Crittenden (KRIT-uhn-duhn), county (636 sq mi/1,647 sq km; 1990 pop. 49,939), E Ark.; Marion; 35°12'N 90°18'W. Situated in delta region bet. the Mississippi (E and SE boundary) and the St. Francis. Agr. (cotton, rice, soybeans, hay). Mfg. at West Memphis. Hardwood timber. Wapanocca Natl. Wildlife Refuge in NE. Porter L. and large Horseshoe L., backwater lakes (oxbows) of Mississippi R., in far S; traversed by small Tyronza R. Formed 1825.
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Marion; 35°12'N 90°18'W. Situated in delta region bet. the Mississippi (E and SE boundary) and the St. Francis. Agr. (cotton, rice, soybeans, hay). Mfg. at West Memphis. Hardwood timber. Wapanocca Natl. Wildlife Refuge in NE. Porter L. and large Horseshoe L., backwater lakes (oxbows) of Mississippi R., in far S; traversed by small Tyronza R. Formed 1825.
