Brinkley, Arkansas

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Brinkley, Arkansas
City
Downtown Brinkley
Location in Monroe County, Arkansas
Coordinates: 34°53′00″N 91°11′34″W / 34.88333°N 91.19278°W / 34.88333; -91.19278
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Monroe
Area [1]
• Total	6.14 sq mi (15.91 km2)
• Land	5.69 sq mi (14.73 km2)
• Water	0.46 sq mi (1.18 km2)
Elevation [2]	200 ft (60 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	2,700
• Density	474.85/sq mi (183.35/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72021
Area code	870
FIPS code	05-08950
GNIS feature ID	2403926[2]
Website	cityofbrinkley.org

Brinkley is the most populous city in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,700,^[3] down from 3,188 in 2010.

Located within the Arkansas Delta, Brinkley was founded as a railroad town in 1872. The city has historically been a transportation and agricultural center in the region, more recently developing a reputation for outdoors recreation and the ivory-billed woodpecker. Birding has become important to the city and region following the purported discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in 2004, a species thought to be extinct 60 years earlier.

Located halfway between Little Rock and Memphis, the city has used the slogan "We'll Meet You Half-Way" in some of its advertising campaigns.^{[citation needed]}