Burdette is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 140 at the 2020 census, down from 191 in 2010.

Burdette has its origins as a company town traditional by the Three States Lumber Company in the ahead of time 1900s. Incorporated in 1905, the town was named for Alfred Burdette Wolverton, an at the forefront logger in the area. Three States completed a large sawmill in Burdette in 1906, and the Blytheville, Burdette, and Mississippi River Railroad associated the mill via rail to Wolverton Landing along the Mississippi River that thesame year.

A large agricultural operation, the Burdette Plantation, developed next door to the lumber operations. Beginning in the 1920s, these farms were utilized by the University of Arkansas for agricultural research focused upon the improvement of cotton and corn yields. Several further cotton varieties, such as “Burdette Express” and “Burdette Lone Star”, were developed in the Burdette area.

Burdette is located in northeastern Mississippi County at 35°49′8″N 89°56′35″W / 35.81889°N 89.94306°W / 35.81889; -89.94306 (35.856818, -90.040113). The town is concentrated along Arkansas Highway 148, 5 miles (8 km) north of Luxora and 9 miles (14 km) south of Blytheville, and very nearly 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the Mississippi River. The town’s municipal boundaries stretch westward along AR 148 to Interstate 55 and eastward to U.S. Route 61.