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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sherrill, Arkansas
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
| image_skyline = LitherlandSherrill.jpg
| image_caption = Downtown Sherrill
| image_map = File:Jefferson County Arkansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sherrill Highlighted 0563740.svg
| map_caption = Location of Sherrill in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
| pushpin_map = USA
| pushpin_label = Sherrill
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sherrill in the US
| coordinates = {{coord|34|23|06|N|91|57|07|W|region:US-AR_type:city|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Arkansas}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Arkansas|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jefferson County, Arkansas|Jefferson]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of Arkansas townships|Township]]
| subdivision_name3 = Plum Bayou
| established_title = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Teske|first=Steven|date=2017|title=Sherrill (Jefferson County)|url=http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=7251|website=[[Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture]]|publisher=[[Central Arkansas Library System]]|access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>
| established_date = {{Start date and age|1935|5|25}}
| named_for = Dr. Albert Rush Sherrill
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2017|title=Sherrill|website=Arkansas Municipal League|url=https://portal.arkansas.gov?agency=Sherrill|access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| leader_party = [[Independent (politician)|I]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Jody Campbell
| leader_title1 = [[Town council|Council]]
| leader_name1 = {{Nowrap|Sherrill Town Council}}
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_km2 = 0.34
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.13
| area_land_km2 = 0.34
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.13
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
| elevation_ft = 220
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total = 53
| population_density_km2 = 155.56
| population_density_sq_mi = 401.52
| population_est = 51 {{loss}}
| pop_est_as_of = 2025
| pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="Vintage 2025 Total Population Estimates for Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions; Housing Unit Estimates for the Nation, States and Counties">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2026/vintage-2025-city-town-pop-estimates.html|title=Vintage 2025 Total Population Estimates for Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions; Housing Unit Estimates for the Nation, States and Counties|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 19, 2026}}</ref>
| population_footnotes = 
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_05.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| timezone = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset = -6
| timezone_DST = CDT
| utc_offset_DST = -5
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 72152
| area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code = [[Area code 870|870]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = {{FIPS|05|63740}}
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info = 2407326<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2407326}}</ref>
| blank2_name = Major airport
| blank2_info = [[Clinton National Airport|LIT]]
}}
'''Sherrill''' is a town in Plum Bayou Township, [[Jefferson County, Arkansas]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], Sherrill had a population of 53.<ref name="Census2020PLLede">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME%2CP1_001N&for=place%3A63740&in=state%3A05|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=February 9, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref> It is included in the [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]].
==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 0.4&nbsp;km{{sup|2}} (0.1&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup>), all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1940 = 258
| 1950 = 263
| 1960 = 241
| 1970 = 208
| 1980 = 161
| 1990 = 55
| 2000 = 126
| 2010 = 84
| 2020 = 53
| estyear = 2025
| estimate = 51
| estref = {{decrease}}
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=May 12, 2017|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 84 people, 37 households, and 25 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|347.5|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. There were 54 housing units at an average density of {{convert|148.9|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the town was 44.0% [[Race (United States Census)|White]] and 56.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]].

There were 37 households, out of which 10.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 0.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 16.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 31.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $24,643. Males had a median income of $32,813 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $15,096. There were 16.2% of families and 21.8% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 30.3% of under eighteens and 26.7% of those over 64.

==Education==
Sherrill is served by the [[Pine Bluff School District]].<ref name=2020CensusMap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st05_ar/schooldistrict_maps/c05069_jefferson/DC20SD_C05069.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, AR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 29, 2021}} - The map shows Dollarway School District as not yet merged into Pine Bluff School District; the merger occurred on July 1, 2021.</ref> Students are zoned to Park/Greenville School for preschool, James Matthews Elementary School, Robert F. Morehead Middle School, and [[Dollarway High School]].<!--The last three were the only schools in the Dollarway district as of its final year https://web.archive.org/web/20201127114447/https://www.dollarwayschools.org/ , and according to Pine Bluff district documents the attendance boundaries will remain the same for 2021-2022 school year https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nj-q3uIhvI4tRY-hBGp6nPGk-MlPTSuMNQrts8o7wMw/edit : after that year you can check if the Pine Bluff district publishes new school district boundaries and/or if it closes any schools. The preschool effective 2021 became the sole preschool for all of PBSD -->

At one point it was served by the Sherrill School District, which operated Sherrill Elementary School.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gertler|first=Diane B.|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED039636.pdf|title=Directory Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools 1968-69|volume=3 Southeast Region|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare]] Office of Education|page=49 (PDF p. 53/266)|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> The Altheimer-Sherrill district was created in 1979 when the Altheimer and Sherrill districts merged.<ref name=Goatcherp14>{{cite web|last=Goatcher|first=Truett|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED458075.pdf|title=School District Consolidation Will Save Millions of Dollars: Fact of Myth?|publisher=Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators|date=January 1999|page=14 (PDF p. 17/27)}}</ref>

On September 1, 1993, Altheimer-Sherrill consolidated into the [[Altheimer Unified School District]];<ref name=Consolfrom1983>"[http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013154/http://www.arkansased.gov/public/userfiles/Legal/ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls |date=September 12, 2015 }}." [[Arkansas Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2017. Note that Altheimer-Sherrill consolidated into Altheimer Unified, which in turn consolidated into Dollarway.</ref> Altheimer Unified operated two schools: Martin Elementary School and [[Altheimer-Sherrill High School]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20030424080320/http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/2002_2003_AR_Edu_dir.pdf 2002-2003 Arkansas Education Directory]." [[Arkansas Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 31, 2017. Page 65 (PDF p. 71/157).</ref> The Altheimer Unified School District consolidated into the [[Dollarway School District]] on July 10, 2006.<ref name=Consolfrom1983/> Altheimer-Sherrill High closed in 2007, with students moved to Dollarway High.<ref name=Colvinclosing>{{cite web|last=Colvin|first=Eplunus|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/oct/02/closing-schools-took-life-out-of-altheimer/|title=Closing schools took life out of Altheimer, residents recall|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=October 2, 2020|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref> Altheimer Martin Elementary School closed in 2013.<ref name=Hardy>{{cite news|author=Hardy, Benjamin|url=https://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/schools-out-forever/Content?oid=4511998|title=School's out forever|newspaper=[[Arkansas Times]]|date=July 28, 2016|accessdate=July 31, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2020 the [[Arkansas State Board of Education]] ruled that the Dollarway School District should merge into the Pine Bluff School District as of July 1, 2021; the post-merger school district is to operate all existing schools from both districts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Howell|first=Cynthia|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/dec/11/state-votes-to-combine-dollarway-pb-schools/|title=State votes to combine Dollarway, Pine Bluff schools|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]]|date=December 11, 2020|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Accordingly, the attendance boundary maps of the respective schools remained the same for the 2021–2022 school year, and all DSD territory became a part of the PBSD territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nj-q3uIhvI4tRY-hBGp6nPGk-MlPTSuMNQrts8o7wMw/edit|title=Annexation/Transition FAQ|publisher=Pine Bluff School District|accessdate=February 23, 2021}}</ref> The exception was with the pre-kindergarten levels, as all PBSD areas are now assigned to Forrest Park/Greenville School, including the territory from the former Dollarway district.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murrel|first=I. C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jun/28/dollarway-alumni-honor-district/|title=Dollarway alumni honor district|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]]|date=June 28, 2021|accessdate=July 4, 2021}}</ref> In 2023 the district announced that Dollarway High would merge into Pine Bluff High School, and that Morehead Middle School would become the only middle school for all of the Pine Bluff School District.<ref>{{cite web|last=Murrell|first=I. C.|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/mar/01/pine-bluff-school-district-will-close-separate-dollarway-schools-this-fall/|title=Pine Bluff School District will consolidate junior, senior highs this fall|newspaper=[[Arkansas Democrat Gazette]]|date=March 1, 2023|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of municipalities in Arkansas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Arkansas]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite map |publisher=[[Rand McNally|Rand, McNally & Co.]] |title=Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Business Atlas Map of Arkansas |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4001p.rr001850 |year=1898 |scale=1:900,000 |lccn=98688447 |access-date=July 4, 2017 |via=[[Library of Congress]]}}

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* [http://altheimer.pineblufflibrary.org/ Altheimer Public Library] at [[Pine Bluff and Jefferson County Library System]]
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