Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Cross
- Total
- 2.59 sq mi (6.70 km )
- Land
- 2.56 sq mi (6.62 km )
- Water
- 0.027 sq mi (0.07 km )
- Elevation
- 207 ft (63 m)
- Density
- 310.5/sq mi (119.87/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 05-53600
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Encyclopedic overview
Parkin is a city in Cross County, Arkansas, United States, along the St. Francis River. The population was 1,105 at the 2010 census, down from 1,602 in 2000. In the 2020 census, it dropped further to 794 people. Due to the recent population loss, a large segment of the downtown area has many abandoned and boarded-up buildings. The town has recently become known as a speed trap.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parkin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.