Desha, Arkansas

CountryUnited States

Elevation

^[1]

299 ft (91 m)

72527

Desha is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 715.^[2]

Desha is located along Arkansas Highway 25, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Batesville. Desha has a post office with ZIP code 72527.^[3]

Batesville School District operates area public schools. The Desha School District merged into the Batesville district on July 1, 1985.^[4]

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	715		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[5] 2020^[6]

Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2020^[6]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	647	90.49%
Black or African American alone (NH)	2	0.28%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	1	0.14%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	0.14%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	2	0.28%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)	33	4.62%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	29	4.06%
Total	715	100.00%

v t e Municipalities and communities of Independence County, Arkansas, United States
County seat: Batesville
Cities	Batesville Cave City‡ Cushman Newark Southside	Map of Arkansas highlighting Independence County
Towns	Magness Moorefield Oil Trough Pleasant Plains Sulphur Rock
CDPs	Bethesda Desha Floral Salado
Other unincorporated communities	Bryant Charlotte Cord Limedale Locust Grove Pfeiffer Pleasant Hill Rosie Thida
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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2020 census

Desha, Arkansas
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°43′50″N 91°41′08″W / 35.73056°N 91.68556°W / 35.73056; -91.68556
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Independence
Elevation ^[1]	299 ft (91 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	715
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	72527
Area code	870
GNIS feature ID	2805636^[1]