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Greene County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- November 5, 1833
- Named after
- Nathanael Greene
- Seat
- Paragould
- Largest city
- Paragould
- Total
- 580 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Land
- 578 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 47,411
- Density
- 79.1/sq mi (30.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- county .arkansas .gov /greene /
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,736. The county seat is Paragould, which sits atop Crowley's Ridge. Greene County is included in Jonesboro–Paragould Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greene County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.