Holiday Island, Arkansas

Holiday Island is a 4,500-acre planned retirement and vacation community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. Formerly an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP), they voted to incorporate in November 2020.[5] As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,533.[6] Holiday Island is located in the Ozark Mountains on Table Rock Lake near Eureka Springs, Arkansas and only an hour from Branson, Missouri, Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Bentonville, Arkansas. Community growth has been fueled by the expansion of the corporate giants headquartered in Northwest Arkansas (including Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt), the entertainment attractions in Eureka Springs and Branson, the visitor traffic from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Pea Ridge National Military Park, and Roaring River State Park, and the influence of the state's largest University, the University of Arkansas.[7]

Holiday Island, Arkansas
City
Location of Holiday Island in Carroll County, Arkansas.
Location of Holiday Island in Carroll County, Arkansas.
Holiday Island is located in Arkansas
Holiday Island
Holiday Island
Coordinates: 36°28′47″N 93°44′19″W
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyCarroll
Area
[1]
 • Total10.90 sq mi (28.22 km2)
 • Land10.76 sq mi (27.86 km2)
 • Water0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,040 ft (320 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,533
 • Estimate 
(2016)[3]
N/A
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72631[4]
Area code479
GNIS feature ID2829832[2]
Websiteholidayisland.us

Background

Resort amenities include lake accesses, a shopping center, tennis courts, pickleball courts, miniature golf, horseshoe pits, basketball courts, softball field, table & paddle tennis, shuffleboard, two swimming pools, picnic pavilion, campground, marina, boat & RV storage, clubhouse and recreation center, 9-hole executive golf course, 18-hole golf course, and hiking/biking trails. The facilities host wedding receptions, gala events, holiday celebrations, family & class reunions, jamborees & festivals, spiritual retreats, and company picnics.

The community has three fire stations, a fire chief, and two full-time firefighters/EMTs with a volunteer crew of twenty-five firefighters/emergency medical care personnel. The district contracts with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office to provide year-round security.

Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID) was formed in 1970 by the Holly Corporation in collaboration with McCulloch Oil[8] Corporation under Title 14, Subtitle 5, Chapter 92 of the Arkansas Code (“Suburban Improvement Districts”). The HISID's formation was to provide water, sewer, waste management, and fire services to Holiday Island property owners, and to maintain roads and recreational facilities in Holiday Island. McCulloch sold the developer rights in 1990 to manager Tom Dees.[9] Amenities are provided and maintained by the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District [HISID] through the collection of annual assessments.

Qualified electors within the new boundaries of Holiday Island voted to approve incorporation as the Town of Holiday Island on Nov. 3, 2020. The Carroll County Judge ordered the town organized (INCORPORATED TOWN) on Dec. 3, 2020. On March 23, 2021, the Secretary of State elevated Holiday Island to a City of the 2nd Class. Newly elected city officials began setting up the city government, establishing zoning and planning ordinances and working toward establishing voting wards for the general election in 2022.

A partnership with the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District [HISID] will exist until the city can support services independently when the tax base grows to a sufficient level. The city will be able to provide services that HISID cannot provide or does not have the resources to provide.

The city was to begin receiving its share of Arkansas and County sales taxes, road taxes, property taxes and turnback funds in 2021 based upon population of full-time residents. Those revenues would enable the town to provide an economically sustainable way to better take care of the aging infrastructure in Holiday Island, preserve the lifestyle that the original developers envisioned, and assure proper standards are met for development and growth.

The location in the Ozarks allows for four seasons that include mild winters and summers.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20102,373—
20202,5336.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[10]
2010[11] 2020[12]

2020 census
Holiday Island CDP, Arkansas – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[11] Pop 2020[12] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 2,236 2,248 94.23% 88.75%
Black or African American alone (NH) 4 17 0.17% 0.67%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 21 31 0.88% 1.22%
Asian alone (NH) 19 9 0.80% 0.36%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1 12 0.04% 0.47%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 25 86 1.05% 3.40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67 130 2.82% 5.13%
Total 2,373 2,533 100.00% 100.00%

References
  1. "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Jul 18, 2017.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Holiday Island, Arkansas
  3. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. "Holiday Island ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. Bowden, Bill (November 6, 2020). "Vote seals incorporation of Holiday Island as city". Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
  6. "Holiday Island CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  7. "Home | City of Holiday Island". City of Holiday Island. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  8. "Holiday Island (Carroll County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  9. Lucariello, Kathryn (2013-01-18). "Developer outlines SID history, restrictions". Carroll County News. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  10. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  11. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Holiday Island CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau.
  12. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Holiday Island CDP, Arkansas". United States Census Bureau.
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