Editing Gilmore, Arkansas (section)

==Geography==
Gilmore is located in northern Crittenden County and is bordered to the south by the city of [[Turrell, Arkansas|Turrell]].  [[Interstate 555]] (as well as U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 61|61]] and [[U.S. Route 63|63]]) pass through the west part of Gilmore, leading northwest {{convert|44|mi}} to [[Jonesboro, Arkansas|Jonesboro]] and south {{convert|20|mi}} via [[Interstate 55]] to [[West Memphis, Arkansas|West Memphis]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Gilmore has a total area of {{convert|0.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0527040| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212175401/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0527040| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Gilmore city, Arkansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=June 20, 2014}}</ref>

Ecologically, Gilmore is located within the [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain (ecoregion)#Northern Backswamps (73d)|Northern Backswamps]] [[ecoregion]] within the larger [[Mississippi Alluvial Plain]]. The Northern Backswamps are a network of low-lying overflow areas and [[floodplain]]s historically dominated by [[bald cypress]], [[water tupelo]], [[overcup oak]], [[water hickory]], and [[Nuttall oak]] forest subject to year-round or seasonal inundation.<ref name=ark4>{{USGS|title=Ecoregions of Arkansas|comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs |author= Woods, A.J., Foti, T.L., Chapman, S.S., Omernik, J.M. |display-authors=et al |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Level_IV_ecoregions,_Arkansas.pdf }}</ref> The [[Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge]], which preserves some of the year-round flooded bald cypress forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies southeast of Gilmore.