Black Oak, Arkansas

Black Oak, Arkansas

Black Oak is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, USA. The population was 286 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the setting of John Grisham's novel A Painted House.

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