Bauxite is a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. Located within Central Arkansas, the city is named for bauxite, the source ore for aluminum, which was found in abundant quantities in the Place and became a source of aluminium refining. The city’s population boomed during expanded aluminium production during World War II and shrank tersely with output of the ore. Bauxite was incorporated as a town in 1973. The population was 487 at the 2010 census.

The ore for which the city is named was discovered in the area in the to the front 1890s and mined by the General Bauxite Company until 1905, when the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, a northeastern aluminium refining company, purchased Big tracts of land in Saline County after learning of the high-quality ore that was subconscious shipped from the area. The company bought out the local producers of the ore, including the General Bauxite Company. Pittsburgh Reduction would go upon to incorporate as the Aluminum Company of America, or ALCOA.

Production of the ore rose rapidly, growing from 200,000 hasty tons (180,000 t) in 1914 during World War I, to 560,000 quick tons (510,000 t) by war’s halt in 1918. With decreased request and an expanded source base in South America, Arkansas production levels fluctuated when demand, dropping as low as 60,000 unexpected tons (54,000 t) per annum in the mid-1930s.

World War I provided the greatest surge in increase for Bauxite, with compound camps developing in and concerning the present-day city, often segregated by race or ethnicity, with such camp names as Italy Camp, Mexico Camp, Africa Camp, etc. Throughout the Great Depression, ALCOA provided a good enough of active for its employees that was generally un-matched during that times of economic turbulence.