Crittenden County
Also known as Crittenden County, Arkansas, Crittenden County, AR
county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- October 22, 1825
- Named after
- Robert Crittenden
- Seat
- Marion
- Largest city
- West Memphis
- Total
- 636 sq mi (1,650 km )
- Land
- 610 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Water
- 27 sq mi (70 km ) 4.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 46,210
- Density
- 79/sq mi (30/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Cotton workers on the road, carrying all they possess in the world during the Great Depression. Crittenden County, Arkansas, 1936.
Crittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,163. The county seat is Marion, and the largest city is West Memphis. Crittenden County is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the county's media comes from Memphis, although some Little Rock TV (Arkansas Educational Television Network, KATV) is imported by Comcast Cable. It lies within Arkansas's 1st congressional district.
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