Municipal Government
Arkansas municipalities are divided into three categories based on population.
- City of the First Class: 2500+ population
- City of the Second Class: 500-2,499 population
- Incorporated Town: 499 or fewer population
Arkansas does not use villages or civil townships as possible designations for its minor civil divisions. In Arkansas, a municipality may extend into multiple counties.
Read more about this topic: List Of Cities And Towns In Arkansas
Famous quotes containing the words municipal and/or government:
“No sane local official who has hung up an empty stocking over the municipal fireplace, is going to shoot Santa Claus just before a hard Christmas.”
—Alfred E. Smith (1873–1944)
“The root of the problem is not so much that our people have lost confidence in government, but that government has demonstrated time and again its lack of confidence in the people.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)