Paragould Directory Coverage
Paragould people directories are not one master list. They are a set of city, county, state, school, property, court, business, and history sources that answer different name questions. A city staff directory can point to a department. A school directory can confirm a public school role. A tax roll can connect a taxpayer name to a parcel and mailing address. Historical directories and cemetery files can place a family in town long before current web indexes existed.
| Directory | Who It Lists | Keeper | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paragould city staff directory | City officials, departments, and posted staff | City of Paragould | Public web directory and office pages |
| Greene County courthouse directory | County officials and offices | Greene County Courthouse | County website and courthouse counters |
| Arkansas state employee directory | State employees | Arkansas.gov | First and last name search |
| Paragould School District staff directory | School staff | Paragould School District | Public staff search field |
| Arkansas Judiciary directories | Judges, clerks, and court office categories | Arkansas Judiciary | Filterable court directories |
| Recorder and tax directories | Grantors, grantees, owners, taxpayers | Greene County offices | TitleSearcher, tax search, and office copies |
| Historical and genealogy directories | Past residents, families, probate names, burials | Library, society, city cemetery | Online scans, in-person research, appointments |
Start with the directory that matches the person's likely role. Current public staff searches work best for city, county, state, school, and court contacts. Property and recorder directories work better when the clue is a street address, business site, parcel, deed, or old family land. Historical people directories help when the name belongs to a parent, grandparent, former resident, or estate file. For access-law detail and copy requests, the companion Paragould public records page is the better place to check limits and custodian routes.
Paragould Government Directories
Current government directory work begins with the City of Paragould staff directory, the city government directory, and the City Clerk's office page. The city directory points readers toward the mayor, City Council, City Attorney, City Clerk, Code Enforcement, Planning and Development, Police, Public Works, and other departments. The City Clerk is also important because that office keeps city laws and ordinances, correct City Council journals, quarterly financial reports, city codes, ordinances, and agenda support material.
The city staff screenshot in the manifest comes from the Paragould online staff directory.
That directory is most useful when the search starts with a department name or a city service, then narrows to a listed contact.
Greene County adds a courthouse directory layer because Paragould is the county seat. The courthouse at 320 West Court Street houses the Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, Assessor, Collector, District Clerk, and other county offices. The county directory is not just a phone list; it tells which custodian holds land records, probate, marriage licenses, voter registration, property assessment, tax trails, and district court files. The Arkansas state employee directory adds a statewide search by first name or last name for state agency contacts.
| Directory Entry Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full or posted staff name when the office publishes it |
| Role | Title, department, court office, or public service category |
| Phone | Direct line when posted, otherwise the office or department number |
| Shown on some city and school entries | |
| Office | City department, courthouse office, school unit, or state agency |
When a person is not listed, use the department main line or custodian office rather than guessing. City records flow through the City Clerk, county land and court copies through the Circuit Clerk, and probate, marriage, voter, assumed-name, and county-court records through the County Clerk. These directory paths keep Paragould people directories grounded in official custodians.
Paragould School Directory Fields
The Paragould School District staff directory is the clearest education directory found for the city. It has a single staff search field with the page instruction to use the field to filter by staff name. During research, sample cards showed staff name, title or role, phone number, and email, including district phone entries using 870-240-2291 and email addresses under the paragouldschools.net domain.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text | Optional | Filters the public staff list by staff name |
A staff entry inventory is short but useful: name, job title, phone, email, and image when present. Crowley's Ridge College and Black River Technical College-Paragould were noted as possible education-directory or alumni-resource leads, but faculty and staff directory details were not fully inspected in the research. Greene County Tech School District is another local school-directory candidate for a later pass.
Paragould Court Directory Routes
The Arkansas Judiciary publishes directories for court offices, including a district court directory and a circuit clerks directory. For Paragould, the local district court is Greene County District Court, Paragould Department, at the county courthouse. The district court directory lists the judge, clerk, phones, fax, and courthouse location. That makes it a directory of court contacts, not a case search.
Case-party searching is separate. The Search ARCourts public portal can show public case information when a court uses the state system, including parties, judges, filings, charges, dispositions, events, judgments, and sometimes public documents. The web display is not an official court record. Official copies still come from the court clerk. A state-maintained public-safety directory also exists through the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry.
The public-safety directory screenshot comes from the Arkansas Sex Offender Registry search page.
Use that registry only for its stated public-safety purpose, and verify court status or record copies with the clerk when a case record is involved.
Paragould Record Directories
Several public records act like directories because they index names. The Greene County recorder index works as a grantor and grantee directory for deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other land instruments. A grantor is the person or entity giving an interest in property. A grantee receives it. Greene County links land records to TitleSearcher, while office copies and certified copies run through the Circuit Clerk.
Coverage caveat: Official county pages did not post Greene County land-record online start dates, so older deed directory work may need the courthouse counter.
The voter list is also a statutory directory through the County Clerk, but it has limits. Arkansas VoterView is a self-lookup, not a bulk people finder. Registered voter list reproduction runs through the county clerk under Arkansas law, and secure-voter addresses are protected. For people directories, voter data should be treated as a narrow civic record set, not a general address book.
Paragould Property Directories
Property and tax systems are the strongest official directories for linking a name, parcel, street address, and mailing address. The Greene County Assessor and Collector connect owners and taxpayers to property records through ARCountyData, actDataScout references, CountyService, and ArkansasTaxSearch. No official open Greene County GIS parcel viewer was confirmed during research, but the county tax search is public and name-rich.
| Search Field | Directory Use | Format Note |
|---|---|---|
| Parcel Number | Find a tax record from a parcel clue | Parcel or PPAN style identifier |
| Taxpayer ID/PIN | Search by taxpayer identifier | Optional field |
| Name | Find taxpayer or owner records by name | Portal note uses last name first name |
| Mailing Address | Find where tax notices are sent | May differ from the property site |
| Property Street Address | Find the parcel by situs address | Situs means physical property location |
A situs address is where the property sits. A mailing address is where the taxpayer receives notices. In Paragould directory work, that split can matter when an owner no longer lives at the property. City permit records add another name route because iWorQ permit results can show permit number, permit type, property address, and applicant name.
Paragould Business Directory Lookups
The Arkansas Secretary of State business entity search helps find business owners, registered agents, entity names, fictitious names, filing numbers, and address trails. Its inspected fields include corporation type, name, fictitious name, registered agent, registered-agent city, registered-agent state, and filing number. The system also links certificates of good standing, bulk data, and a special request list builder.
Professional directory work starts at the Arkansas.gov license search and verification index, then moves to the board that holds the license. Research noted medical-board, nursing, educator, engineer, surveyor, and UCC search paths. Locally, Paragould has a city privilege-license application, but no public searchable local privilege-license register was found. County assumed-name and DBA filings are handled by the Greene County County Clerk.
Paragould Library Directory Resources
Greene County Library, part of the Northeast Arkansas Regional Library System, is a practical directory stop because it identifies a genealogy contact in Paragould. The branch is at 120 N. 12th Street, phone 870-236-8711. The library page lists Tonya Barnes as the genealogy contact and also identifies her as Bookkeeper/Genealogy Manager. Local library exact directory years, reverse directories, obituary-index coverage, and microfilm holdings were not posted online in the sources reviewed.
The library image in the manifest comes from the Greene County Library branch page.
That contact point is useful because library staff can confirm whether a needed directory year, phone book, yearbook, or obituary index is held locally.
Greene County Library
120 N. 12th Street, Paragould. Phone 870-236-8711. Genealogy contact: Tonya Barnes.
Historical Society
320 W. Main Street, Paragould. Phone 870-335-6961. Hours Tuesday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., closed noon-1:00 p.m.
Confirmed City Directory
1920 Paragould city directory, digitized by Internet Archive with Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center as contributor.
The Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society is the strongest local history directory resource found. It advertises Fathers of the Ridge, probate settlements, probate records, and Greene County history. Its contact page lists 320 W. Main St, Paragould, AR 72450, phone 870-335-6961, email gchgs87@gmail.com, and hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., closed noon to 1:00 p.m. After-hours appointments are available for out-of-town visitors if arranged a few days ahead.
The historical society screenshot comes from the Greene County Historical and Genealogical Society resource page.
That source is especially useful for family directory work where courthouse names, probate files, and local history need to be reconciled.
A timely local update matters here. The Paragould Regional Chamber reported a January 29, 2024 ribbon cutting for the society at its 320 W. Main location. That gives genealogy visitors a current downtown contact point near courthouse research, with limited hours that should be checked before travel.
Paragould Historical Directory Era
Historical people directories for Paragould begin with courthouse and genealogy sources, then branch into city directories, probate, cemetery files, and state archive material. FamilySearch reports that the County Clerk has marriage, probate, court, and land records from 1876 and that the Circuit Clerk has divorce records. A FamilySearch catalog entry covers Greene County probate records, 1876-1908, from original courthouse records in Paragould.
- City directory
- A printed name and address directory, often with businesses, occupations, spouses, or street listings.
- Reverse directory
- A listing arranged by address or phone number, useful when a name is unknown but a place is known.
- Probate record
- A court record tied to an estate, heirs, administrators, creditors, and property after a death.
- Criss-cross directory
- Another term for address-based or phone-based directory lookup.
The best confirmed city directory item is a 1920 Paragould city directory digitized through Internet Archive with Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center as contributor. Exact local library directory years were not posted in the reviewed online sources, so a researcher should confirm holdings with the library or historical society before planning a trip.
Paragould Cemetery Directory Clues
Linwood Cemetery is a city-run directory source for family-history searches. The city acquired Linwood in 1885, but the earliest known burial is February 11, 1869. The cemetery is now about 50 acres with about 8,000 burials. Before the City Clerk handled records, cemetery records and lot money were kept by a sexton at an old house on the cemetery grounds, then delivered to the City Clerk.
In March 1991, Linwood/Paragould Mausoleum trustees transferred assets, funds, records, and responsibility to the city. Current cemetery information includes burial, lot, mausoleum, and transfer-deed records, and the city page posts a $35 transfer deed fee. These records can identify relatives, lot holders, burial dates, and family links that never appear in modern staff or property directories. For older Greene County families, cemetery records may bridge the gap between a city directory year and a courthouse probate file.
County-seat history adds one more clue. Greene County formed in 1833, with early county seats at Benjamin Crowley's home, Paris, Gainesville, and later Paragould after railroad-era growth. Older directory references may use those earlier county-seat contexts even though modern copies and indexes route through Paragould offices.