Cash, Arkansas

Cash, Arkansas
Location of Cash in Craighead County, Arkansas.
Location of Cash in Craighead County, Arkansas.
Coordinates: 35°48′04″N 90°55′54″W / 35.80111°N 90.93167°W / 35.80111; -90.93167
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyCraighead
Area
 • Total0.37 sq mi (0.95 km2)
 • Land0.37 sq mi (0.95 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation249 ft (76 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total280
 • Density762.94/sq mi (294.43/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72421
Area code870
FIPS code05-11920
GNIS feature ID2406234[2]

Cash is a city[3] in western Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 342 at the 2010 census. Cash Arkansas population was of mostly white with 99.8% and partial Puerto Rican ethnicity. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The name "Cash" is a corruption of the Cache River.[4]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cash, Arkansas
  3. ^ Local.Arkansas.gov - Cash, retrieved September 3, 2012
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 20.