▁University ▁al umn i <0x0A> </s> ▁Hun ting ton ▁is ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁Sebastian ▁County , ▁Ark ansas , ▁United ▁States . ▁It ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Fort ▁Smith , ▁Ark ansas - Ok lahoma ▁Metropolitan ▁Statist ical ▁Area . ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Census ▁the ▁population ▁was ▁ 6 3 5 . ▁ ▁History ▁Hun ting ton ▁began ▁as ▁a ▁coal ▁min ing ▁town . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁The ▁Missouri , ▁Kansas , ▁& ▁Texas ▁Co al ▁Company ▁survey ed ▁the ▁site ▁and ▁selected ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁town site ▁because ▁coal ▁was ▁around ▁the ▁site , ▁but ▁not ▁directly ▁beneath ▁it . ▁The ▁town ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁on ▁February ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁The ▁town ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁J . ▁B . ▁Hun ting ton , ▁a ▁well - lik ed ▁mine ▁super int endent , ▁who ▁died ▁after ▁his ▁horse ▁jump ed ▁from ▁a ▁bridge ▁over ▁Ch ero kee ▁Creek . ▁ ▁Geography ▁Hun ting ton ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 3 5 . 0 8 0 8 3 3 , ▁- 9 4 . 2 6 4 4 6 2 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁land . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 6 8 8 ▁people , ▁ 2 6 2 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 8 4 ▁families