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Mississippi County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- November 1, 1833
- Named after
- Mississippi River
- Seat
- Blytheville and Osceola
- Largest city
- Blytheville
- Judge
- John Nelson
- Total
- 920 sq mi (2,400 km )
- Land
- 901 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Water
- 19 sq mi (49 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 37,828
- Density
- 45.2/sq mi (17.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .mississippicountyar .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Capital
- Osceola
- Population
- 40685
- Area
- 2382
- Shares border with
- Shelby County
- Official website
- www.mississippicountyar.org
- Image
- Mississippi County Courthouse - Osceola.jpg
- Households
- 16623
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- different from
- Mississippi County
- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- native label
- Mississippi County
- inception
- 1833-11-01
- Commons category
- Mississippi County, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Mississippi County, Arkansas
- per capita income
- 24825
- topic has template
- Template:Mississippi County, Arkansas
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mississippi County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,685. There are two county seats, Blytheville and Osceola. The county is named for the Mississippi River which borders the county to the east. Mississippi County is part of the First Congressional District in Arkansas.
The Blytheville, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Mississippi County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mississippi County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.