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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 .
People from Jonesboro, Arkansas (2 C, 51 P) T. Television stations in Jonesboro, Arkansas (13 P) Pages in category "Jonesboro, Arkansas" The following 29 pages are in ...
Dan A. Sullivan (born 1950), Arkansas state representative for Craighead and Greene counties since 2015; Dwight Tosh (born 1948), state representative since 2015 from Jonesboro; retired state police officer; Wallace Townsend (1882–1979), attorney and Republican politician
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 state's culture is also influenced by its economy. Finally, Arkansas' cuisine is integral to its culture with such foods as barbecue, traditional country cooking, fried catfish and chicken, wild duck, rice, purple hull peas, okra, apples, fried green tomatoes and grits being part of the people of Arkansas's diet and economy. [citation needed]
Most deaths occurred in rural areas during events like the Elaine Race Riot in Arkansas, where an estimated 100 to 240 black people and 5 white people were killed. Also in 1919 were the Chicago Race Riot and Washington D.C. race riot which killed 38 and 39 people respectively. Both had many more non-fatal injuries and extensive property damage ...
Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and Courthouse This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America . Its reference number is 100003987 .