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Welcome to Needham ...

Needham is located in Craighead County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Needham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Needham is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Needham lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Needham: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Needham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Needham - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana and Massachusetts.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Needham.

Communities near Needham ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Needham.

  • Jonesboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Paragould
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Trumann
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Brookland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Bono
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Bono is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,595 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bono <4>
  • Leachville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Bay is located in Craighead County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,816 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay <4>
  • Lepanto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Monette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Needham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Needham.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Needham. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Needham.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Needham. See our Newspapers Page for Needham.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Needham ...

Looking for more information about Needham? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Needham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Needham.

Adding Needham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Needham in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Needham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Needham post office opened in 1903. The Needham post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Needham.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Craighead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Needham - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Needham area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Needham area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/