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Mountain View is located at 120 km north of
Little Rock. Mountain Home, where you'll find exceptional trout
fishing on the White and North Fork Rivers. There's also a full
range of water recreation on the giant Bull Shoals and Norfork
Lakes. This town in the north-central part of the state
specializes in authentic crafts and mountain music. Much of both
can be found at the Ozark Folk Center, a state park that
promotes traditional folk culture with demonstrations of
blacksmithing, pottery making and other traditional crafts.
Mountain View is the site of several cultural festivals,
including the Arkansas Folk Festival in April and the Arkansas
Old Time Fiddle Championships in September.
Population (year 2000): 2,876. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,998 (+4.2% change)
Males: 1,288 (44.8%), Females: 1,588 (55.2%)
Stone County
Zip code:
72560
Median resident age: 46.8 years
Median household income: $19,302 (year 2000)
Median house value: $70,800 (year 2000)
Races in Mountain View:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
- American Indian (2.2%)
- Two or more races (1.7%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
Ancestries: United States (15.2%), English
(14.2%), German (12.0%), Irish (11.9%), French (5.3%),
Scotch-Irish (3.4%).
Elevation: 761 feet
Land area: 6.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Mountain View
- High school or higher: 67.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Mountain View city
- Never married: 12.8%
- Now married: 59.8%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 15.8%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +203 (+7.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Mountain View:
- STONE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (HIGHWAY 14 EAST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Mountain View:
- COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER OF IZARD CO (about 19
miles; CALICO ROCK, AR)
- BAPTIST HEALTH MED CEN HEBER SPRINGS (about 27
miles; HEBER SPRINGS, AR)
- OZARK HEALTH, INC (about 33 miles; CLINTON, AR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Mountain View:
- LITTLE ROCK AFB (about 67 miles; JACKSONVILLE, AR;
ID: LRF)
- ADAMS FIELD (about 80 miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; ID:
LIT)
- MEMORIAL FIELD (about 118 miles; HOT SPRINGS, AR;
ID: HOT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Mountain View:
- MOUNTAIN VIEW WILCOX MEMORIAL FIELD (about 3 miles;
MOUNTAIN VIEW, AR; ID: 7M2)
- CALICO ROCK-IZARD COUNTY (about 20 miles; CALICO
ROCK, AR; ID: 37T)
- MELBOURNE MUNI - JOHN E MILLER FIELD (about 25
miles; MELBOURNE, AR; ID: 42A)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Mountain View:
- HARDING UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; SEARCY, AR;
Full-time enrollment: 3,959)
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-BEEBE BRANCH (about 55
miles; BEEBE, AR; FT enrollment: 3,840)
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS (about 55 miles;
CONWAY, AR; FT enrollment: 7,693)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK (about 80
miles; LITTLE ROCK, AR; FT enrollment: 8,024)
- ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles;
RUSSELLVILLE, AR; FT enrollment: 4,450)
- ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 100
miles; STATE UNIVERSITY, AR; FT enrollment: 8,696)
- UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF (about 111
miles; PINE BLUFF, AR; FT enrollment: 2,801)
Public high school in Mountain View:
- MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 554;
Location: 210 HIGH SCHOOL DR; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Mountain View:
- MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. SCHOOL (Students: 677;
Location: 201 ELEMENTARY DRIVE; Grades: KG - 06)
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