Paragould, Arkansas Paragould, Arkansas Clockwise from center: Paragould meteorite, Paragould Downtown Commercial Historic District, Greene County Museum, Historic Greene County Courthouse Clockwise from center: Paragould meteorite, Paragould Downtown Commercial Historic District, Greene County Museum, Historic Greene County Courthouse Location in Greene County and the state of Arkansas Location in Greene County and the state of Arkansas Paragould, Arkansas is positioned in the US Paragould, Arkansas - Paragould, Arkansas Location in the United States State Arkansas Paragould is the governmental center of county of Greene County, and the 19th-largest town/city in Arkansas, in the United States.
The town/city is positioned in northeastern Arkansas on the easterly edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained inside the Arkansas delta.
Gould objected to his name's being second and refused to list the new town on his schedules. The town/city had a populace of 26,113 at the 2010 census and an estimated populace of 27,900 in 2015. Paragould is the principal town/city of the Paragould, Arkansas Micropolitan Travel Destination and is also a part of the Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area.
The Paragould micropolitan area's populace was 42,090 at the 2010 census, and the Jonesboro-Paragould Combined Statistical Area's populace was 163,116. Paragould is positioned southeast of the center of Greene County at 36 3 25 N 90 30 11 W (36.057075, -90.502938). U.S.
US 412 leads east 9 miles (14 km) to the Missouri state line at the St.
Francis River, and a further 23 miles (37 km) northeast to Kennett, Missouri; to the west US 412 leads 26 miles (42 km) to Walnut Ridge.
US 49 leads northeast 32 miles (51 km) to Piggott and southwest 20 miles (32 km) to Jonesboro.
The closest primary city is Memphis, Tennessee, 82 miles (132 km) to the southeast.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 31.4 square miles (81.2 km2), of which 31.2 square miles (80.8 km2) is territory and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2), or 0.52%, is water. Arkansas 1.svg Arkansas Highway 1 Arkansas 69.svg Arkansas Highway 69 Arkansas 135.svg Arkansas Highway 135 Arkansas 358.svg Arkansas Highway 358 Paragould, Arkansas As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 26,113 citizens residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 94.4% White, 0.8% Black, 0.4% Native American, 0.3% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, <0.1% from some other race and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 9,789 housing units at an average density of 317.7 per square mile (122.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.87% White, 0.04% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.56% from other competitions, and 0.86% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
Paragould is home to Arkansas State University Paragould, Arkansas Northeastern College, Black River Technical College, and Crowley's Ridge College.
Paragould has two enhance school districts, the Greene County Tech School District and the Paragould School District, as well as Crowley's Ridge Academy and St.
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center is Paragould's only hospital.
The 127-bed acute-care hospital's ground includes a experienced office building with improve wellness center and a building with ground offices for Arkansas Northeastern College's nursing programs. The former Greene County Courthouse is one of twelve sites in Paragould listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Jimmie Lou Fisher, Arkansas State Treasurer, 2002 Democratic nominee for governor of Arkansas Junius Marion Futrell, governor of Arkansas, 1933 1937 Homer Lenderman, former state representative for Craighead and Greene counties Mathew Pitsch, member of the Arkansas House of Representative"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Paragould city, Arkansas".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Paragould, AR Micro Area".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Average weather for Paragould, Arkansas".
City of Paragould official website "Paragould (Greene County)" at Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture Paragould Daily Press, town/city journal Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Arkansas, United States Cities in Arkansas - Cities in Greene County, Arkansas - Micropolitan areas of Arkansas - County seats in Arkansas - Populated places established in 1883 - 1883 establishments in the United States - University suburbs in the United States - Paragould, Arkansas
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