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Caraway is a city in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Caraway city overview:
Name:	Caraway city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Arkansas
County:	Craighead County
Incorporated:	1923
Elevation:	226 ft (69 m)
Total Area:	2.31 sq mi (5.98 km²)
Land Area:	2.30 sq mi (5.97 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km²)
Total Population:	1,133
Population Density:	491.75/sq mi (189.83/km²)
ZIP code:	72419
Area code:	870
FIPS code:	0511410
GNISfeature ID:	0057508
Website:	www.cityofcarawayar.org

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History

The town originally began as a lumber camp known as White Switch in 1912. It was incorporated in 1923, taking its name from then-U.S. Senator Thaddeus Caraway.

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Geography

Caraway is located in the Arkansas Delta region at 35°45′33″N 90°19′23″W / 35.75917°N 90.32306°W / 35.75917; -90.32306 (35.759143, -90.323051). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.0 km (2.3 mi), all land.

Ecologically, Caraway is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat. The St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area, which preserves some of the bottomland hardwood forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies just west of Caraway along the St. Francis River.