List of counties in Arkansas

There are 75 counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas.[1] Arkansas is tied with Mississippi for the most counties with two county seats, at 10.

Counties of Arkansas
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Location	State of Arkansas
Number	75
Populations	5,368 (Calhoun) – 382,748 (Pulaski)
Areas	526 square miles (1,360 km^2) (Lafayette) – 1,039 square miles (2,690 km^2) (Union)
Government	County government
Subdivisions	cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, census designated place

Counties

County	FIPS code	County seat[1]	Est.[2]	Origin	Etymology[2]	Population[1]	Area[3]	Map
Arkansas County	001	Stuttgart, DeWitt	December 13, 1813	1st County (Eastern Arkansas)	The state of Arkansas	19,019	1,033.79 sq mi (2,678 km^2)
Ashley County	003	Hamburg	November 30, 1848	Chicot, Drew and Union counties	Chester Ashley (1791–1848), a U.S. Senator from Arkansas	21,853	939.08 sq mi (2,432 km^2)
Baxter County	005	Mountain Home	March 24, 1873	Fulton, Izard, Marion, and Searcy counties	Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), a governor of Arkansas	41,513	586.74 sq mi (1,520 km^2)
Benton County	007	Bentonville	September 30, 1836	Washington County	Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), a U.S. Senator from Missouri	221,339	884.86 sq mi (2,292 km^2)
Boone County	009	Harrison	April 9, 1869	Carroll and Marion counties	Some historians say Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the American frontiersman	36,903	601.82 sq mi (1,559 km^2)
Bradley County	011	Warren	December 18, 1840	Union County	Hugh Bradley, a soldier in the War of 1812 and early area settler	11,508	654.38 sq mi (1,695 km^2)
Calhoun County	013	Hampton	December 6, 1850	Dallas and Ouachita counties	John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), 7th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from South Carolina	5,368	632.54 sq mi (1,638 km^2)
Carroll County	015	Berryville, Eureka Springs	November 1, 1833	Izard County and later by Madison County (1870)	Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence	27,446	638.81 sq mi (1,655 km^2)
Chicot County	017	Lake Village	October 15, 1823	Arkansas County	Point Chicot on the Mississippi River	11,800	690.88 sq mi (1,789 km^2)
Clark County	019	Arkadelphia	December 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	William Clark (1770–1838), explorer and Governor of the Missouri Territory	22,995	882.60 sq mi (2,286 km^2)
Clay County	021	Piggott, Corning	March 24, 1873	Randolph and Greene counties, and originally named Clayton before 1875	John Clayton, a state senator; later shortened to Clay to avoid misassociation with Powell Clayton	16,083	641.42 sq mi (1,661 km^2)
Cleburne County	023	Heber Springs	February 20, 1883	White, Van Buren, and Independence counties	Patrick Cleburne (1828–1864), a Confederate General in the Civil War	25,970	591.91 sq mi (1,533 km^2)
Cleveland County	025	Rison	April 17, 1873	Bradley, Dallas, Jefferson counties, and formerly named Dorsey County (from 1885)	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908), 22nd and 24th President of the United States (formerly Stephen Dorsey, U.S. Senator from Arkansas)	8,689	598.80 sq mi (1,551 km^2)
Columbia County	027	Magnolia	December 17, 1852	Formed from Lafayette, Hempstead, and Ouachita counties	Columbia, a female personification of the United States	24,552	766.86 sq mi (1,986 km^2)
Conway County	029	Morrilton	October 20, 1825	Pulaski County	Henry Wharton Conway (1793–1827), territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives	21,273	566.66 sq mi (1,468 km^2)
Craighead County	031	Jonesboro, Lake City	February 19, 1859	Mississippi, Greene, Poinsett counties	Thomas Craighead (1798–1862), a state senator who ironically opposed the creation of the county	96,443	712.98 sq mi (1,847 km^2)
Crawford County	033	Van Buren	October 18, 1820	Pulaski County	William H. Crawford (1772–1834), a politician who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War	61,948	604.20 sq mi (1,565 km^2)
Crittenden County	035	Marion	October 22, 1825	Phillips County	Robert Crittenden (1797–1834), Governor of the Arkansas Territory	50,902	636.74 sq mi (1,649 km^2)
Cross County	037	Wynne	November 15, 1862	St. Francis, Poinsett, and Crittenden counties	David C. Cross, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and local politician	17,870	622.33 sq mi (1,612 km^2)
Dallas County	039	Fordyce	January 1, 1845	Clark and Bradley counties	George M. Dallas (1792–1864), 11th Vice President of the United States	8,116	668.16 sq mi (1,731 km^2)
Desha County	041	Arkansas City	December 12, 1838	Arkansas, Union counties, then from Chicot County (prior to 1880), and Lincoln (prior 1930)	Benjamin Desha, a soldier in the War of 1812	13,008	819.52 sq mi (2,123 km^2)
Drew County	043	Monticello	November 26, 1846	Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Union counties	Thomas Stevenson Drew (1802–1879), 3rd Governor of Arkansas	18,509	835.65 sq mi (2,164 km^2)
Faulkner County	045	Conway	April 12, 1873	Pulaski and Conway counties	Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874), a Confederate soldier and the composer of the song "The Arkansas Traveler"	113,237	664.01 sq mi (1,720 km^2)
Franklin County	047	Ozark, Charleston	December 19, 1837	Crawford and Johnson counties	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), founding father of the United States	18,125	619.69 sq mi (1,605 km^2)
Fulton County	049	Salem	December 21, 1842	Izard County and then later from Lawrence County (prior 1850)	William S. Fulton (1795–1844), the last Governor of the Arkansas Territory prior to statehood	12,245	620.32 sq mi (1,607 km^2)
Garland County	051	Hot Springs	April 5, 1873	Montgomery, Hot Spring, and Saline counties	Augustus Hill Garland (1832–1899), U.S. Senator and 11th Governor of Arkansas	96,024	734.57 sq mi (1,903 km^2)
Grant County	053	Sheridan	February 4, 1869	Jefferson, Hot Spring, Saline counties	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States	17,853	633.01 sq mi (1,639 km^2)
Greene County	055	Paragould	November 5, 1833	Lawrence County and later on by Randolph	Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), the Revolutionary War General	42,090	579.65 sq mi (1,501 km^2)
Hempstead County	057	Hope	December 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	Edward Hempstead (1780–1817), Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Missouri Territory	22,609	741.36 sq mi (1,920 km^2)
Hot Spring County	059	Malvern	November 2, 1829	Clark County and later from Montgomery County (prior 1880)	Naturally occurring hot springs within the county[Note 1]	32,923	622.16 sq mi (1,611 km^2)
Howard County	061	Nashville	April 17, 1873	Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier counties.	James H. Howard, a state senator	13,789	595.20 sq mi (1,542 km^2)
Independence County	063	Batesville	October 20, 1820	Lawrence County (1820)	The Declaration of Independence	36,647	771.57 sq mi (1,998 km^2)
Izard County	065	Melbourne	October 27, 1825	Independence, Crawford counties, and later from Fulton (prior 1880)	George Izard (1776–1828), Governor of the Arkansas Territory and a General during the War of 1812	13,696	584.02 sq mi (1,513 km^2)
Jackson County	067	Newport	November 5, 1829	Lawrence and St. Francis counties	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States	17,997	641.45 sq mi (1,661 km^2)
Jefferson County	069	Pine Bluff	November 2, 1829	Arkansas and Pulaski	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the United States	77,435	913.70 sq mi (2,366 km^2)
Johnson County	071	Clarksville	November 16, 1833	Pope County, and a small portion from Madison County (prior 1890)	Benjamin Johnson (1784–1849), the first judge of the federal district court for Arkansas	25,540	682.74 sq mi (1,768 km^2)
Lafayette County	073	Lewisville	October 15, 1827	Hempstead County and later from Columbia County (prior 1910)	Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), a Frenchman who served as a General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War	7,645	545.07 sq mi (1,412 km^2)
Lawrence County	075	Walnut Ridge	January 15, 1815	Arkansas and New Madrid (MO) in 1815	James Lawrence (1781–1813), an American naval officer during the War of 1812	17,415	592.34 sq mi (1,534 km^2)
Lee County	077	Marianna	April 17, 1873	Phillips, Monroe, Crittenden, and St. Francis counties.	Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), a confederate General during the Civil War	10,424	619.47 sq mi (1,604 km^2)
Lincoln County	079	Star City	March 28, 1871	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, and Jefferson counties	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th President of the United States	14,134	572.17 sq mi (1,482 km^2)
Little River County	081	Ashdown	March 5, 1867	Sevier County	Little River, a tributary of the Red River	13,171	564.87 sq mi (1,463 km^2)
Logan County	083	Booneville, Paris	March 22, 1871	Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Scott, and Yell counties (Formally named Sarber County)	James Logan (1791–1859), an early settler of western Arkansas	22,353	731.50 sq mi (1,895 km^2)
Lonoke County	085	Lonoke	April 16, 1873	Prairie and Pulaski counties	An oak tree that stood on the site of the current county seat	68,356	802.43 sq mi (2,078 km^2)
Madison County	087	Huntsville	September 30, 1836	Washington County	James Madison (1751–1836), 4th President of the United States	15,717	837.06 sq mi (2,168 km^2)
Marion County	089	Yellville	November 3, 1835	Izard County	Francis Marion (1732–1795), an American general during the Revolutionary War	16,653	640.39 sq mi (1,659 km^2)
Miller County	091	Texarkana	April 1, 1820[Note 2]	Lafayette County	Former Miller County, Arkansas Territory (1820-38), which was named for James Miller (1776–1851), first Governor of the Arkansas Territory	43,462	637.48 sq mi (1,651 km^2)
Mississippi County	093	Blytheville, Osceola	November 1, 1833	Crittenden	the Mississippi River	46,480	919.73 sq mi (2,382 km^2)
Monroe County	095	Clarendon	November 2, 1829[4]	Phillips and Arkansas counties	James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th President of the United States	8,149	621.41 sq mi (1,609 km^2)
Montgomery County	097	Mount Ida	December 9, 1842	Hot Spring	Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), an American general during the Revolutionary War	9,487	800.29 sq mi (2,073 km^2)
Nevada County	099	Prescott	March 20, 1871	Columbia, Hempstead, Ouachita counties	the state of Nevada, which has a similar outline to the county's boundaries	8,997	620.78 sq mi (1,608 km^2)
Newton County	101	Jasper	December 14, 1842	Carroll	Thomas W. Newton (1804–1853), a state senator and member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas	8,330	823.18 sq mi (2,132 km^2)
Ouachita County	103	Camden	November 29, 1842	Union	the Ouachita River	26,120	739.63 sq mi (1,916 km^2)
Perry County	105	Perryville	December 18, 1840	Conway County	Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), a naval officer in the War of 1812	10,445	560.47 sq mi (1,452 km^2)
Phillips County	107	Helena	May 1, 1820	Arkansas and Lawrence County	Sylvanus Phillips, a member of the territorial legislature	21,757	727.29 sq mi (1,884 km^2)
Pike County	109	Murfreesboro	November 1, 1833	Clark and Hempstead counties	Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), the explorer and discoverer of Pikes Peak	11,291	613.88 sq mi (1,590 km^2)
Poinsett County	111	Harrisburg	February 28, 1838	Greene, Lawrence counties	Joel Poinsett (1779–1851), a United States Secretary of War and namesake of the poinsettia	24,583	763.39 sq mi (1,977 km^2)
Polk County	113	Mena	November 30, 1844	Sevier	James K. Polk (1795–1849), the eleventh president of the United States	20,662	862.42 sq mi (2,234 km^2)
Pope County	115	Russellville	November 2, 1829	Crawford County	John Pope (1770–1845), a governor of the Arkansas Territory	61,754	830.79 sq mi (2,152 km^2)
Prairie County	117	Des Arc, DeValls Bluff	October 25, 1846	Arkansas and Pulaski counties	Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas	8,715	675.76 sq mi (1,750 km^2)
Pulaski County	119	Little Rock	December 15, 1818	Arkansas and Lawrence counties (1818)	Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War	382,748	807.84 sq mi (2,092 km^2)
Randolph County	121	Pocahontas	October 29, 1835	Lawrence County	John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), a U.S. congressman from Virginia	17,969	656.04 sq mi (1,699 km^2)
St. Francis County	123	Forrest City	October 13, 1827	Formed from Phillips County	The St. Francis River, a tributary of the Mississippi River	28,258	642.40 sq mi (1,664 km^2)
Saline County	125	Benton	November 2, 1835	Independence and Pulaski	Salt reserves found within its borders	107,118	730.46 sq mi (1,892 km^2)
Scott County	127	Waldron	November 5, 1833	Crawford and Pope counties	Andrew Scott (1789–1841), a judge of the Arkansas Territory Supreme Court	11,233	898.09 sq mi (2,326 km^2)
Searcy County	129	Marshall	December 13, 1838	Marion County	Richard Searcy, a judge from Lawrence County	8,195	668.51 sq mi (1,731 km^2)
Sebastian County	131	Fort Smith, Greenwood	January 6, 1851	Crawford and Scott	William K. Sebastian (1812–1865), a U.S. Senator	125,744	546.04 sq mi (1,414 km^2)
Sevier County	133	De Queen	October 17, 1828	Hempstead County	Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801–1848), U.S. Senator	17,058	581.35 sq mi (1,506 km^2)
Sharp County	135	Ash Flat	July 18, 1868	Lawrence County	Ephraim Sharp, an early settler and state legislator from the area	17,264	606.35 sq mi (1,570 km^2)
Stone County	137	Mountain View	April 21, 1873	Izard, Independence, Searcy, Van Buren	Rugged, rocky area terrain	12,394	609.43 sq mi (1,578 km^2)
Union County	139	El Dorado	November 2, 1829	Clark and Hempstead counties	Petition of citizens in the Spirit of "Union and Unity"	41,639	1,055.27 sq mi (2,733 km^2)
Van Buren County	141	Clinton	November 11, 1833	Conway, Izard, and Independence	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), eighth president of the United States	17,295	724.32 sq mi (1,876 km^2)
Washington County	143	Fayetteville	October 17, 1828	Lovely County	George Washington (1732–1799), first president of the United States	203,065	951.72 sq mi (2,465 km^2)
White County	145	Searcy	October 23, 1835	Independence, Jackson and Pulaski counties	Hugh L. White (1773–1840), U.S. Senator from Tennessee and U.S. presidential candidate in 1836 for the Whig Party	77,076	1,042.36 sq mi (2,700 km^2)
Woodruff County	147	Augusta	November 26, 1862	Jackson and St. Francis counties	William Woodruff (1795–1885), the first newspaper publisher in Arkansas	7,260	594.05 sq mi (1,539 km^2)
Yell County	149	Dardanelle, Danville	December 5, 1840	Hot Spring, Pope, and Scott County	Archibald Yell (1797–1847), the second governor of Arkansas	22,185	948.84 sq mi (2,457 km^2)

Former counties in Arkansas

Lovely County

Created on October 13, 1827, partitioned from Crawford County. The Treaty of Washington, 1828 ceded most of its territory to Indian Territory. Abolished October 17, 1828 with the remaining portion becoming Washington County.[5]

Miller County

Created from Hempstead County. Most of its northern portion was in Choctaw Nation (now part of Oklahoma); rest of northern portion was dissolved into Sevier County in 1828. All of its southern portion was in Texas, and was nominally dissolved into Lafayette County in 1838.

Fictional counties in Arkansas

Bogan County

A fictional county in Arkansas as portrayed in the movie White Lightning and in the movie Dark Night of the Scarecrow.

Deeson County

A fictional county in southwest Arkansas near the intersection of Highway 71 and Interstate 82 as portrayed in the movie Smokey and the Bandit.

Green River County

A fictional county in Arkansas portrayed in the series Supernatural. Sam and Dean were arrested in Little Rock (which is located in Pulaski County), but were sent to Green River County Detention.

Notes

1. The namesake springs were lost to Garland County in 1873.
2. Abolished 1838, reestablished December 22, 1874.

References

1. "Find A County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
2. Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State (1998). Runnells, Jonathon (ed.). Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State. Little Rock: Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State. pp. 90–91. LCCN 98-67362. OCLC 40157815.
3. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation (2014-10-16). Arkansas County Polygons (SHP file) (Map). Arkansas GIS Office. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
4. Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, ed. (1904). The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom. VII. Madison, WI: The Western Historical Association. p. 107. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
5. McConaughy, James. "Lovely County, Arkansas". Washington County Arkansas Genealogical Society (WCAGS). Retrieved 2012-05-08.

External links

• State of Arkansas local government resources search