Location & History

LOCATION

Trumann is located in the Gulf Costal Plains of Northeast Arkansas.  The immediate area is level, with adequate artificial drainage.  There are rolling hills to the west in the Crowley’s Ridge area, extending north to south in the central section of the county.  The elevation of Trumann is 221 feet above sea level.  Trumann is centrally located with Jonesboro, Arkansas, 16 miles to the northwest, and Memphis Tennessee 52 miles to the southeast.

HISTORY

Trumann’s origin dates from the early 1890’s when the community was literally hewn from the magnificent hardwood resources of the area during the logging operations in Poinsett County.  It was first named “Mosher” after an official of a cooperage company logging area, and in 1902 the name was changed to “Weona” after another lumber company in the area.  Its beginnings were a collection of rough, lumberjack camps, but as the timber was cut out and the land drained, it stabilized as a rich, agricultural community and was incorporated as “Trumann” in 1917.  It became a second class city in 1924 and a first class city in 1958.

GEOLOGY

There are no known minerals of significant value found in the area.

CLIMATE

Normal Temperature
Mean Daily Maximum          71.9   50.3   91.1
Mean Daily Minimum           51.6   32.9   71.3

Normal degree days to
65 degree base                   3,137   725   0

Normal Precipitation            50.34   5.82   3.74

Normal Humidity
Mean daily Noontime           57   67   55
Mean Daily Midnight            79   79   81

Number of days with
Precipitation of 0.01 Inch
or more                             112   11   9

Maximum temperature
90 degrees or over               53   0   17

Minimum temperature
Of 30 degrees and under      45   14   0

Percent possible sunshine    64   45   73