Jennie, Arkansas

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Jennie, Arkansas
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Coordinates: 33°15′22″N91°17′10″W / 33.25611°N 91.28611°W / 33.25611; -91.28611
Country United States
State Arkansas
County Chicot
Elevation
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118 ft (36 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 870
GNIS feature ID57987 [1]

Jennie is an unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The community is four miles south of Lake Village along Arkansas Highway 150. Fairview on Lake Chicot is approximately two miles to the northeast. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jennie". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Lake Village, AR, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1981