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West Memphis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bragg’s Mill, West Memphis, Arkansas, West Memphis, Ark., West Memphis, AR
city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 808 inbound references to West Memphis, and connects out to Arkansas, African Americans and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in AR.
It is catalogued under topics including 1916 establishments in Arkansas, Arkansas populated places on the Mississippi River and Cities in Arkansas.
Vinony links it to 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- Crittenden
- Townships
- Jackson Jasper Mississippi Mound City Proctor
- Founded
- September 9, 1916 ( 1916-09-09 )
- Incorporated
- May 7, 1927 ( 1927-05-07 )
- Named after
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Marco McClendon ( I )
- Council
- City Council
- Total
- 28.94 sq mi (74.96 km )
- Land
- 28.84 sq mi (74.70 km )
- Water
- 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km )
- Elevation
- 213 ft (65 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 23,336
- Density
- 850.1/sq mi (328.24/km )
- Demonym
- West Memphian
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- West Memphis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Crittenden County
- Population
- 24520
- Area
- 73.907631
- Elevation
- 64
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Mississippi River
- Shares border with
- Memphis
- Official website
- www.westmemphisar.gov
- Image
- West Memphis skyline.jpg
- Households
- 9991
- Dialing code
- 870
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- native label
- West Memphis
- Commons category
- West Memphis, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:West Memphis, Arkansas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Memphis, Arkansas
- water as percent of area
- 0.3373
- P8168
- Kuzyol
- water area
- 0.249314
- per capita income
- 20342
- date of incorporation
- 1927-05-07
- postal code
- 72303
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Encyclopedic overview
West Memphis is the most populous city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 24,520 at the 2020 census, ranking it as the state's 20th largest city. It is part of the Memphis metropolitan area, and is located directly across the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Memphis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.