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A town of 136, settled in 1887. Public schools that outperform most of Arkansas.

Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
136
residents
Household income
$35K
median
Median age
34.1
years
Land area
0 sq mi

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136 people, and everyone knows the way

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Natural hazards

High risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities.

74risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
74High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesHeat waves
1
paid flood claims since 2013
2
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Schools

St. Paul’s public schools outperform 34% of Arkansas districts

The public schools St. Paul’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

CSchool Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
ST. Paul Elementary SchoolPK–6121C
ST. Paul High School7–12120C
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AR on state tests and graduationAll 2 schools →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

St. Paul has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 27°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

6″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter29–48°
Spring46–67°
Summer65–86°
Fall48–69°
Nov 5
typical first frost
Apr 5
typical last frost
+0.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy St. Paul is

St. Paul beats the Arkansas average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.

32 measures vs. Arkansas
3 better22 too close to call7 worse
What stands outSt. PaulAR
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off7.9%10.4%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity11.4%14.4%
More adults who have had cancer11.5%8.2%
Mercy Hospital Ozark
23.8 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

4.1% of St. Paul is conserved land

0.1 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

4.1%conserved
Map of St. Paul: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below
4.1%
conserved · 12 of 291 acres
0.1 mi
of trails · 0.2 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Ozark-Saint Francis National Forest—12
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
Highway 16 and 23 turn left in
2013 · Highway 16 and 23 turn left in · Wikimedia Commons
St. Paul’s story

139 years in pictures

3 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

Post OfficeSt. Paul High School in
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About St. Paul

Town in Arkansas, United States

St. Paul is a town in Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 111 at the 2020 census. It is on the edge of the Northwest Arkansas region. St. Paul was platted in 1887 when the railroad was extended to that point.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1887
Population
111
Area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
1,516 ft
ZIP code
72760
Area code
479

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