Some of the cities, towns, and places in Craighead County are Bay, Black Oak, Bono, Bowman, Brookland, Caraway, Cash, Childress, Egypt, Gibson, Herman, Jonesboro, Lake City, Lester, Lunsford, Monette, Otwell
Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,443. The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead. It is one of several dry counties within the state of Arkansas, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is largely prohibited.
Craighead County is included in the Jonesboro, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.