Armorel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States.

The town's name was formed from the abbreviations of Arkansas and Missouri, along with the first three initials of its founder, Wilson.

The town was founded in 1899 by lumber magnate and president of Lee Wilson and Company, R.E.L.

[5] By 1904, the community received a rail connection when the Chickasawba Railroad completed it's line from Blytheville to Barfield Landing on the Mississippi River.

[6] In 1924, the community of Armorel hosted a division of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association.