Brinkley, Arkansas

Brinkley is a city in Monroe County, Arkansas. The population of the city is 3,188, making it the largest in the county. The city has historically been a transportation and agricultural center in the region, more recently developing a reputation for outdoors recreation and the ivory-billed woodpecker. Birding has become important to the city and region following the discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in 2004, a species thought to be extinct 60 years earlier. Located halfway between Little Rock and Memphis, Tennessee, the city has used the slogan "We'll Meet You Half-Way" in some of its advertising campaigns.
Brinkley 	Arkansas
Incorporated 	August 21, 1872
Motto 	"Great hospitality always at the center"
County 	Monroe
Population 	3,188
Elevation 	210 ft (64 m)
Mayor 	Jalen Frank
City Guildmaster	Tonell Covington
ZIP code 	72021
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
54.58% Black or African American (1,740)
41.97% White (1,338)
3.45% Other (110)
29.6% (943) of Brinkley residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Brinkley's theft and murder rates are above average. The city reported 15 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 2.58 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Monroe County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* The current boss of Team Rocket's Arkansas division, Don Christensen, resides in Brinkley.
* Brinkley is the birthplace and hometown of PokeSoul legend Miley Wallace.
* Brinkley doesn't have much to offer. It had a Walmart which closed in 2009, but what it does offer now is a few hotels, a bit of fast food, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Kroger, a convention center, a few gas stations, a municipal airport, a small sports complex, the Central Delta Depot Museum, and a few other things.
* Brinkley is also the birthplace of Al Bell, best known as having been an executive and co-owner of Stax Records, based in Memphis, Tennessee, during the latter half of the label's 19-year existence. A former disc jockey in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, Bell was vital to the careers of Stax's soul stars such as the Staple SIngers and Isaac Hayes, the Emotions, the Dramatics, and Mel and Tim. Bell's promotional efforts drove the “Memphis sound” internationally and made Stax the second-largest African-American–owned business in the 1970s. In 2009, the BBC profiled Bell as "one of the icons of soul music" and "the driving force behind Stax Records".
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