Blytheville, Arkansas Blytheville, Arkansas Blytheville City Park Blytheville AR 008.jpg Location in Mississippi County and the state of Arkansas Location in Mississippi County and the state of Arkansas The Greyhound Bus Station is one of eight sites in Blytheville listed on the National Register of Historic Places Blytheville is the biggest city in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.
Blytheville is approximately 60 miles north of West Memphis.
Blytheville received telephone service and electricity in 1903, and natural gas service in 1950. The region around Blytheville continues to be farmed, though family farms have given way to large factory operations. In the 1980s, Blytheville began to precarious an industrialized base, much of which centered on the steel industry.
Until 1991, Blytheville was home to Blytheville Air Force Base (later retitled Eaker Air Force Base), a primary airfield that was part of the Strategic Air Command.
Blytheville's populace continues to decline.
The 2010 Enumeration reported Blytheville's populace at 15,620, and the 2014 Enumeration estimate is 14,884.
The 2015 City-data.com crime index for Blytheville, Arkansas is 946.2.
Blytheville is positioned at 35 55 51 N 89 54 50 W (35.930735, -89.913940). It is the easternmost settlement in the state of Arkansas. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 20.6 square miles (53 km2), of which 20.6 square miles (53 km2) is territory and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.29%) is water.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Blytheville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Aviation Repair Technologies (ART) is headquartered at Arkansas International Airport in Blytheville and employs approximately 120 employees.
Blytheville Public Schools serves the city.
Blytheville Primary School (K-2) Blytheville Elementary School (3-5) Blytheville Middle School (6-8) Blytheville High School (9-12) The improve is also served by Armorel Public Schools, Gosnell Public Schools and KIPP: Blytheville Charter School.
Blytheville is home to Arkansas Northeastern College (formerly Mississippi County Community College until its consolidation with Cotton Boll Technical Institute).
Julie Adams, film and tv actress; interval up in Blytheville.
Mark Biviano, Republican state representative from White County; born in Blytheville in 1960 Marvin Childers, state representative from Mississippi County from 2001 to 2006; attorney and lobbyist in Little Rock, formerly practiced in Blytheville R&B singer Dee Clark, known for his 1961 hit "Raindrops," was a native of Blytheville.
Mad Magazine editor Al Feldstein, who was stationed in Blytheville amid World War II, later wrote a science fiction story set in Blytheville entitled "Chewed Out", for Weird Science.
Graduate of Blytheville High School.
Jon Woods, Arkansas State Senator and musician; spent part of his childhood in Blytheville.
"Blytheville (Mississippi County)".
"Climate Summary for Blytheville, Arkansas".
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