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Tyronza, Arkansas

Tyronza, Arkansas
City
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, August 2011
Location in Poinsett County and the state of Arkansas
Location in Poinsett County and the state of Arkansas
Coordinates: 35°29′N 90°21′W / 35.483°N 90.350°W / 35.483; -90.350Coordinates: 35°29′N 90°21′W / 35.483°N 90.350°W / 35.483; -90.350
Country United States
State Arkansas
County Poinsett
Area
 • Total 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Land 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation 226 ft (69 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 762
 • Density 573.8/sq mi (223.9/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 72386
Area code(s) 870
FIPS code 05-70700
GNIS feature ID 0055773

Tyronza is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 762 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Tyronza is located at 35°29′N 90°21′W / 35.483°N 90.350°W / 35.483; -90.350 (35.487, -90.357).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²), all land.

Tyronza is one of the oldest cities within Poinsett County with its origins dating back to the late 19th Century. In the 1930s it was the site where the Southern Tenant Farmers movement started that became a national outcry against the abusive discrimination of wealthy land owners against sharecroppers who were mostly African-American farmers. There is now a museum in the city run by Arkansas State University highlighting the history of the movement and the history of the region. Tyronza was also the home of Dr. L. H. McDaniel, a local physician who became friends with President Lyndon Baines Johnson through his political involvement in the Democratic Party. McDaniel was a close advisor to Johnson and U.S. House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur D. Mills (D-Arkansas) in the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs which began in 1965, the year McDaniel died. He treated patients all over eastern Arkansas regardless of their ability to pay and often accepted live chickens, baked goods and garden vegetables as payment for his in-home visits. McDaniel was a national delegate to Democratic Conventions in the 1950s and brought national political and medical leaders to Tyronza with conferences he set up in huge 1,000-seat tents on the outskirts of the city. Although the community started as a farming and retail center it has become a bedroom community for many of its residents that work in Jonesboro or Memphis but who prefer the small town lifestyle.


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