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Forrest City is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States, and the county seat. [3] It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest , a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan .
St. Francis County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,090. [1] The county seat is Forrest City. [2] St. Francis County comprises the Forrest City, Arkansas Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Memphis-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR Combined Statistical Area.
The 1889 Forrest City riot was a period of civil unrest in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States.The riot began on May 18 and concluded the following day. The conflict had its roots in recent political developments within St. Francis County, of which Forrest City was the county seat.
Map of the United States with Arkansas highlighted Arkansas is a state in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, it is the 33rd most populous state with 3,011,524 inhabitants and the 27th largest by land area spanning 52,035 square miles (134,770 km 2) of land. Arkansas is divided into 75 counties and contains 500 [a] [b] [c] municipalities consisting of cities ...
The Memphis–Clarksdale–Forrest City Combined Statistical Area, TN–MS–AR (CSA) is the commercial and cultural hub of the Mid-South or Ark-Miss-Tenn. The census-defined combined statistical area covers eleven counties in three states, Tennessee , Mississippi , and Arkansas .
Forrest City Cemetery, also known as City Colored Cemetery and Purifoy Cemetery, [1] is a historic Black burial ground in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. [2] It is thought that this burial ground was founded around c. 1880 , by members of the Spring Creek Baptist Church. [ 2 ]
Pope County, and a small portion from Madison County (prior 1890) Benjamin Johnson (1784–1849), the first judge of the federal district court for Arkansas 26,129: 682.74 sq mi (1,768 km 2) Lafayette County: 073: Lewisville: Oct 15, 1827: Hempstead County and later from Columbia County (prior 1910)
FCC Forrest City is located in eastern Arkansas, 85 miles east of Little Rock and 45 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee. [1] The complex consists of four facilities: Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City Low (FCI Forrest City Low): a low-security facility.