Maynard, Arkansas

Maynard is a town in Randolph County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 379 at the 2020 census.

Maynard is home to the Maynard Pioneer Museum and Park. A jail built in 1936 has a door made of wagon wheel rims. The last time it was used was in 1988, when it temporarily housed a man charged with public intoxication. The jail is beside Maynard Community Center.

Maynard was settled in the late 19th century. John Maynard, formerly a captain in the Confederate Army, spent some time in Texas before moving to Arkansas in 1872, where he opened a dry goods store, and farmed 900 acres, mostly cotton. Other families and businessmen joined him in the village they called New Prospect. When they applied for a post office in 1885 that name was rejected and the office was named ‘Maynard.’ The town incorporated as Maynard in 1895.^[4]

Abbott Institute — later known as Maynard Baptist Academy and Ouachita Baptist Academy — was a boarding school established in 1894. Abbott Institute joined a school network associated with a college now known as Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.^[5]

In 1928, Maynard Baptist Academy was sold to the Maynard School District. Its facilities were then used by the public school. All that remains of the academy today is an arch built by Maynard Baptist Academy's class of 1927, its last class. In 2008, Maynard School Alumni Association restored the arch on the school grounds as a memorial to the academy.^[5]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi), all land.

There were 175 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.7% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families. 33.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.78.

En la ciudad, la población estaba distribuida de la siguiente manera: el 24,1% tenía menos de 18 años, el 8,7% entre 18 y 24 años, el 22,8% entre 25 y 44 años, el 22,0% entre 45 y 64 años, y el 22,3% tenía 65 años o más. La edad media era de 40 años. Por cada 100 mujeres, había 87,7 hombres. Por cada 100 mujeres mayores de 18 años, había 85,3 hombres.

El ingreso medio por hogar en la ciudad era de $17,206, y el ingreso medio por familia era de $23,056. Los hombres tenían un ingreso medio de $20,625, frente a los $15,357 de las mujeres. El ingreso per cápita de la ciudad era de $11,668. Aproximadamente el 14.8% de las familias y el 27.0% de la población se encontraban por debajo del umbral de pobreza , incluyendo el 38.3% de los menores de 18 años y el 18.3% de los mayores de 65 años.

La educación pública para estudiantes de primaria y secundaria es proporcionada por el Distrito Escolar de Maynard , que incluye:

• Escuela Primaria Maynard
• Escuela Secundaria Maynard

Personas destacadas que nacieron o vivieron en Maynard:

• Drew Bowers , natural de Pocahontas, Arkansas, asistió a la Academia Bautista Maynard a mediados de la década de 1890.
• Jonathan Dismang , senador estatal de Arkansas por el Distrito 28 en el condado de White ; oriundo de Maynard.

• Museo y Parque Pionero de Maynard - Cabaña de troncos y museo histórico de Maynard
• Departamento de Parques y Turismo de Arkansas: Museo y Parque Pionero de Maynard