Arkansas · Census place 0529200
Gurdon, Arkansas
Gurdon is a city in Clark County, Arkansas with an estimated 1,824 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 143rd largest of 185 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,824
- #143 of 185 in Arkansas
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 754 / sq mi
- State median 1,001
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Gurdon population, 2020 to 2024
Gurdon lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Gurdon covers 2.42 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 754 people per square mile of land. The median Arkansas place of 5,000+ has 1,001, so Gurdon is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gurdon is in
All of Gurdon's residents live in Clark County, which had 20,920 residents in 2024. Gurdon holds 8.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gurdon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gurdon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 71743. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Gurdon is
The Census internal point of Gurdon is at 33.916000, -93.153900. Little Rock, the capital, is 75.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Arkadelphia, AR (9,894 people), 15.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Little Rock, AR, 72.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.916000, -93.153900
- DMS
- 33°54'57.60"N 93°09'14.04"W
- UTM
- 15N 485773.7E 3752852.9N
- Geohash
- 9yjbbnprh
- Plus code
- 8658WR8W+CC
Daylight in Gurdon
At 33.92° N, Gurdon gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gurdon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Arkansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Arkadelphia, 15.4 miles away, with 9,894 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gurdon, AR?
1,824 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (0.9%) from 1,840 in July 2020.
What county is Gurdon in?
Clark County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gurdon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 71743.
How far is Gurdon from Little Rock?
75.7 miles (121.8 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Gurdon.
What is the nearest larger city to Gurdon?
Arkadelphia, AR, with 9,894 residents, 15.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.