A05|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 30, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>
There were 632 households in Monette, of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 44.6% were married-couple households, 20.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
There were 707 housing units, of which 10.6% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.9%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" |+Monette racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0546400&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 30, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> !scope="col"| Race !scope="col"| Number !scope="col"| Percentage |- !scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,363 | 90.5% |- !scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 7 | 0.46% |- !scope="row"| Native American | 1 | 0.07% |- !scope="row"| Other/Mixed | 25 | 1.66% |- !scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino | 110 | 7.3% |}
===Demographic estimates=== As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2009, the population density was {{convert|721.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}, and the housing density was {{convert|348.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.
Non-family households made up 39.6% of all households. The average household size was 2.12 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the city, 7.3% of the population was from 18 to 24, 23.6% was from 25 to 44, and 23.7% was from 45 to 64.
The median income for a household in the city was $27,500, and the median income for a family was $33,796. Males had a median income of $28,375 versus $20,109 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,517. About 13.3% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 25.7% of those age 65 or over. ==Education==
===Public education=== Monette is the headquarters for the Buffalo Island Central School District, which provides public education to more than 850 elementary and secondary school students in Craighead and Mississippi counties. Students graduate from the Monette-based Buffalo Island Central High School. The school's mascot and athletic emblem is the Mustangs.
The Buffalo Island Central School District was established on July 1, 1984. Until that point the Monette School District served the community; on that day it merged with the Leachville School District to form the current school district.<ref name=Consolfrom1983>"[http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls |date=2015-09-12 }}." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on July 31, 2017.</ref>
===Public libraries=== Kohn Memorial Library is the city's public library and one of seven branch libraries of the Crowley Ridge Regional library system.
==Notable persons== * Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, lead singer and frontman of the Southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas * Dave Wallace, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Mississippi County; former Monette resident
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Category:Cities in Arkansas Category:Cities in Craighead County, Arkansas Category:Jonesboro metropolitan area