Jacksonville, Arkansas

== History == The city is named for Nicholas Jackson, a landowner who deeded the land for the railroad right-of-way to the Cairo & Fulton Railroad in 1870.

== Education == Since 1927, Jacksonville had been part of the Pulaski County Special School District, one of the largest school districts in Arkansas.

== Notable people == Grady Adkins, pitcher for Chicago White Sox 1928-29 Homer Martin Adkins, governor of Arkansas, from 1941 to 1945, born in Jacksonville in 1890.

The community evolved from the settlement surrounding the railroad depot, eventually incorporating in 1941.

Following the war, AOP ceased operations and the land was sold for commercial interests, including the development of the Little Rock Air Force Base in 1955.

=== 2000 census === As of the census of 2000, there were 29,916 people, 10,890 households, and 8,004 families residing in the city.

In the years leading up to September 2008, parts of the Jacksonville community expressed a desire to split from the PCSSD.

It is part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan area with 729,135 people as of 2014.

According to JNPSD officials, the district would be administered by the Pulaski County Special School District until its final detachment, which became effective July 1, 2016.

== Demographics == === 2020 census === As of the 2020 United States census, there were 29,477 people, 10,333 households, and 7,025 families residing in the city.