Paragould, Arkansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Jonesboro. It is located about 18 miles [28 km] to the southwest of Paragould and has a population of 55,515 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Blytheville. It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the east of Paragould and has a population of 18,272 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Corning	N	24 mi [38.62 km]	3,308	10.08% decrease
	Gosnell	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	3,582	9.73% decrease
	Hoxie	W	25 mi [40.23 km]	2,647	6.03% decrease
	Manila	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	2,828	7.43% decrease
	Newport	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	7,404	5.21% decrease
	Osceola	SE	37 mi [59.5 km]	7,914	10.83% decrease
	Piggott	NE	28 mi [45.06 km]	3,482	10.58% decrease
	Pocahontas	NW	29 mi [46.67 km]	6,713	2.99% increase
	Trumann	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	6,794	1.38% decrease
	Walnut Ridge	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	4,664	5.3% decrease
	Caruthersville (MO)	E	48 mi [77.2 km]	6,145	9.1% decrease
	Hayti (MO)	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	2,959	7.73% decrease
	Kennett (MO)	NE	28 mi [45.06 km]	10,707	4.91% decrease
	Malden (MO)	NE	47 mi [75.6 km]	4,481	6.29% decrease
	Poplar Bluff (MO)	N	49 mi [78.9 km]	17,096	2.67% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Black Oak	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	300	4.9% increase
	Bono	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,599	5.75% increase
	Brookland	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,670	25.38% increase
	Delaplaine	NW	16 mi [25.75 km]	130	2.36% increase
	Knobel	N	18 mi [28.97 km]	326	8.94% decrease
	Lafe	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	398	3.38% increase
	Lake City	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	2,130	8.9% increase
	Lake View	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Leachville	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,852	6.51% decrease
	Marmaduke	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	1,174	1.38% increase
	Monette	SE	14 mi [22.53 km]	1,229	4.24% increase
	Oak Grove Heights	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	820	12.79% increase
	Peach Orchard	NW	17 mi [27.36 km]	174	10.77% decrease
	Arbyrd (MO)	E	15 mi [24.14 km]	489	7.39% decrease
	Cardwell (MO)	E	12 mi [19.31 km]	723	8.37% decrease

Greene County

Paragould is located in Greene County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene: Clay, Dunklin (MO), Craighead, Lawrence and Randolph.

While not sharing a border with Greene, the counties of Mississippi and Poinsett are close to Paragould.

Below are counties that are near Paragould (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Paragould:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Paragould
	Clay County	NE	Heubner	15 miles [24 km]
	Craighead County	S	Tunis	6 miles [9 km]
	Jackson County	SW	Swifton	37 miles [59 km]
	Lawrence County	W	Whiskerville	17 miles [27 km]
	Mississippi County	E	Arkmo	15 miles [24 km]
	Poinsett County	S	Dobell	25 miles [40 km]
	Randolph County	NW	O'Kean	18 miles [28 km]
	Butler County (MO)	NE	Fagus (MO)	34 miles [54 km]
	Dunklin County (MO)	E	Riverside (MO)	9 miles [14 km]
	Pemiscot County (MO)	E	Temples Corner (MO)	31 miles [49 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<3>

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