Blog · October 13, 2026 · Arkansas
Using the Craighead County Plat Map
Open the official Craighead County parcel viewer, find an owner or a vacant tract, and learn which land records back up what the map shows.
Main page: Craighead County, AR GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Craighead County facts and neighboring maps).
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The Craighead County plat map turns a drive past an empty field near Lake City into a name, a parcel number and an acreage figure.
We'll start with the official link, then cover Lake City and the other towns, land types, property lines and records.
Where to open the official Craighead County plat map
The official map is the Craighead County parcel viewer. Use the search box to find a Craighead County parcel by owner name, address or parcel number, or zoom in and click a lot to open its record. If the official link ever moves, the Craighead County page on Platbookmapper keeps the current version.
Who uses the Craighead County parcel map
The same map serves very different jobs around Bono.
- If a listing in Lake City says the yard backs up to open land, the map shows who owns that land.
- Contractors quoting work near Bowman check frontage and lot depth on the map before they drive out.
- Investors comb the area around Lake City for unbuilt parcels and absentee owners, two clues that a tract might be for sale.
The lay of the land in Craighead County
Most of the platted lots cluster in and around Jonesboro and Lake City (the county seat) and Bay, Bono, Brookland, and Caraway. You'll also find unincorporated communities, among them Bowman, Childress, and Gibson. The county dates to 1859, named for Thomas Craighead, and older deeds may still refer to landmarks from that era. Craighead County covers about 707 square miles of land; its 2023 population estimate from the Census Bureau was 113,993. Between Bono and Lake City the map alternates between platted subdivisions and open farm or wooded tracts.
The Craighead County economy in brief
Craighead County had 2,714 business establishments in 2022 (County Business Patterns), led by retail trade, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food services. What stands out is agriculture and forestry support services, air transportation, and nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing: those sectors make up a much larger slice of local businesses than they do nationally. Around Monette, a wooded tract on the map may be a working forest; recent aerials and the deed will show whether timber rights were reserved.
How to find property lines in Craighead County
Lines on the map show roughly where one parcel near Jonesboro ends and the next begins; the exact spot is a surveyor's call. Arkansas uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural deeds in Craighead County often describe land by section, township and range, and you can match the call to the grid on the map. For a fence, an addition or a dispute in Craighead County, budget for a licensed survey; it's the answer a court or a lender will accept.
Using the Craighead County plat map to find vacant land
Looking for open ground between Jonesboro and Monette? Try this:
- Turn on the photo basemap and work outward from Jonesboro one road at a time, flagging parcels with no buildings.
- A tax bill mailed far from Bowman usually means an absentee owner, so note the mailing address on each record.
- Trace the frontage on any tract near Bowman; without it, access depends on a recorded easement.
- Line up the assessed land values of a few neighboring tracts near Bay to sanity-check an asking price.
- For a tract near Monette, confirm zoning, septic suitability and flood status before you make an offer.
Before you buy near Jonesboro, read how to tell if land is buildable.
Behind the map: land records in Craighead County
For land near Monette, the circuit clerk, who ordinarily serves as ex officio recorder holds the recorded documents, and the parcel map reflects them once they're processed for taxes. Arkansas ordinarily makes the circuit clerk the county recorder, so the Craighead County circuit clerk's office is the usual place for recorded deeds. Rural tracts near Bowman may go back through several deeds; the instrument number on the record is the first link in that chain.
Nearby parcel maps
Shopping near the edge of Craighead County? Compare listings in Greene County, Jackson County, and Lawrence County too; prices and parcel sizes can shift across the line. Neighboring maps for Craighead County are a click away on our Arkansas page.
Common questions
How do hunters use the Craighead County parcel map?
Use it to find the owner of a woodlot near Jonesboro, then ask; the map itself grants no hunting rights.
Does Craighead County charge for its property map?
Yes, viewing parcels around Bono is free and needs no account; only copies of recorded documents cost money.
Where can I get a Craighead County plat book?
Whether a current printed edition exists for Craighead County varies; the free online map covering Bono and the rest of the county is the dependable option.
How do I find property lines in Craighead County?
Pull up the tract on the Craighead County map, copy its legal description, and compare it with the deed. Exact corners take a surveyor.
How do I look up a property owner in Craighead County, AR?
For land near Bono with no street address, pan to it on the map and click it; the record names the owner.
Open the official Craighead County, AR parcel map Craighead County in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.