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Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,443. The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. Craighead County is Arkansas’s 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead. It is one of several dry counties within the state of Arkansas, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is largely prohibited. Craighead County is included in the Jonesboro, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. 1. History Craighead County was part of the territory claimed by France on April 9, 1682 by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle who laid claim to all of the land drained by the Mississippi River and its assorted tributaries. LaSalle’s claim was named Louisiana in honor of Louis XIV, King of France. The

Treaty

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Fontainebleau (1762) was signed between France and Spain and ownership of the Louisiana territory west of the Mississippi River was transferred to the Spanish crown as a result of the Seven Years’ War and Craighead County became a Spanish possession.

could not come to fruition, offered to sell the United States the entire territory of Louisiana, including Craighead County, for $23,213,568.

The treaty was finalized in 1803 and the land that would become Craighead County became the Spain remained in control of possession of the United the territory encompassing States. the county until October Craighead County 1, 1800 when Napoleon remained in the Louisiana Bonaparte forced Spain to Territory until the State of return the lost territories Louisiana was admitted to France under the Treaty to the Union. At that time of Ildefonso. Napoleon the territory that includes maintained grandiose plans modern day Arkansas was to establish a vast French attached to the Missouri Empire in Louisiana but the Territory. Royal Navy prevented him from transferring troops In 1813 the area was or settlers to the acquired included in a new political subdivision known as territories. Arkansas County which Fear was high in the United was a political subdivision States that Napoleon of the Arkansas District of would attempt to close the Territory of Missouri. the Mississippi River to In 1815 the county was American trade. President further subdivided and Thomas Jefferson inquired Lawrence County was about purchasing an area formed with its seat at near the mouth of the river Davidsonville. This new to ensure that it would county included most stay open to American of what is now northern goods. Napoleon, having Arkansas. The modern realized that his plans World Views Guides | 2014


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Craighead county lay partially within Arkansas County and partially within Lawrence County.

from Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties, and it was to be named “Crowley County” in Residents of the Missouri honor of Crowley’s Ridge Territory soon began which runs through the center of the county. petitioning Congress for admission to the Union. Senator Thomas Craighead Their request did not represented Mississippi include the District of County, and opposed the Arkansas and Arkansas bill because the farmland residents petitioned for it took from Mississippi separate territorial status County (commonly known for their district. In 1819 as the Buffalo Island the Arkansas Territory was area) was a major source formed. of property taxes for the county. In 1838, Poinsett County was formed and included most of present day Craighead County. This situation persisted until 1850 when residents of the area complained about the distance to the Poinsett County seat.

In 1858 State Senator William A. Jones campaign platform included a promise to seek the formation of a new county for the area. His election was successful and helped push legislation for the formation of the new county.

One day while Senator Craighead was away from the floor, Senator Jones amended the bill to change the county’s name to “Craighead County”. The Senate, thinking it was a compromise, approved the bill as amended; by the time Senator Craighead returned, the bill had already left the Senate, and he took no further action.

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Jones. (Some sources say the name was actually proposed by Senator Craighead in a resolution.) Lake City, just across the St. Francis River from the Buffalo Island area, was added as a second county seat in 1883. On January 1, 2011 Ed Hill was sworn in as Craighead County Judge. On May 5, 2011 Craighead County Computer Services opened Craighead County’s first Data Center in the basement of the Craighead Courthouse Annex. Information Technology Director- Erin Johnson 2. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 713 square miles (1,850 km2), of which 707 square miles (1,830 km2) is land and 5.5 square miles (14 km2) (0.8%) is water. Crowley’s Ridge is the county’s most prominent geological feature.


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I-555 (future) • US 49 • US 63 • U.S. 63 Business • US 67 • Highway 1 • Highway 1 Business • Highway 18 • Highway 18 Spur • Highway 69 • Highway 91 • Highway 135 • Highway 139 • Highway 141 • Highway 148 • Highway 158 • Highway 226 • Highway 230 • Highway 349 • Highway 351 • Highway 463 •

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Greene County (north) Dunklin County, Missouri (northeast) Mississippi County (east) Poinsett County (south) Jackson County (west) Lawrence County (northwest)

3. Demographics As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 82,148 people, 32,301 households, and 22,093 families residing in the county. The population density was 116 people per square mile (45/km²). There were 35,133 housing units at an average density of 49 per square mile (19/ km²). The racial makeup of the county was 89.27% White, 7.78% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.60% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.93% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. 2.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 32,301 households out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.60% were nonfamilies. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.10% had someone living alone

who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.96. In the county the population was spread out with 24.10% under the age of 18, 14.00% from 18 to 24, 28.70% from 25 to 44, 21.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 93.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.50 males. The median income for a household in the county was $32,425, and the median income for a family was $40,688. Males had a median income of $30,366 versus $21,109 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,091. About 11.60% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.40% of those under age 18 and 13.40% of those age 65 or over.

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4. Education

• Valley View School District, including Valley 1. Public schools View High School (Jonesboro) | 2 schools Craighead County consists of eight public school 2. Private schools districts with numerous secondary and elementary • Ridgefield Christian schools including: School (Jonesboro) PK-12 • Jonesboro School • Blessed Sacrament District, including School (Jonesboro) KG-6 Jonesboro High School • Concordia Christian (Jonesboro) | 11 schools Academy (Jonesboro) PK6 • Nettleton School Presbyterian District, including • First Nettleton High School Preschool & Kindergarten (Jonesboro) PK-KG (Jonesboro) | 8 schools • Buffalo Island • Montessori School Central School District, of Jonesboro (Jonesboro) PK-KG including Buffalo Island

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Black Oak • Egypt

Unincorporated communities • Bowman • Childress • Herman • Lester • Lunsford • Otwell 4.

Townships

Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county. Each township includes unincorporated areas; some may have incorporated Central High School cities or towns within 3. P o s t s e c o n d a r y (Monette) | 4 schools part of their boundaries. education • Riverside School Arkansas townships have • Arkansas State District, including limited purposes in modern University Riverside High School times. However, the (Lake City) | 4 schools United States Census does 5. Communities • Brookland School list Arkansas population District, including based on townships 1. Cities Brookland High School (sometimes referred to as (Brookland) | 3 schools • Bay “county subdivisions” or • W e s t s i d e • Bono “minor civil divisions”). Consolidated School • Brookland Townships are also of value District, including • Caraway for historical purposes Westside High School • Cash in terms of genealogical (Jonesboro) | 3 schools • Jonesboro research. Each town or • Bay School District, • Lake City city is within one or more including Bay High School • Monette townships in an Arkansas (Bay) | 2 schools county based on census World Views Guides | 2014


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maps and publications. The townships of Craighead County are listed below; listed in parentheses are the cities, towns, and/or census-designated places that are fully or partially inside the township. • Big Creek (Bono) • Black Oak (Black Oak) (Caraway) • B r o o k l a n d (Brookland) • Buffalo (Monette) • Gilkerson (part of Jonesboro) • Greenfield (small part of Jonesboro) • Herndon • Jonesboro (largest portion of Jonesboro) • Lake City (Lake City) • Lester • Little Texas (small part of Cash) • Maumelle (Bay, part of Jonesboro) • Nettleton (part of Jonesboro) • Powell • Prairie • Promised Land (Egypt) • Taylor • Texas (most of Cash)

Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of and is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the Jonesboro metropolitan area had a population of 121,026 and a population of 163,116 in the JonesboroParagould Combined Statistical Area. Jonesboro is home to Arkansas State University and is a regional center for manufacturing, agriculture, medicine, education, and trade. 6. History

The Jonesboro area was first inhabited by Indian tribes which included the Osage, the Caddo, and the Quapaw. The name of the state of Arkansas actually comes from the Quapaw language. American Jonesboro is a city in settlers eventually made World Views Guides

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their way to the area where Jonesboro is located and began exploring, hunting, trapping, and trading with the local Indian tribes. A permanent settlement of Jonesboro was set up shortly after 1815. In 1859, land was taken from nearby Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties and was used to form Craighead County. Jonesboro was the original county seat, and later Lake City was named as the second seat. The population of the city at the time was 150. Jonesboro was named after State Senator William A. Jones in recognition of his support in the legislature for the formation of Craighead County. Originally spelled Jonesborough, it was later shortened to its presentday spelling. During the late 19th century, the city tried to develop its court system and downtown infrastructure. Shortly after being named county seat, the highest point in Jonesboro was identified and a court house was planned for


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construction. This was delayed for several years as the locals did not want to ruin their deer hunting. The first court house was finally completed but was destroyed by a fire in 1869. A store across from this site was then rented and used as a court house until it too was destroyed by fire in 1876. Another building was then constructed on the same site only to be consumed by fire in 1878. This fire destroyed most of downtown Jonesboro when it occurred. Soon afterwards, another court house was constructed, and the structure still stands today in the city. The Cotton Belt Railroad brought Jonesboro its first set of railroad tracks, located just north of the center of the city. During the first train’s voyage it became stuck and supplies had to be carried into town Other major railways began to construct tracks to and from Jonesboro including the St. Louis– San Francisco Railway, Burlington Northern Railroad, and Missouri

Pacific Railroad. Some of the rail companies still own and use the tracks that run through Jonesboro today. Many entities established themselves in Jonesboro around and during the early 20th century. In 1899, the Jonesboro School District was set up in the city. In 1900, St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center was established by the Olivetan Benedictine Sisters. The Grand Leader Department Store, the first department store in the city, was opened in 1900. 1904 saw the establishment of Woodland College and the opening of two more schools within the Jonesboro School District. Arkansas State College (now Arkansas State University) was established in 1909, and the first horseless carriages were seen in the city that same year. The two oldest churches still in the city today were started in the 1910s. First Baptist Church was established in 1911, and First Methodist Church was established in 1916.

On September 10, 1931, Governor Harvey Parnell authorized the Arkansas National Guard to be deployed in Jonesboro to quell the Church War, a clash between the followers of Joe Jeffers and Dow H. Heard, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. Jeffer’s adherents also attacked the mayor and police chief, resulting in front page coverage of the incident in The New York Times. The Westside Middle School massacre occurred on March 24, 1998. Two young boys (aged 11 and 13 years) fired upon students at Westside Middle School while hidden in woodlands near the school. Four students and one teacher were killed and ten injured. In the 2007-2008 school year the Jonesboro Public School District elementary schools became magnet schools. In 2010 the Jonesboro E911 Dispatch center became the first in the state to offer TEXT 911 for emergency help. World Views Guides | 2014


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7. Geography Jonesboro is located at 35°49′41″N 90°41′39″W (35.828067, -90.694048) atop Crowley’s Ridge in northeastern Arkansas. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 80.5 square miles (208.4 km2), of which 79.9 square miles (206.9 km2) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km2), or 0.72%, is water. 8. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 67,263 people, 26,111 households, and 16,637 families residing in the city. The population density was 697.1 people per square mile (269.1/ km²). There were 28,321 housing units at an average density of 304.7 per square mile (117.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.7% White, 18.4% Black, 0.4% Native American, 1.5% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.0% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. 5.2% of the population were Hispanic. World Views Guides

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There were 26,111 households out of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. There are 878 unmarried partner households: 776 heterosexual, 50 same-sex male, and 52 same-sex female households. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.93.

a household in the city was $32,196, and the median income for a family was $42,082. Males had a median income of $21,633 versus $31,633 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,884. About 12.9% of families and 23.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.4% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over. 9. Transportation 1.

Air

The region is served by Jonesboro Municipal Airport. Scheduled flights between Jonesboro and In the city the population St. Louis, Missouri, are was spread out with 22.9% offered daily by Air Choice One. under the age of 18, 16.6% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 2. Public transport 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 The area is served by years of age or older. The the Jonesboro Economic median age was 32 years. Transit System (JETS). For every 100 females As of 2011, JETS operates there were 92.1 males. For three fixed routes, as well every 100 females age 18 as para-transit service for and over, there were 88.8 disabled persons. males. The median income for


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character Rooster Cogburn in public. in the 2010 film adaptation • In the 2012 bestseller 1. Elementary and of Charles Portis’ novel Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, secondary education True Grit. the female lead buys a used There are four public • Numerous references car in Jonesboro, meeting school districts operating to the city are made in the sellers in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. within the city limits of Jonesboro native John Jonesboro. They include: Grisham’s book A Painted 12. Notable people • Jonesboro School House and in the 2003 Auburn, movie of the same title. • David District • Valley View School The story takes place in playwright and screenplay Craighead County, and writer, best known for his District • Nettleton School the movie was filmed award-winning play (and in the town of Lepanto adapted screenplay) for District Proof • W e s t s i d e in neighboring Poinsett • Alan Belcher, UFC County. Consolidated School fighter • Elvis Presley, who District frequently played the high • Earl Bell, former 2. P o s t s e c o n d a r y school and college dance pole vault champion and circuit in the Jonesboro current coach of top US education area, became an honorary men and women vaulters Jonesboro is the main member of Tau Kappa • Wes Bentley, actor campus of the following Epsilon of Arkansas State best known for his role as Division I school: Ricky in American Beauty University. • Arkansas State • Nettleton, Bumpass, a • Rodger University community annexed to the voice of Squidward Jonesboro in the 1960s, Tentacles on SpongeBob 11. In popular culture and made national headlines SquarePants trivia Caraway, in 1939 when a local • Hattie teenaged first woman elected to the Jonesboro is the place minister’s United States Senate of death of the fictional daughter wore short pants World Views Guides

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• Paul Caraway, son of Hattie Caraway; High Commissioner of the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands • Clint Catalyst, writer, actor, model, stylist, journalist • Matt Cavenaugh, Broadway actor • Francis Cherry, governor of Arkansas from 1953 to 1955 • Rick Crawford, U.S. congressman from Arkansas • Pat Daugherty, bass player for Black Oak Arkansas • Woody Freeman, businessman; Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1984 • John Grisham, novelist • Julia Butterfly Hill, environmental activist • Larry Lacewell, former American football player, coach and scout • Mary Lambert, film director (Pet Sematary); various Madonna music videos • Evan Lindquist, Artist Laureate of Arkansas

(2013-2017) • Kyle Dean Massey, Broadway actor • Dustin McDaniel, current Arkansas Attorney General • Pete Mead, middleweight boxing champion of the 1940s • Ben Murphy, actor, formerly of ABC’s Alias Smith and Jones • Jon Olsen, Olympic gold medalist swimmer • David Ring, motivational speaker with cerebral palsy • John W. Snyder, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman • Tony Spinner, solo blues-rock musician and guitarist for the band Toto • Charley Thornton, sports figure • Bobby Lee Trammell, rockabilly musician • Debbye Turner, Miss America 1990 • Rocky Williform, entrepreneur • Matt Henegar, tattoo artist 13. Shopping

opened in 2006, is the largest mall in northeast Arkansas. Before the opening of the mall, the Indian Mall was the primary shopping destination in northeast Arkansas. In 2012, Indian Mall, named for the former mascot of Arkansas State University, was demolished. The only store to remain in its original location was Sears. In 2012, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked Jonesboro ninth of the “Ten Best Cities for Cheapskates”. 14. Local television and radio Television: KAIT 8 - ABC • KTEJ (AETN) 19 PBS • KJOS 21 - The CW • KTVJ (VTN) 48 •

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