Elaine, Arkansas
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Elaine is a small town in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, in the Arkansas Delta region of the Mississippi River. The population was 636 at the 2010 census.
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Elaine, Arkansas | |
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Coordinates: 34°18′31″N 90°51′15″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Arkansas |
County | Phillips |
Area | |
• Total | 0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2) |
• Land | 0.51 sq mi (1.32 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 167 ft (51 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 509 |
• Density | 994.14/sq mi (384.19/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 72333 |
Area code | 870 |
FIPS code | 05-20950 |
GNIS feature ID | 0048832[2] |
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The city is best known as the location of the Elaine massacre of September 30 – October 1, 1919, in which an estimated 237 black people were killed in the rural county by rampaging white mobs.[3][4] Five whites died in the events. This was one of the worst incidents of racial and labor violence in American history. Black sharecroppers were attempting to organize a farmers' union, which the planters resisted.[5][6]