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Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County . In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, [ 4 ] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas .
Contents. Craighead County, Arkansas. Arkansas. (2020) Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. [ 1 ] The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. [ 2 ] Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state ...
The Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Craighead and Poinsett – in northeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Jonesboro. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 121,026 (a July 1, 2012 estimate has placed the population at 124,042). [1]
A-State was founded as the First District Agricultural School in Jonesboro in 1909 by the Arkansas Legislature as a regional agricultural training school.Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature from Sheridan (1905–1912), introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges, including ...
Arkansas and Pulaski: Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the United States: 63,661: 913.70 sq mi (2,366 km 2) Johnson County: 071: Clarksville: November 16, 1833: Pope County, and a small portion from Madison County (prior 1890) Benjamin Johnson (1784–1849), the first judge of the federal district court for Arkansas 26,129: 682 ...
The State of Arkansas has a total of eight metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that are fully or partially located in the state. Twenty of the state's 75 counties are classified by the United States Census Bureau as metropolitan. Among these is one of the fastest growing MSAs in the United States, Fayetteville Springdale-Rogers.
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad (JLC&E) was a short-line railroad that operated in Mississippi and Craighead counties of northeast Arkansas. This railroad received a charter from the state of Arkansas on April 7, 1897, and track construction between Jonesboro and Blytheville began soon ...
Lake City is located in eastern Craighead County at (35.817866, -90.439927), [5] along the west bank of the St. Francis It is 16 miles (26 km) east of downtown Jonesboro.