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The Louisiana Purchase State Park is located at the eastern end of Highway 362, southeast of Blackton, Arkansas, at the tripoint junction of Lee, Monroe, and Phillips counties. It is a 37.5-acre (15.2 ha) parcel of swamp , or forested wetlands, which is remarkably unchanged from the time when surveyors came here on November 10, 1815.
From forested wetlands in what would become southern Monroe County, approximately 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 km 2) of land would be explored after President James Madison commissioned a survey of the purchase area. The point was commemorated in 1961 by the Arkansas General Assembly as part of Louisiana Purchase State Park.
The population density was 274.5 inhabitants per square mile (106.0/km 2). There were 51 housing units at an average density of 138.6 per square mile (53.5/km 2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.03% White, and 2.97% from two or more races. 0.99% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
This is a complete list of all 50 U.S. states, its federal district (Washington, D.C.) and its major territories ordered by total area, land area and water area. [1] The water area includes inland waters, coastal waters, the Great Lakes and territorial waters. Glaciers and intermittent bodies of water are counted as land area. [2]
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Holly Grove is located south of the center of Monroe County 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Clarendon, the county seat, and 18 miles (29 km) west of Marvell.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km 2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2), or 1.86%, are water.
The Fifth Principal Meridian was established in 1815 to survey the territory of the Louisiana Purchase, an area of 830,000 square miles (2,100,000 km 2). [ 1 ] Notable surveys
The U.S. purchased Alaska, a territory from Russia, in 1867 for 586,412 square miles of territory for $12 per square mile, less than two cents an acre, for a total of $7.2 million. Alaska didn’t ...