Facts About Pine Bluff
- Pine Bluff is home to over three-quarters of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
- The city of Pine Bluff was founded by Europeans on a high bank of the Arkansas River heavily forested with tall pine trees.
- The Territorial Legislature founded Jefferson County on November 2, 1829, and it commenced operations as a county on April 19, 1830. The county seat was designated as Pine Bluff during the county election on August 13, 1832.
- Pine Bluff was incorporated on the 8th of January, 1839, by the order of County Judge Taylor. At the time, the Pine Bluff had 50 residents.
- Pine Bluff is twinned with BandÅ, Ibaraki, Japan, since the 9th of October, 1989.
- Pine Bluff was chosen as the county seat in the election held on August 13, 1832.
- Pine Bluff is the tenth-largest city in Arkansas and the county seat of Jefferson County.
- The primary coordinate point for Pine Bluff is located at latitude 34.2284 and longitude -92.0032 in Jefferson County.
- According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 46.8 square miles, of which 45.6 square miles is land and 1.2 square miles is water.
- Pine Bluff has a total area of 46.8 square miles, of which 45.6 square miles is land and 1.2 square miles is water.
- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is the second oldest public educational institution in Arkansas and is the oldest with a significant black heritage.
- On October 16, 1832, the Quorum Court voted to name the village “Pine Bluff Town”.
- The population of Pine Bluff as of the 1st of July, 2023 is 39,700.
- Pine Bluff is the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff Combined Statistical Area.
- Situated in the heart of the fertile Arkansas River Basin, Jefferson County thrives as a hub of agricultural activity. Key products cultivated in the region encompass cotton, soybeans, cattle, rice, poultry, timber, and catfish.
