Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Alexander, AR

Alexander is a small city in central Arkansas that straddles the county line between Saline County and Pulaski County, southwest of Little Rock, and its city government promotes it as 'the best city in two counties.'

Alexander began as a construction camp for the crews building the nearby railroad, and after the line was completed its citizens voted to incorporate in 1887.

The 2020 census counted 3,385 people in Alexander, up 16.7 percent from 2,901 in 2010, and the city covers about 2.2 square miles, all of it land.

For most of the twentieth century Alexander was a tiny railroad town — its population was only a few hundred people as late as the early 1990s — before Little Rock suburban growth pushed it into the thousands.

Alexander is home to the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center, the state's primary intake and assessment center for youth committed to the Division of Youth Services, located at 1501 Woody Drive.

The Alexander facility traces back to 1905, when it was established as a Girls Industrial School, and it began housing both boys and girls in the late 1970s.

Public schools for Alexander students are provided by the neighboring Bryant School District, one of the larger districts in Saline County.

Alexander sits along the Interstate 30 corridor southwest of Little Rock, in one of Arkansas's fastest-growing counties, as Saline County grew from 83,529 residents in 2000 to 123,416 in 2020.