Wesley, Arkansas

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|settlement_type = Census-designated place

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|subdivision_name1 = Arkansas

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Madison

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|area_total_sq_mi = 1.387

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.369

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.018

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US0574090&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Wesley CDP, Arkansas: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=May 27, 2022}}

|population_total = 161

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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|elevation_ft = 1280

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|postal_code = 72773

|area_code = 479

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Wesley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in western Madison County, Arkansas, United States. Wesley is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 74 and 295, {{convert|13|mi|km}} by road west-southwest of Huntsville.Arkansas Atlas and Gazetteer, DeLorme, 2nd edition 2002, page = 23 {{ISBN|0-89933-345-1}} Wesley has a post office with ZIP code 72773.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=72773&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup] It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 161.

History

Wesley was platted in 1872.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uwxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA461 | title=History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas | publisher=Higginson Book Company | year=1889 | page=461}} The first postmaster gave the community his last name.

Demographics

{{US Census population

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|+Wesley CDP, Arkansas – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

!Race / Ethnicity

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Wesley CDP, Arkansas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0574090&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|150

|93.17%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|1.24%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|0.00%

Asian alone (NH)

|0.00%

Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0.00%