Editing Cross County, Arkansas (section)

==Culture and contemporary life==
{{Main|Culture of Arkansas|Bible Belt}}
[[File:Parkin Archeological State Park Parkin AR 12.jpg|right|thumb|Native American pottery found nearby on display at Parkin Archaeological State Park]]
Cross County has several facilities, monuments, and museums dedicated to preserving the history and culture of the area. The [[South Elementary School|Cross County Museum]], owned and operated by the Cross County Historical Society, preserves and interprets the history and culture of Cross County for visitors. Cross County Historical Society also maintains the [[New Hope School (Wynne, Arkansas)|New Hope School]] outside Wynne.

Parkin contains remains of a historic palisaded village with one mound [[Late Mississippian]] village, today listed as a [[National Historic Landmark]] and interpreted via the [[Parkin Archeological State Park]]. Also in Parkin, the [[Northern Ohio School]] is a [[one-room school]] built by a lumber company to educate the children of African-American employees in the first half of the 20th century.

Wynne was the primary beneficiary of transportation improvements following the [[Reconstruction era]], becoming a commercial hub for Cross County. Many of the historic structures in downtown Wynne were constructed during economically prosperous times on the farm, leading to the construction of ornate homes in the [[East Hamilton Avenue Historic District]]. The commercial centers are preserved as the [[Wynne Commercial Historic District]] and the [[Wynne Wholesale Commercial Historic District]].

Other cultural points of interest in Cross County include:

*[[Grace Episcopal Church (Wynne, Arkansas)|Grace Episcopal Church]] built in 1917
*The [[Woman's Progressive Club]] has housed the Woman's Progressive Club, Wynne's oldest social club since 1935

===Media===
{{See also|List of newspapers in Arkansas}}
The ''[[Wynne Progress]]'' and the ''[[Cross County Times]]'' are the county's two weekly newspapers. The county has had several former publications that have closed over the years, including newspapers published at Parkin and Wittsburg.<ref>{{cite book |last= Meriwether |first= Robert W. |title= A Chronicle of Arkansas Newspapers Published Since 1922 and of the Arkansas Press Association, 1930-1972 |year=1974 |publisher=Arkansas Press Association |location= Little Rock, Ark |pages=34–35 |oclc=2146483 }}</ref>

Cross County is within the Memphis [[designated market area]]<ref>{{ cite web |title= Memphis Designated Regional Market Area Data  |year=2020 |url=https://www.truckads.com/Designated-Market/Memphis.htm#map |publisher=Truck Ads |access-date=December 26, 2020 }}</ref> with the following local TV stations: [[WREG-TV|WREG]] ([[CBS]]), [[WMC-TV|WMC]] (NBC), [[WKNO (TV)|WKNO]] ([[PBS]]), [[WHBQ-TV|WHBQ]] ([[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]), [[WTWV]], [[WATN-TV|WATN]] ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]), [[WLMT]] ([[The CW]]), [[WBUY]], and [[WPXX]] ([[Ion TV]]).<ref>{{ cite web |title=Memphis TV Channels |work=Station Index |url= https://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/memphis |access-date= December 26, 2020 }}</ref>

The county is home to two radio stations: [[KWYN-FM|KWYN]] (92.5 FM)<ref>{{ cite web |title= Arkansas FM Radio Stations |publisher= [[Federal Communications Commission]] |location= [[Washington DC]] |work= FM Query Results |date=December 26, 2020 |access-date= December 26, 2020 |url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=AR }}</ref> and sister station, [[KWYN (AM)|KWYN]] (1400 AM).<ref>{{ cite web |title= Arkansas AM Radio Stations |publisher= Federal Communications Commission |location= Washington DC |work= AM Query Results |date= December 26, 2020 |access-date= December 26, 2020 |url=https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?state=AR }}</ref>