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Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. [1] The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. [2] Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead.
County Road 513C over an unnamed ditch, approximately 1.5 miles east of Dixie, just east of its junction with County Road 669 35°55′12″N 90°25′23″W / 35.92°N 90.4231°W / 35.92; -90.4231 ( Craighead County Road 513C
Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, [4] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas.
The Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties – Craighead and Poinsett – in northeast Arkansas, anchored by the city of Jonesboro. As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 121,026 (a July 1, 2012 estimate has placed the population at 124,042). [1]
The Craighead County Courthouse is located at 511 Main Street, in the center of Jonesboro, Arkansas, the county seat of Craighead County. It is a two-story brick structure with limestone trim, built in 1934, and is the city's only significant example of Art Deco architecture. The building has a stepped appearance, with a large central block ...
Despite the name, the Office of the Tax Collector does not raise or set tax rates. In Florida, the tax collector is a constitutionally created office that was established in 1885.
Bay is located in the Arkansas Delta.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km 2), all land.. Ecologically, Bay is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
In 1859, Senator William A. Jones, who represented St. Francis and Poinsett Counties, introduced a bill to create a new county. This county would be created from portions of Poinsett, Greene, and Mississippi Counties. Craighead opposed the bill because it would remove a large section of fertile farmland from Mississippi County, and the tax ...