Delaplaine, Arkansas

A French trading post may have operated at the current site of Delaplaine prior to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The name is French for "of the plain," and was written as three words (De La Plaine) for many years. When the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway constructed a line through the area in the 1870s, a stop known as "Grey's Station" was established, named for one of the few female postmasters in the state at the time, Lizzie Grey. The town reverted to the name "Delaplaine" in 1875. Delaplaine incorporated in 1912.Steven Teske, "[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/delaplaine-greene-county-7123/ Delaplaine (Greene County)]," Encyclopedia of Arkansas, 2016.

Delaplaine is located in northwestern Greene County at {{Coord|36|13|58|N|90|43|33|W|type:city}} (36.232701, -90.725807).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} Arkansas Highway 90 passes through the town, leading northeast, then east, {{convert|31|mi}} to Rector, and southwest, then northwest, {{convert|21|mi}} to Pocahontas. Arkansas Highway 34 leads southeast from the center of town {{convert|16|mi}} to Oak Grove Heights. Paragould, the Greene County seat, is {{convert|23|mi}} to the southeast via Highways 34 and 135. Highway 34 joins Highway 90 to the southwest from Delaplaine and leads {{convert|17|mi}} to Walnut Ridge. Arkansas Highway 304 leads west from Delaplaine on a more direct route of {{convert|16|mi}} to Pocahontas.

Delaplaine is {{convert|4|mi|0}} south of the Black River, and about {{convert|2|mi}} north of the Cache River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Delaplaine has a total area of {{convert|2.9|km2|order=flip}}, all land.

{{US Census population

|1920= 152

|1930= 161

|1940= 180

|1950= 208

|1960= 186

|1970= 145

|1980= 161

|1990= 146

|2000= 127

|2010= 116

|2020= 64

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}
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At the time of the 2010 United States Census, there were 116 people living in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 97.4% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino of any race, and 0.9% from two or more races.

At the time of the 2000 United States Census,{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }} there were 127 people, 49 households, and 36 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|115.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 56 housing units at an average density of {{convert|50.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 89.76% White, and 10.24% from two or more races.

There were 49 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 28.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $31,000, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $27,083 versus $15,625 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,076. Of the 0.8% of the population living below the poverty line, there were no families, children under the age of 18, nor seniors over the age of 64.

Delaplaine is served by the Greene County Tech School District (GCT district){{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05055_greene/DC20SD_C05055.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Greene County, AR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=May 12, 2023}} and its schools in Paragould, Arkansas, including Greene County Tech High School.

For many years, Delaplaine was home to the Delaplaine School District, which included Delaplaine (in the rural northwest of Greene County), O'Kean (in the rural southeast of Randolph County),{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/okean-randolph-county-7219/|title=O'Kean|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|publisher=Central Arkansas Library System|accessdate=March 5, 2021}} - It states O'Kean schools consolidated into Delaplaine schools. and the town of Peach Orchard in Clay County.{{cite web|last=Heard|first=Kenneth|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/jul/04/postal-closures-trouble-tiny-towns-20110704/|title=Postal closures trouble tiny towns|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|date=July 4, 2011|accessdate=May 15, 2023}} - The article says Peach Orchard schools consolidated into Delaplaine's. In 2003, the Arkansas Legislature, supported by then-Governor Mike Huckabee, passed Act 60, an act that required every school district in the state that had a daily enrollment of less than 350 students to be consolidated with another school district.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} As a result, on July 1, 2004, the Delaplaine School District was consolidated with the GCT district."[http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls |date=2015-09-12 }}." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on April 25, 2018. Delaplaine High School and Delaplaine Elementary School initially remained open under the jurisdiction of the GCT district, to serve students in the former Delaplaine district area,[https://web.archive.org/web/20041208210043/http://www.gctsd.k12.ar.us/display/DLP-hs/ Home]. Delaplaine High School. December 8, 2004. Retrieved on April 25, 2018.[https://web.archive.org/web/20041208205249/http://www.gctsd.k12.ar.us/display/DLP-ele/ Home]. Delaplaine Elementary School. December 8, 2004. Retrieved on April 25, 2018. however, they were later closed in 2007. Delaplaine mayor Larry Myrick stated that the community lost children with families after the school stopped operations.{{cite web|url=http://www.kait8.com/story/29091669/rural-arkansas-struggles-after-schools-close|title=Rural Arkansas struggles after schools close|publisher=KAIT|date=May 18, 2005|accessdate=April 25, 2018}}

• Jimmie Lou Fisher, former Arkansas State Treasurer and 2002 Democratic nominee for governor
• Gary Wayne Harpole, Co-owner of Halsey Thrasher Harpole and Current board of trustees for Arkansas state university

File:Delaplaine-City-Hall-ar.jpg|City Hall

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