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Craighead County, Arkansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
23historic places
—earliest paper
1859formed
111,231pop. 2020
48cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Jonesboro, Monette, Bay.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Arkansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Craighead titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Arkansas State College Historic DistrictJonesboroDistrict2024
Bay MoundsBaySite1978
Bell HouseJonesboroBuilding1976
Berger HouseJonesboroBuilding1996
Berger-Graham HouseJonesboroBuilding1985
Bridge Street BridgeJonseboroStructure2020
Caraway, US Sen. Hattie, GravesiteJonesboroSite2007
Citizens Bank BuildingJonesboroBuilding2020
Community Center #1JonesboroBuilding2008
Craighead County CourthouseJonesboroBuilding1998
Craighead County Road 513C BridgeDixieStructure1995
First National Bank BuildingMonetteBuilding2008
Frierson HouseJonesboroBuilding1973
Fuller-Shannon HouseJonesboroBuilding2020
Jonesboro U.S. Post Office and CourthouseJonesboroBuilding2019
Kays, Victor Cicero, HouseJonesboroBuilding2014
Mercantile Bank BuildingJonesboroBuilding2005
Monette Water TowerMonetteStructure2008
Nash-Reid-Hill HouseJonesboroBuilding1994
Patteson HouseJonesboroBuilding2020
St. Francis River BridgeLake CityStructure1990
West Washington Avenue Historic DistrictJonesboroDistrict1982
Westbrooke, Edward L., BuildingJonesboroBuilding2003

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Craighead was formed in 1859 (1859-02-19) from Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett.

CRAIGHEAD created from GREENE, MISSISSIPPI, and POINSETT.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Craighead County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

111k57k3,0661860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,0667,03719,50537,54147,20050,61347,30363,23982,148111,231

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

48 cemeteries and 14 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed
NameLatLon
Bishop Cemetery35.82918-90.79421
Burrow Cemetery35.89065-90.41419
Caldwell Cemetery35.96638-90.69778
Caraway Cemetery35.76674-90.34093
Cooper Cemetery35.882-90.622
Culberhouse Cemetery35.8943-90.64974
Gibson Cemetery35.81904-90.81503
Holloway Cemetery35.70784-91.01386
Holy Cross Cemetery35.83092-90.73783
Johnson Cemetery35.7902-90.96662
Jonesboro Memorial Park Cemetery35.79646-90.68899
Kelly Cemetery35.7947-90.74247
Lake City Cemetery35.81385-90.42848
Love Cemetery35.88369-90.7808
Lower Cane Island Cemetery35.8459-90.43093
Macedonia Cemetery35.8922-90.63334
Macy Cemetery35.93085-90.36749
Mangrum Cemetery35.79117-90.37655
McDaniel Cemetery35.77979-90.72927
Mount Pisgah Cemetery35.7214-90.67715
Mount Sinai Cemetery35.83694-90.73704
Nettleton Cemetery35.84139-90.65204
New Haven Cemetery35.89868-90.67427
New Hope Cemetery35.94157-90.73044
Nober Cemetery35.89327-90.60413
Old Trinity Cemetery35.95316-90.76173
Otwell Cemetery35.73383-90.84918
Philadelphia Cemetery35.88602-90.71182
Pine Hill Cemetery35.78535-90.70011
Pine Log Cemetery35.93145-90.60538
Pleasant Grove Cemetery35.87009-90.65033
Rains Cemetery35.91007-90.70038
Ransom Cemetery35.85514-90.67886
Reliford Cemetery35.95764-90.64573
Rock Hill Cemetery35.94473-90.67515
Saint Pauls Cemetery35.73403-90.55158
Sharp Cemetery35.87927-90.69895
Shiloh Cemetery35.9272-90.69407
Sims Cemetery35.96295-90.55478
Straw Floor Cemetery35.83139-90.74049
Sweet Moments Cemetery35.9629-90.58534
Temple of Israel Cemetery35.83618-90.73872
Trinity Cemetery35.92812-90.77677
Union Grove Cemetery35.90109-90.74089
Upper Cane Island Cemetery35.87174-90.42785
White Cemetery35.71193-90.65983
Woodlawn Oaklawn Cemetery35.83447-90.73779
Worley Cemetery35.80785-91.01231
Historical populated places — 14 of 14
NameLatLon
Cane Island35.84591-90.42844
Credit35.72174-91.00568
Doss35.82646-90.64178
Greensboro35.95479-90.62233
March35.8798-90.7765
Maysville35.92896-90.48177
Obear35.71508-90.84345
Pekin35.81924-90.50844
Scarb35.85869-90.87373
Shaw35.73008-90.36677
Smithville35.92924-90.55511
Waco35.7448-90.32538
Webbs Mill35.81841-90.56678
Whitburg35.85007-90.59733

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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