Craighead County, Arkansas, United States

Details for Craighead County

Name

Craighead County

Place Type

County

Located in

Arkansas, United States

County Seat

Jonesboro (Jonesboro Township) and Lake City (Lake City Township)

Coordinates

Latitude		35.8167418		35° 49' 00.3" N
Longitude		-90.6501109		90° 39' 00.4" W

Population

68,956

Elevation

77 m

Surrounding Counties

Greene N
Dunklin (Missouri) NE
Mississippi E
Poinsett S
Jackson SW
Lawrence NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

66847

Histopolis Place ID

377434756

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Craighead County

12 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Craighead County Arkansas Genealogy [Couch Genealogy of the US]
http://www.couchgenweb.com/craighead/ (15 Jul 2009)

Arkansas Gravestones - Cemetery Index [Arkansas Gravestones]
Research your Arkansas ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Arkansas gravestone photos. Locate Arkansas gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Arkansas roots.
http://arkansasgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=4 (13 Apr 2011)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Arkansas > Craighead County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Arkansas > Craighead County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/AR/Craighead/ (18 Jun 2010)

Craighead County, Arkansas Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Craighead County, Arkansas from cemeteries throughout Craighead County, Arkansas. Search cemetery records online here.
http://www.interment.net/us/ar/craighead.htm (16 May 2010)

Craighead County, ARGenWeb Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/craighead/craighead.htm (24 Jan 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Craighead County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=11455&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (21 Jul 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Arkansas > Craighead County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Arkansas > Craighead County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/AR/Craighead/cem/ (5 Jun 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Craighead County, Ark. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/CG.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Craighead County Historical Society
http://www.craigheadhistorical.org/ (4 Jul 2010)

Craighead County, Arkansas AR, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Craighead County, Arkansas AR, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=11455 (3 Nov 2008)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=108 (12 Sep 2009)

Craighead County, Arkansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craighead_County,_Arkansas (18 Jul 2010)

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Surveys in Craighead County

1 Survey, 7 Ranges, 20 Townships

The Fifth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Craighead County. You can navigate to any of the 20 survey townships that overlap Craighead County using the navigation tool below.

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Townships of Craighead County

18 Townships

Big Creek	Black Oak	Brookland	Buffalo
Gilkerson	Greenfield	Herndon	Jonesboro
Lake City	Lester	Little Texas	Maumelle
Nettleton	Powell	Prairie	Promised Land
Taylor	Texas

Cities of Craighead County

6 Cities, 4 Towns, 80 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Aetna	Antioch	Apt	Bay (city)
Black Oak (town)	Bono (city)	Bowman	Brookland (town)
Buck Snort	Bunney	Burnt Hill	Cane Island (historical u.p.)
Caraway (city)	Cary	Cash (town)	Childress
Chilson	Claunch	Cottonwood Corner	Credit (historical u.p.)
Davis Spur	Deep Landing	Degelow	Deglow
Delfore	Denton Island	Dixie	Dorothy
Doss (historical u.p.)	Dryden	Egypt (town)	Elm Grove
Fallis	Farrville	Fiftysix	Fisher
Gibson	Gilkerson	Glendale	Goobertown
Greensboro (historical u.p.)	Gum Point	Hancock	Hancock Junction
Hergett	Herman	Herndon	Jonesboro (city)
Jonesboro Junction	Lake (city)	Lake View	Lepanto Junction
Lester	Longwill	Lunsford	Macey
Mangrum	March (historical u.p.)	Maysville (historical u.p.)	Monette (city)
Nalle	Needham	Nemo	Nettleton
Oak Ridge	Obear (historical u.p.)	Otwell	Pauls Switch
Pekin (historical u.p.)	Philadelphia	Phillips	Pleasant Grove
Poplar Ridge	Ridge	Riggs	Risher
Sandy	Scarb (historical u.p.)	Shaw (historical u.p.)	Smithville (historical u.p.)
Southland	Sterling Springs	Stier	Three Way
Upper Poplar Ridge	Valley View	Waco (historical u.p.)	Webbs Mill (historical u.p.)
Whitburg (historical u.p.)	Winesburg

Cemeteries of Craighead County

48 Cemeteries, 3 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Bishop	Burrow	Caldwell	Caraway
Cooper	Culberhouse	Gibson	Holloway
Holy Cross	Johnson	Jonesboro Memorial Park	Kelly
Lake City	Love	Lower Cane Island	Macedonia
Macy	Mangrum	McDaniel	Mount Pisgah
Mount Sinai	Mt. Pisgah (*)	Mt. Sinai (*)	Nettleton
New Haven	New Hope	Nober	Old Trinity
Otwell	Philadelphia	Pine Hill	Pine Log
Pleasant Grove	Rains	Ransom	Reliford
Rock Hill	Saint Pauls	Sharp	Shiloh
Sims	St. Pauls (*)	Straw Floor	Sweet Moments
Temple of Israel	Trinity	Union Grove	Upper Cane Island
White	Woodlawn	Worley

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