Town grows and grows

December 27, 2017 at 5:00 a.m.

TIMES file photograph A view of downtown Pea Ridge from the 1960s when the city population was 380. The town's population increased by more than 270 percent from 1940 to 1950, 41 percent from 1950-1960 and 186 percent from 1960-1970 to 1,088. The estimated population in 2016 was 5,401, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
TIMES file photograph A view of downtown Pea Ridge from the 1960s when the city population was 380. The town's population increased by more than 270 percent from 1940 to 1950, 41 percent from 1950-1960 and 186 percent from 1960-1970 to 1,088. The estimated population in 2016 was 5,401, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

TIMES file photograph

A view of downtown Pea Ridge from the 1960s when the city population was 380. The town's population increased by more than 270 percent from 1940 to 1950, 41 percent from 1950-1960 and 186 percent from 1960-1970 to 1,088. The estimated population in 2016 was 5,401, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Community on 12/27/2017