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Tenneco bought Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation with two gold mines in Nevada in the late 1970s. Tenneco owned and operated a large number of gasoline service stations, but all were closed or replaced with other brands by the mid-1990s. [7] Fairchild F-27J executive aircraft of Tenneco at Chicago O'Hare Airport in 1979.
Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge , a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas Delta .
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 Jonesboro–Paragould Combined Statistical Area is made up of three counties in northeastern Arkansas. The CSA consists of the Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Paragould Micropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 163,116. [1]
The first settler in the area was Benjamin Crowley, who arrived from Kentucky in 1821 and made his home about 12 miles (19 km) west of Paragould.. Greene County was formed on November 5, 1833, out of portions of Lawrence County and originally contained parts of present Clay and Craighead counties.
The Texaco Station No. 1 is a historic automotive service station at 110 East Main Street in Paragould, Arkansas.Built in 1925, it is a Mission-style brick building with a canopy extending to cover the service area.
Location of Greene County in Arkansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greene County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The Paragould Downtown Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic central business district of Paragould, Arkansas.The city was organized in 1882 around the intersection of two railroad lines, which lies in the southwestern portion of this district.