For a time, Gould objected to his name's being second and refused to list the new town on his schedules.

Arkansas Governor Jeff Davis ordered the state militia not to intervene on behalf of Black citizens.

On numerous occasions White residents ordered Black citizens to leave and never return.

In 1908, they threatened them to leave or die, which resulted in an almost complete depopulation of African-Americans in the county, and earned Paragould the designation of a sundown town.

[7] Black children were not allowed to participate in any form of public education until 1948,[8] and then by busing them out of the county to Booker T. Washington High School in Jonesboro.

In 1983, when two Black Union Pacific workers attempted to eat at a restaurant, they were locked out.

When police reached the scene, they accused the workers of attempting to break into the restaurant.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 29,537 people, 10,755 households, and 7,439 families residing in the city.

A city clerk records government activity and is a point of contact for citizens, while various boards and commissions assist with governmental functions.

[23] KPMF-LD, a MyNetworkTV/Quest affiliated TV station serving the Jonesboro and Memphis markets, and owned by HC2 Holdings.

The 127-bed acute-care hospital's campus includes a professional office building with a community wellness center.

"[24] The remaining town hall meetings to inform the public of the new plan were cancelled due to the volume of threats received as a result of national media exposure.

The documentary short film Udaan (2021) was made by Pakistani film maker Amman Abbasi about Baneen Khan, a female Pakistani student from Karachi enrolling at Black River Technical College.