Buffalo Island is a local name given to western Mississippi County and eastern
Craighead County, Arkansas
Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on Februar ...
. It consists of the land south of Big Lake between the Little River (not to be confused with a stream of the same name in southwestern Arkansas) and the St. Francis River, containing the communities of Manila (Mississippi County), Monette (Craighead County), Leachville (Mississippi County), Black Oak (Craighead County), and Caraway (Craighead County)."
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Towns & cities
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
:
*Black Oak
*Caraway
*Leachville (Mississippi Co.)
*Manila (Mississippi Co.)
*Monette.
Unincorporated communities
In addition to the incorporated towns and cities in Buffalo Island; there are many unincorporated areas that are often overlooked by persons who do not know the area.
I have listed many of these unincorporated Buffalo Island communities.
; Within
Craighead County, AR :
*Cane Island
*Carmi
*Cottonwood Corner
*Childress
*Degelow
*Delfore
*Garson
*Hancock Junction
*Lennie
*Macey
*Mangrum
*Poplar Ridge
*Red Onion
*Rokey
*Springfield
*Walters
*Whisp
; Within
Mississippi County, AR :
*Buckeye
*Clearwater
*Mandalay
*Milligan Ridge
*Pawheen
*Vail
*Walters
The cities of Leachville & Monette are home to the
Buffalo Island Central School District
Buffalo Island Central School District (or BIC) is a public school district based in Monette, Arkansas, United States. The Buffalo Island Central School District provides early childhood, elementary and secondary education for more than 850 prek ...
. Which is often referred to as "Buffalo Island Central" or "BIC".
Sri Lanka
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Bufalo Island, Sri Lanka Bufalo can refer to:
* Búfalo, brand of hot sauce
* Bufalo pistol from Llama firearms
* Gaspare del Bufalo, a Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood
* Bufalo Bill, an album of Italian singer-songwriter ...
— island of Sri Lanka
References
Geography of Arkansas
Geography of Mississippi