Editing Gould, Arkansas (section)

==Geography==
Gould is located in northeastern Lincoln County. [[U.S. Route 65]] passes through the city, leading northwest {{convert|33|mi}} to [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas|Pine Bluff]] and southeast {{convert|27|mi}} to [[McGehee, Arkansas|McGehee]]. [[Arkansas Highway 114]] leads west from Gould {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Star City, Arkansas|Star City]], while [[Arkansas Highway 212|Highway 212]] leads east {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Pendleton, Arkansas|Pendleton]] on the [[Arkansas River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city of Gould has a total area of {{convert|4.0|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Gould city, Arkansas |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0527730 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213061619/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US0527730 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=August 23, 2019 |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> It sits near the western edge of the [[Arkansas Delta]] in the Delta Lowlands sub-region.

Gould is {{convert|79|mi}} by highway southeast of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]].<ref name="NYTLaw"/> The area is in proximity to the [[Cummins Unit]] state prison,<ref>"[https://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/Arkansas.html Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture ARKANSAS COLLECTIONS IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE]." [[Library of Congress]]. Retrieved on April 21, 2014. "Recorded at the Cumins state farm in Gould, Arkansas, by John A. Lomax, October 1934."</ref> as well as the [[Varner Unit]] state prison.<ref>"[http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/files/junethirteen.doc State Capitol Week in Review]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173615/http://www.arkansas.gov/senate/newsroom/files/junethirteen.doc Archive]) State of Arkansas. June 13, 2008. Retrieved on August 15, 2010. "Executions are carried out in the Cummins Unit, which is adjacent to Varner."</ref><!--If Gould is near Cummins, and Cummins and Varner are next door, then Gould is also near Varner-->