Wynne is a town in Eastern Arkansas with a population of 8,600. It is named after Captain Jesse Watkins Wynne of Marshall county, Mississippi. He was born in 1839 and became a hero during the Civil War when he managed to take is captors captive and lead them to the headquarters of the confederate army. After the war he moved to St. Francis county in Arkansas and there he started Arkansas first bank. So in 1882, when a train cart fell over and left a boxcar on the side of the newly finished north-south line of the Iron Mountain Railroad, that place was called Wynne Station after the war hero. When the east-west line of the Iron Mountain railroad crossed the north-south close to Wynne station it was renamed to Wynne Junction. When the town was incorporated in 1888 Wynne left Junction and became just town of Wynne.

City Officials

Position	Name
Mayor	Jennifer Hobbs
City Clerk	Emily Watts
District Judge	Howard Smith
City Attorney	Kevin Watts
Police Chief	Richard Dennis
Fire Chief	Kory Ward
Director Of Public Works	Jeff Hood
Water Superintendent	Blake Marotti
City Engineer	James Nickerson
Code Enforcement Officer	Chris Damron
Grants Administrator	Meredith McKnight
Parks, Recreation Director	Zack Morris
City Treasurer	Bobby Caldwell
Council Member	Lisa Carter
Council Member	Billy Fowler
Council Member	Charles Hamrick
Council Member	Kenneth Lofton
Council Member	Lester Miller
Council Member	Robert Buck Morris
Council Member	Stevie Nelson
Council Member	Jason Nichols
Council Member	Tyler Waymire
Council Member	Josh Wyatt
Human Resources Director	Meredith McKnight