Norphlet is a city in Union County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population stood at 844. Norphlet was called Jesse in the …Norphlet is a city in Union County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population stood at 844. Norphlet was called Jesse in the 1880s. The Post Office was created in 1891. The town originally centered around William G. Miles's Sawmill. The town was named for Nauphlet Goodwin. The name of the town was misspelled by the Postal Department when the Post Office was created. The word, Nauphlet, was written in long hand and looked like Norphlet to the people in the Postal Department. So, the papers for the post office were issued for Norphlet.
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