Light, Arkansas

Light, Arkansas
Light is located in Arkansas
Light
Light
Light is located in the United States
Light
Light
Coordinates: 36°04′12″N 90°44′52″W / 36.07000°N 90.74778°W / 36.07000; -90.74778
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyGreene
Elevation262 ft (80 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
72439
Area code870
GNIS feature ID77496[1]

Light is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Light is located at the junction of U.S. Route 412 and Arkansas Highway 228, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) west of Paragould. Light has a post office with ZIP code 72439.[2]

The community is named after Daniel Light, a first settler.[3]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Light, Arkansas
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup Archived 2012-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 75.