Saturday, April 2, 2016

Norfork, Arkansas, Zip Code 72658

Norfork is in Baxter County, which is the north central county smack dab against Missouri. Norfolk’s estimated population is 498, a drop of 2.5% from the 2010 count of 511.

The 2000 demographics showed 96% white, 0.21% black, 1.25% native American and remaining percentage scattered among Asian, two or more races, Hispanic or Latino and Others.

“The median income for a household in the city was $30,192, and the median income for a family was $34,375. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $19,028 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,671. About 7.5% of families and 13.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 16.5% of those age 65 or over.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfork,_Arkansas

Future Google executive Dan Fredinburg grew up on a farm in Norfork. Google says he left Norfork at age 15 to attend Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs. He died in an avalanche at Mount Everest’s South Base Camp in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.

Norfork is located “at the confluence of the North Fork River and the White River” and “is one of the oldest settled areas in northern Arkansas. It's* (sic) most famous landmark is the Wolf House, property of Baxter County, which underwent a major historic restoration. It was the first site in Baxter County to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Norfork's bridge over the White River is also on the Register, as is a local bed and breakfast and Horace Mann school buildings.”

http://www.norfork.net/

(*My struggle against bad grammar continues. Note to proofreaders/editors: Read the sentence without the contraction: “It is most famous landmark …”)

I planned on writing more about Norfork, but the “It’s” misuse took me completely out of the mood. Wah, wah, wah.


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