Place:Dyess, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States

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NameDyess
TypeTown
Coordinates35.59°N 90.214°W
Located inMississippi, Arkansas, United States
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Dyess is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The town was founded as Dyess Colony in 1934 as part of the Roosevelt administration's agricultural relief and rehabilitation program and was the largest agrarian community established by the federal government during the Great Depression. It was the boyhood home of country singer Johnny Cash. As of the 2020 census, the population of Dyess was 339,[1] down from 410 in 2010.

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