Magnet Cove, Arkansas

Magnet Cove was a town in Hot Spring County, Arkansas, United States.^[1] It is located in the Ouachita Mountains southeast of Hot Springs, north of U.S. Highway 270 and on Arkansas Highway 51.

Geography

Geology

The Magnet Cove igneous complex lies to the west of the town. The area is known for its abundance of odd minerals, including magnetite usually in the form of lodestone, as well as many other species such as rutile, anatase, brookite, perovskite, and some rare-earth-bearing minerals.

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, the town of Magnet Cove had a population of 5.^[2] However, the incorporated boundaries represented in that figure are only a very small portion of the overall Magnet Cove community.^[3] The community suspended its incorporation in 2006.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2000	467		—
2010	5		−98.9%
Est. 2014	5	[5]	0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

References

1. "Town of Magnet Cove". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
3. "Map of Magnet Cove, AR (March 2008)" (PDF). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved 10 June 2012. (Note: The purple rectangle in the lower center of the map is the entire incorporated town.)
4. Pennington, Helen (September 17, 2014). "Magnet Cove (Hot Spring County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
5. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

Coordinates: 34°27′15″N 92°50′41″W / 34.45417°N 92.84472°W