Redfield, Arkansas

For people with the surname, see Redfield (surname).

Redfield, Arkansas
City of Redfield
Clockwise from top: The Old Redfield School, Redfield City Hall, the Dollarway Road, Redfield Gymnasium, and the Lone Star Baptist Church
Clockwise from top: The Old Redfield School, Redfield City Hall, the Dollarway Road, Redfield Gymnasium, and the Lone Star Baptist Church
Location in Jefferson County and Arkansas
Location in Jefferson County and Arkansas
Redfield is located in the United States
Redfield
Redfield
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 34°26′34″N 92°11′04″W / 34.44278°N 92.18444°W / 34.44278; -92.18444
CountryUnited States
State Arkansas
CountyJefferson
TownshipBarraque
FoundedDecember 20, 1880 (1880-12-20)
IncorporatedOctober 18, 1898 (1898-10-18)
Founded byJames K. Brodie
Named forJared E. Redfield
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • MayorRoben Brooks (I)
 • CouncilCity Council
Area
 • Total
3.148 sq mi (8.15 km2)
 • Land3.094 sq mi (8.01 km2)
 • Water0.054 sq mi (0.14 km2)
Elevation302 ft (92 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,505
 • Density486.43/sq mi (187.84/km2)
Time zoneUTC– 06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC– 05:00 (CDT)
ZIP code
72132
Area code501
FIPS code05-58580
GNIS feature ID58477, 2404603
Highways
Major airportClinton National Airport (LIT)
Websiteredfieldar.com

Redfield, officially the City of Redfield,[4] is a small city in Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. Located about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Little Rock,[5] the city is part of the Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,505 in the 2020 census.[6] What is now Redfield was formerly part of the historical territories of the Quapaw Nation.[7] Founded in 1880 by James K. Brodie, a 19th-century businessman; it was named for Jared E. Redfield, president of the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway. It is home to two U.S. historic preservation districts.

  1. ^ "Redfield". Arkansas Municipal League. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Redfield, Arkansas
  4. ^ Municipal Code: A Code of the General Ordinances of the city of Redfield, North Little Rock: Arkansas Municipal League, July 2010, p. 2
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  6. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Redfield city, Arkansas". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2017.[dead link]
  7. ^ J. W. Powell (1899). Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Part 2 (Report). Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 691, 707, Plate CXII. OCLC 855519214. Retrieved September 29, 2023 – via Internet Archive.