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Craighead County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- February 19, 1859
- Named after
- Thomas Craighead
- Seat
- Jonesboro (western district);, Lake City (eastern district)
- Largest city
- Jonesboro
- Total
- 713 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 707 sq mi (1,830 km )
- Water
- 5.5 sq mi (14 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 116,957
- Density
- 157/sq mi (60.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .craigheadcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Contains
- Jonesboro
- Capital
- Lake City
- Population
- 111231
- Area
- 1847
- Shares border with
- Jackson County
- Official website
- craigheadcounty.org
- Image
- Court house Jonesboro AR 2012-08-26 001.jpg
- Households
- 42203
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- topic's main category
- Category:Craighead County, Arkansas
- different from
- Craig County
- Commons category
- Craighead County, Arkansas
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Craighead County
- inception
- 1859-02-19
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Craighead County, Arkansas
- per capita income
- 28407
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Encyclopedic overview
Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead. It is one of several dry counties within the state of Arkansas, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is largely prohibited.
Craighead County is included in Jonesboro–Paragould Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Craighead County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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