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Welcome to Brinkley, Arkansas.
Brinkley is a city located in Monroe County, Arkansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 3,940. Brinkley was the birthplace of jazz and early rock & roll great Louis Jordan. Brinkley is halfway between Little Rock and Memphis, just off I-40, but there’s more to this historic town. Founded during the construction of the first railroad across Arkansas, and named for one of the builders (Hugh Brinkley), the town eventually became a crossroads and a center of commerce by the 1880s. Brinkley honors its rail history with a beautifully restored 1912 Central Delta Depot Museum and Visitors Center in the downtown district. Antique and gift shops, plus travel accommodations are available. Fargo Agricultural School Museum, just north of Brinkley, preserves items from an early 20th century African-American school started by Floyd Brown of the Tuskegee Institute.
Outdoor adventures are close by, including Marion McCollum/Greenlee Lake. Operated by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the 300-acre lake has two barrier-free fishing piers, two boat docks/launches and plenty of blue gill, bass and channel catfish. The region also boasts great waterfowl hunting in nearby public management areas. Brinkley is also near the Louisiana Purchase State Park.
All the entertainment facilities of two metropolitan areas are available within approximately an hour's drive of Brinkley. From the Pyramid Arena to the famed Beale Street, home of the blues, are easily accessible in Memphis. Nearby Little Rock Arkansas, the state capital, offers Broadway musicals, the Arkansas Symphony, Arkansas Ballet, Statehouse Museum, the Museum of Discovery, the Museum for Children, the Statehouse Convention Center, IMAX Theater, and the Territorial Restoration - to name a few. Downtown Brinkley has numerous antique shops and restaurants. A unique and extensive bridal shop, in the old railroad hotel, draws visitors throughout the South.
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Local daily news in Brinkley:
Mohawk update
Dillon McNew runs for good yardage in the junior Mohawk's loss at Corning last week.
Pair from Brinkley die in US 64 crash near Augusta
Arkansas State Police troopers say driver Bobbie C. Gilbert, 68, and Kimberly James, 14, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash just west of Augusta.
Taking the lead
There are plenty of statistical categories in which Arkansas ranks near the bottom, but assisted senior living isn't one of them.
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Places of interest:
Wheatley, AR (6.0 miles), Cotton Plant, AR (8.8 miles), Moro, AR (15.4 miles), Fredonia (Biscoe), AR (15.7 miles), Clarendon, AR (15.8 miles), De Valls Bluff, AR (19.8 miles), Holly Grove, AR (20.2 miles), Palestine, AR (20.5 miles).
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