he astern ▁C raw ford ▁County ▁at ▁ ▁( 3 5 . 4 9 4 5 3 2 , ▁- 9 4 . 1 3 8 5 4 1 ), ▁in ▁the ▁Ark ansas ▁River ▁valley . ▁U . S . ▁Route ▁ 6 4 ▁passes ▁through ▁the ▁community , ▁leading ▁west ▁ ▁to ▁Al ma ▁and ▁ ▁to ▁Van ▁Bur en , ▁the ▁county ▁seat , ▁and ▁east ▁ ▁to ▁Mul berry . ▁Inter state ▁ 4 0 ▁passes ▁through ▁the ▁northern ▁part ▁of ▁D yer ▁but ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁direct ▁exit ▁for ▁the ▁city ; ▁the ▁nearest ▁access ▁is ▁from ▁Exit ▁ 2 0 ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁Mul berry . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁D yer ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁land . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 5 8 5 ▁people , ▁ 2 3 0 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 1 6 3 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 8 6 . 9 / km ² ▁( 2 2 5 . 3 / mi ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 2 4 8 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 3 6 . 8 / km ² ▁( 9 5 . 5 / mi ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 9 6 . 2 4 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 1 7