Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Jonesboro, AR

Jonesboro is a city in Craighead County and one of the county's two county seats (the other is Lake City), and it serves as the cultural and economic center of Northeast Arkansas.

Jonesboro is the fifth-most-populous city in Arkansas, with 78,576 residents counted in the 2020 census.

Jonesboro was founded on February 19, 1859, when Craighead County was carved out of Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties, and it was named for State Senator William A. Jones, who supported the county's formation.

The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough before being shortened to Jonesboro, and the town had just 150 residents in 1859.

Jonesboro was incorporated on February 15, 1883.

Jonesboro sits atop Crowley's Ridge, a narrow forested highland that rises above the flat Mississippi Alluvial Plain in northeastern Arkansas.

The 2020 census counted 30,620 households and 18,964 families in Jonesboro, and the city's population grew from 67,263 in 2010 to 78,576 in 2020.

Jonesboro is home to Arkansas State University, founded in 1909 as Arkansas State College, whose campus landmarks include the Dean B. Ellis Library.

The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine operates a second location on the Arkansas State University campus in Wilson Hall.

The Arkansas State University Museum, located on campus, is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums — one of only four accredited museums in Arkansas — and interprets the history of the Mississippi River Delta region.