Central City

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Central City

Total population

627

Median home value

$134,700

12.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$69,583

Central City$70k

National$74k

Elevation134 m

Land area5.94 km²

Weather86°F · Mostly Sunny

Coordinates35.34°, -94.24°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Central City is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2020 Census, the population of Central City was 461.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Central City, AR from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

D

Dat Nguyen

All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker

Hal Smith

American baseball player (1931-2014)

M

Matthew B. Durrant

American judge

F

Frank Glidewell

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Arkansas

• Barling
  2.1 mi away
• Lavaca
  3.1 mi away
• Kibler
  6.1 mi away
• Greenwood
  7.9 mi away
• Charleston
  11.1 mi away
• Dyer
  12.3 mi away
• Dora
  13.9 mi away
• Hackett
  14.1 mi away
• Mulberry
  15 mi away
• Huntington
  17.7 mi away
• Midland
  18.1 mi away
• Cedarville
  18.5 mi away

Browse all places in Arkansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Central City

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

State of Mind Collection · 2019

Stream-sediment geochemical survey of the Bureau of Land Management's Arkansas Canyon Planning Unit in south-central (Canon City area) Colorado

E. F. Weiland · 1981

Main street Arkansas

Ray Hanley · 2009

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Two works in progress

Anne Swartz

Occupational interface of supply-demand, Arkansas, fiscal year 1985

1988

Highway accident report

United States. National Transportation Safety Board. · 1977

Kleine zentrale Orte in Nordwest-Arkansas

Heinz-Karl Junk · 1979

America's top-rated cities

David Garoogian · 2003

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Snake Mountain, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-14 · 80 mi
• Wildfire Alexander Trail Fire, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-30 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Alexander Trail, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-30 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Tram Trail, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 97 mi
• Wildfire Buck Creek, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 101 mi
• Wildfire WRIGHT, Hughes, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-29 · 106 mi
• Wildfire Atoka Lake, Atoka, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 124 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 154 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).