The population of Paragould is approximately 18540.
The approximate number of families is 7904.
The amount of land area in Paragould is 75.127 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.408 sq kilometers:.
The distance from Paragould to Washington DC is 790 statute miles. The distance to the Arkansas state capital is 141 statute miles. (Statute miles are "as the crow flies")
Paragould is positioned 36.05 degrees north of the equator and 90.51 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Flag:
A diamond on a red field represents
the only place in North America where diamonds have been discovered and
mined. The twenty-five white stars around the diamond mean that Arkansas
was the twenty-fifth state to join the Union. The top of four stars in
the center represents that Arkansas was a member of the Confederate States
during the Civil War. The other three stars represent Spain, France and
the United States, countries that had earlier ruled the land that includes
Arkansas.
