| Official Name: | Armorel, Arkansas |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Arkansas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Armorel |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arkansas |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mississippi |
| Established Date: | 1899 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.48 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.39 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Elevation Ft: | 259 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 312 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 223.8 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 35.9222°N -89.8008°W |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 72310 |
| Area Code: | 870 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 05-02230 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2805619 |
| Established Title: | Established |
Armorel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 312.[2] It is in a largely rural area with most of its land devoted to forests and farms. Most of the town lies between Arkansas highways 18 and 312. The town's name was formed from the abbreviations of Arkansas and Missouri, along with the first three initials of its founder, Wilson.
The town was founded in 1899 by lumber magnate and president of Lee Wilson and Company, R.E.L. Wilson as one of his many company holdings. By 1900, he was operating one of his companies, the Beall Lumber Company, in the community.[3] The lumber mill and nearly three million feet of cut lumber later burned to the ground on June 10, 1902.[4]
By 1904, the community received a rail connection when the Chickasawba Railroad completed it's line from Blytheville to Barfield Landing on the Mississippi River. This line was soon after consolidated into the Jonesboro, Lake City, and Eastern Railroad.[5]
In 1924, the community of Armorel hosted a division of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association.[6]
Public education for early childhood, elementary and secondary education is available from the Armorel School District,[7] that leads to graduation from Armorel High School.
| White alone (NH) | 272 | 87.18% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 23 | 7.37% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 4 | 1.28% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 4 | 1.28% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9 | 2.88% | |
| Total | 312 | 100.00% |