Jackson County, Arkansas Basics:


Jackson County Arkansas - Government Site

Population: 17,619
Area: 634 square miles
County seat: Newport
Area code(s) in use: 870
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.5%
Median household income: $31,692
Persons in poverty: 25.6%
Home ownership rate: 69.7%
Mean travel time to work: 19.1 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Craighead  Cross  Independence  Lawrence  Poinsett  White  Woodruff  

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Map of the Jackson County area


Our detail map of Jackson County shows the Jackson County, Arkansas boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Jackson County, Arkansas

  Airports     show all on map

Black Landing Field, Breckenridge Airport, Haigwood Landing Strip, Harris Hospital and Clinic Heliport, Livesay Landing Strip, Newport Hospital and Clinic Heliport, Newport Municipal Airport, Oil Trough Landing Strip, Tuckerman Landing Strip

  Bars     show all on map

Deitz School, Little Island Bar, Pipkin Bar, Reese Bar

  Bays     show all on map

Hobbs Eddy

  Bends     show all on map

Baines Bend, Bateman Bend, Battle Axe Bend, Cooper Bend, Dead Mule Bend, Devils Elbow, Eagle Lake Bend, Hinkle Bend, Mason Bend, Running Water Bend, Stalcup Bend

  Bridges     show all on map

Newport Bridge

  Buildings     show all on map

Arkansas Department of Corrections McPherson Unit, Arkansas State Police Troop B, Arkansas State University Police Department Newport, Diaz City Hall, Diaz Police Department, Diaz Volunteer Fire Department, Eight Mile Fire Department Station, Eight Mile Fire Department Station - Storage Garage, Erwin Volunteer Fire Department, Grubbs Volunteer Fire Department, Jackson County Courthouse, Jackson County Jail, Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Jacksonport Volunteer Fire Station, Newport City Hall, Newport Fire Department, Newport Fire Department Ambulance, Newport Housing Authority, Newport Police Department, Pinedale Nursing Home, R and I Volunteer Fire Department, Richwood Volunteer Fire Station, Swifton Police Department, Swifton Volunteer Fire Department, Tuckerman Police Department, Tuckerman Volunteer Fire Department, Tuckerman Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance, W A Billingsley Memorial Library, Weldon Volunteer Fire Department, White River Emergency Medical Services

  Canals     show all on map

Browns Creek Ditch, Cage Ditch, Campbell Ditch, Cow Lake Ditch, Cypress Creek Ditch, Deep Ditch, Gum Pond Ditch, Harley Anderson Ditch, Hatchet Ditch, Hout Ditch, Locust Creek Ditch, Maple Ditch, May Branch Lateral, Overcup Ditch, Pompeys Ditch, Skillet Ditch, Swan Pond Ditch, Tiger Ditch, Tuckerman Ditch, Willow Ditch

  Cemeteries     show all on map

'Bill' Ford Cemetery, Anthony Family Cemetery, Arnold Cemetery, Ashley Family Cemetery, Balch-Johnston Cemetery, Ballews Chapel Cemetery, Bandy Cemetery, Bethlehem Cemetery, Board Cemetery, Bowen's Ridge Cemetery, Brandenburg Cemetery, Briar Fork Cemetery, Burgess Cemetery, Burton Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery, Carter Cemetery, Centerville Cemetery, Cheshire Cemetery, Coe Cemetery, Coffeyville Cemetery, Cole Cemetery, Conditt Cemetery, Cord Carter Cemetery, Cross and Hodges Cemetery, Dale Cemetery, Denton Cemetery, Denton Island Cemetery, Dowell Cemetery, Dowell Chapel Cemetery, Eight Mile Cemetery, Foust-Adams Family Cemetery, Givens Cemetery, Good Hope Cemetery, Gourdneck Cemetery, Gracelawn Cemetery, Greenhaw Cemetery, Greenhaw Cemetery, Guthray Cemetery, Hafley Cemetery, Hankins-Sullins Cemetery, Hardy Cemetery, Harper-Barnes Cemetery, Harrison Cemetery, Harrison Cemetery, Harrison Cemetery, Haynes Cemetery, Hickman Cemetery, Hickory Grove Cemetery, Holloway Cemetery, Howard Cemetery, Jackson Cemetery, Jacksonport Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Johnstown Cemeteries, Jones Cemetery, Lampkins Cemetery, Lawrence Cemetery, Leachville Cemetery, Mardis Family Cemetery, Martin Cemetery, Martin Cemetery, McCall Cemetery, McDonald Cemetery, Memory Garden Cemetery, Mercy Seat Cemetery, Moss Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, New Hope Cemetery, Nuckles Switch Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery, Oakland Cemetery, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Old Shiloh Cemetery, Parrott Cemetery, Parrott Family Cemetery, Patterson Cemetery, Post Oak Cemetery, Prysock Cemetery, Roberts-Penix Cemetery, Robinson Cemetery, Sackett Family Cemetery, Salem Cemetery, Sand Hill Cemetery, Scantlin Cemetery, Scott Cemetery, Shell Cemetery, Shiloh Cemetery, Slayden Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Steen Cemetery, Stennick Cemetery, Sunnyside Cemetery, Surrounded Hill Cemetery, Sutherland Cemetery, Swifton Cemetery, Vick Family Cemetery, Walker Cemetery, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Watson Cemetery, Westmoreland Cemetery, Wilkerson Cemetery, Williamson Cemetery

  Churches     show all on map

Amagon Baptist Church, Arnold Church, Ballews Chapel, Beedeville Church (historical), Bethel Church, Briar Fork Church (historical), Browns Temple Church of God in Christ, Calhoun Street Church of Christ, Calvary Church, Campbell Station Baptist Church, Church of Christ, Church of Christ, Church of Christ, Church of Christ, Citizenship Church, Cow Lake Church (historical), Diaz Baptist Church, East Newport Church of Christ, Elgin Landmark Church, Emery Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South (historical), First Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First Church of the Nazarene, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, First United Pentecostal Church, Friendship Church, Gospel Tabernacle, Greenhaw Church, Hickory Grove Church, Hope Church, Horseshoe Baptist Church, Hurricane Church, Immanuel Baptist Church, Island Church, Love Chapel (historical), Maple Chapel, Morning Star Baptist Church, Mount Carmel Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Mount Zion Church, Murphys Chapel, Murphys Corner Baptist Church, New Hope Church, Oakland Church, Old Shiloh Church (historical), Pleasant Briar Fork Church, Saint Lukes Church, Saint Pauls African Methodist Episcopal Church, Saint Pauls Episcopal Church, Sneed Church, Sunnyside Church, Surrounded Hill Church, Tuckerman United Methodist Church, Umsted Memorial Methodist Church

  Cliffs     show all on map

Bird Point, Wildcat Bluff

  Dams     show all on map

Doctor Jacksons Lake Dam, Masons Reservoir Dam

  Guts     show all on map

Bee Tree Slough, Mayberry Slough, Pickett Slough, Round Pond, Slaughter Pen Slough

  Hospitals     show all on map

Harris Hospital, Newport Hospital and Clinic

  Islands     show all on map

Towhead Island

  Lakes     show all on map

Bear Lake, Beaver Dam Lake, Bell Lake, Bergen Lake, Big Horseshoe Lake, Blanchard Lake, Brewer Lake, Bright Lake, Brush Lake, Buck Pond, Campbell Lake, Clear Lake, Drummond Lake, Duck Roost Slough, Eagle Lake, Eagle Lake, Gamble Lake, Goose Pond, Grassy Lake, Grindle Lake, Guthrie Lake, Hale Lake, Hog Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Howard Lake, Johnson Lake, Jonah Lake, Layton Lake, Little Horseshoe Lake, Little Mott Lake, Mott Lake, Newport Lake, Newton Lake, Otter Lake, Parrott Lake, Pickett Lake, Round Pond, Spradlin Lake, Steenbergen Lake, Vance Lake, Watson Lake

  Locales     show all on map

Airport Industrial Park, Calhoun Place (historical), Ivy Terrace Shopping Center, Jackson County Landfill, Kenyon Lodge, Newport Country Club, Pipkin Place (historical), The Galeria Shopping Center, Tuckerman Industrial Park, Van Winkle Lodge, Village Mall Shopping Center

  Military     show all on map

Erwin Auxiliary Army Airfield (historical), Milltown Auxiliary Army Airfield (historical), Newport Army Airfield (historical)

  Parks     show all on map

Hines Park, Jacksonport State Park, Lockwood Park, Remmel Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Adelaide (historical), Airport Village, Algoa, Amagon, Amith Addition, Auvergne, Balch, Beedeville, Bengel, Blackville, Campbell Station, Centerville, Coffeeville, Cow Lake (historical), Crossroads, Denmark, Diaz, Eightmile (historical), Elgin, Erwin, Estico, Fitzgerald, Gourd Neck, Grand Glaise, Grubbs, Hale (historical), Heffington, Horseshoe, Ingleside, Island Town, Jacksonport, Johnstown, Kenyon, Macks, McFadden, Midway, Murphys Corner, Newport, Nuckles, Old Grand Glaise, Olyphant, Pennington, Possum Grape, Reamey, Remmel, Shoffner, Spriggs Mill, Stegall, Stringers Mill, Swifton, Tuckerman, Tupelo, Tuscany (historical), Vance, Weldon, Wilkinsville (historical)

  Post Offices     show all on map

Coffeyville Post Office (historical), Diaz Post Office, Newport Post Office, Tuckerman Post Office, Williams Mill Post Office (historical)

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Doctor Jacksons Lake, Masons Reservoir, Parsley Reservoir

  Ridges     show all on map

Bowen Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Albright Elementary School, Arkansas State University - Newport, Arnold School (historical), Blacksville School (historical), Branch High School, Bridge School (historical), Castleberry Elementary School, Citizenship School (historical), Cook School, Eastside School, Elm Grove School (historical), Gibbs Albright Elementary School, Goetz School (historical), Gourd Neck School (historical), Gourd Neck School (historical), Grubbs Elementary School, Grubbs High School, Hickory Grove School (historical), Kenyon School, New Home School, Newport High School, Newport Junior High School, Oak Grove School (historical), Page School (historical), Pleasant Valley School, Pond Switch School, Proctor School (historical), Rutherford School, Sneed School (historical), Swifton Elementary School, Swifton High School, Tuckerman Elementary School, Tuckerman High School, Walnut Street Public School (historical), Weldon School (historical), White Rover Vocational Technical School

  Streams     show all on map

Bear Lake Slough, Bennett Branch, Black River, Blue Creek, Bullock Branch, Burns Creek, Cattail Creek, Deadman Slough, Eight Mile Creek, Fussy Branch, Hickman Branch, Hurricane Branch, Jack Creek, Locust Creek, Mill Creek, Mud Slough, Overcup Slough, Running Water Creek, Toms Creek, Turkey Slough, Village Creek, Willow Creek, Willow Slough, Worthington Slough

  Summits     show all on map

Howard Mound, Surrounded Hill, Throckmorton Hill

  Swamps     show all on map

Air Brake, Bell Lake Brake, Brushy Brake, Bush Brake, California Brake, Dunahay Brake, Heinmann Brake, Holly Orchard Brake, Lofton Lake, Lost Lake, Moss Brake, Ray Brake, Tupelo Brake, Tupelo Brake

  Towers     show all on map

KNBY-AM (Newport), KOKR-FM (Newport)

  Valleys     show all on map

Hook Hollow,

Jackson County, Arkansas Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteJackson County White population 14,14814,148  
BlackJackson County Black population 3,0303,030
MixedJackson County Mixed population 264264
American IndianJackson County American Indian population 106105
AsianJackson County Asian population 5352
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderJackson County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 1817

Additional population tables :
State population table
Arkansas population by county