Map of Norphlet city

Norphlet is a city in Union County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population stood at 844.

Norphlet city overview:
Name:	Norphlet city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Arkansas
County:	Union County
Elevation:	180 ft (55 m)
Total Area:	2.04 sq mi (5.29 km²)
Land Area:	2.04 sq mi (5.29 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	766
Population Density:	374.76/sq mi (144.70/km²)
ZIP code:	71759
Area code:	870
FIPS code:	0550060
GNISfeature ID:	0058272
Website:	www.cityofnorphlet.com

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History

Norphlet was called Jesse in the 1880s. The Post Office was created in 1891. The town originally centered around William G. Miles’s Sawmill. The town was named for Nauphlet Goodwin. The name of the town was misspelled by the Postal Department when the Post Office was created. The word, Nauphlet, was written in long hand and looked like Norphlet to the people in the Postal Department. So, the papers for the post office were issued for Norphlet.

Oil was discovered at Norphlet in 1922. The formation in which the oil was discovered led to ‘Norphlet’ becoming a geological term – a Norphlet Formation is a Jurassic Sandstone Formation.