Stamps, Arkansas
| Stamps, Arkansas | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Lafayette County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 33°21′35″N 93°29′51″W / 33.35972°N 93.49750°WCoordinates: 33°21′35″N 93°29′51″W / 33.35972°N 93.49750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Lafayette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.2 sq mi (8.2 km2) |
| • Land | 3.1 sq mi (8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 308 ft (94 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 2,131 |
| • Density | 665.9/sq mi (259.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC−6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) |
| ZIP Code | 71860 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-66320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0058678 |
Stamps is a town in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,131 at the 2000 census.
A post office has been in operation in Stamps since 1887. The community has the name of the local Stamps family. Stamps was the shop headquarters for the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway until the relocation in the early 1920s to Minden in Webster Parish in north Louisiana.
Stamps has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. An early postmaster quipped Stamps is "the only town in the U.S. that stamps Stamps on stamps".
Stamps Ice & Fuel Company and a boxcar of the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, c. 1904
Stamps Fire Department
Bodcaw Bank in Stamps
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2). 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (2.54%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,131 people, 830 households, and 541 families residing in the town. The population density was 693.7 people per square mile (268.0/km²). There were 1,003 housing units at an average density of 326.5 per square mile (126.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 44.30% White, 54.48% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, and 0.56% from two or more races. Of the population 0.61% was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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