Arkansas City, Arkansas

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The city of Arkansas City is located in Desha County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Arkansas City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
McGehee	4,040	W	11 mi [17.7 km]
Benoit (MS)	563	E	11 mi [17.7 km]
Dermott	3,298	SW	14 mi [22.53 km]
Reed	255	NW	15 mi [24.14 km]
Metcalfe (MS)	1,244	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]

To learn about neighboring communities, please visit the Arkansas City Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Arkansas City had a population of 589 people..

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Arkansas City had a population of 531 people. This is a decrease of 9.85% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Arkansas City).

Arkansas City is 130 feet [39.62 m] above sea level.^<3>

Both Kansas and Texas have communities that are named Arkansas City.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Arkansas City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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