Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Sherrill, Arkansas, Zip Code 71252

Sherrill is in Jefferson County, about 10 miles northeast of Pine Bluff. The 2000 census listed the town’s population at 126. city-data.com says the 2000 population for the zip code was 656, decreasing to 429 in 2010 and estimated at 351 in 2013.

http://www.city-data.com/zips/72152.html

Seventy-three percent of Sherrill’s residents have a high school education or higher; 8.9 percent have a bachelor’s degree; 0 percent have a graduate or professional degree.

In 2000, 16.2 percent of families and 21.8 of the total population lived below the federal poverty line, including 30.3 percent younger than 18 and 26.7 percent of those older than 64.

Sherrill has never been much of a town. Wikipedia says the population peaked in 1950 at 263. The 1990 population was 55.

Compared with the rest of Arkansas, Sherrill is below: in median house value; in unemployment rate; in Hispanic population; in number of college students; and percentage with a college degree. Sherrill ranks higher than state average in: black population, median age and house age.

Sherrill had one registered sex offender as of March 8, 2016.

Percentage of households with unmarried partners totaled 0. No homosexual households were reported.

Churches include: Watkins Chapel, Antioch Church, Corinth Church, Cottonwood Church, New Hope Church, Morris Chapel Church, Saint Lukes Baptist Church, Saint John Church and Reynolds Church.

A plurality of residents have two vehicles. Estimated median value of condo or house is $47,292 in Sherrill, $109,500 state average.

There is this: “During the day Sherrill, Arkansas is a regular United States city, but this city has terrifying enigmas masked in the night. Things occur in this town that can't be explained by science. A number of residents say these accounts are not true, but anyone who has stayed a day in Sherrill, Arkansas knows better.”

http://www.ghostsofamerica.com/7/Arkansas_Sherrill_ghost_sightings.html

But the stories that follow are from Pine Bluff.

This was surprising: http://www.kdsales.com/


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