Philadelphia, Arkansas

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Jonesboro. It lies just south of Philadelphia and has a population of 55,515 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Paragould. It is located about 16 miles [25 km] to the northeast of Philadelphia and has a population of 22,017 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Blytheville	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	16,105	11.86% decrease
	Corning	N	37 mi [59.5 km]	3,308	10.08% decrease
	Earle	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	2,735	9.91% decrease
	Gosnell	E	41 mi [66 km]	3,582	9.73% decrease
	Hoxie	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	2,647	6.03% decrease
	Manila	E	30 mi [48.28 km]	2,828	7.43% decrease
	Marked Tree	SE	28 mi [45.06 km]	2,634	5.93% decrease
	Newport	SW	34 mi [54.7 km]	7,404	5.21% decrease
	Osceola	E	41 mi [66 km]	7,914	10.83% decrease
	Piggott	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	3,482	10.58% decrease
	Pocahontas	NW	30 mi [48.28 km]	6,713	2.99% increase
	Trumann	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	6,794	1.38% decrease
	Walnut Ridge	NW	19 mi [30.58 km]	4,664	5.3% decrease
	Wynne	S	44 mi [70.8 km]	8,437	2.07% decrease
	Kennett (MO)	NE	44 mi [70.8 km]	10,707	4.91% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alicia	W	21 mi [33.8 km]	138	4.83% decrease
	Bay	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	2,030	12.78% increase
	Black Oak	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	300	4.9% increase
	Bono	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	1,599	5.75% increase
	Brookland	E	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,670	25.38% increase
	Cash	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	318	8.16% increase
	College City	NW	21 mi [33.8 km]	379	40.89% increase
	Egypt	W	13 mi [20.92 km]	106	4.95% increase
	Harrisburg	S	21 mi [33.8 km]	2,117	3.42% decrease
	Lake City	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,130	8.9% increase
	Lake View	E	14 mi [22.53 km]	---
	Minturn	W	19 mi [30.58 km]	110	3.51% decrease
	Monette	E	20 mi [32.19 km]	1,229	4.24% increase
	Oak Grove Heights	NE	20 mi [32.19 km]	820	12.79% increase
	Sedgwick	NW	11 mi [17.7 km]	207	84.82% increase

Craighead County

Philadelphia is located in Craighead County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Craighead: Greene, Dunklin (MO), Mississippi, Poinsett, Jackson and Lawrence.

While not sharing a border with Craighead, the following counties are close to Philadelphia: Randolph, Clay and Cross.

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

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Philadelphia
	Clay County	N	Peach Orchard	27 miles [43 km]
	Crittenden County	SE	Galilee	35 miles [56 km]
	Cross County	S	Bay Village	29 miles [46 km]
	Greene County	N	Lorado	7 miles [11 km]
	Independence County	W	Dowdy	33 miles [53 km]
	Jackson County	W	Swifton	24 miles [38 km]
	Lawrence County	NW	Sedgwick	11 miles [17 km]
	Mississippi County	E	Rokey	23 miles [37 km]
	Poinsett County	S	Mulligan	12 miles [19 km]
	Randolph County	N	O'Kean	21 miles [33 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for Arkansas<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning 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) Philadelphia. 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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