Pine Bluff (47,058) is in Jefferson County.North Little Rock (64,731) is in Pulaski County.Jonesboro (70,217) is in Craighead County.Springdale (73,789) is in Washington County and Benton County.Fayetteville 77,264) is in Washington County.Fort Smith (87,193) is in Sebastian County.Little Rock (196,188) is in Pulaski County.Calhoun County (5,368) is the least populated county in Arkansas.Īrkansas’s 10 largest cities (2010.) are:.Pulaski County (382,748) is the most populated county in Arkansas.Lafayette County (545 sq mi) is the smallest county in Arkansas.Union County (1,055 sq mi) is the largest county in Arkansas.The last county to be formed was Cleburne County on February 20, 1883.Arkansas County was the first county created on December 13, 1813.They date from 1796 and are written in Spanish. The oldest records in Arkansas are kept in the (Stuttgart) courthouse. The only American Revolutionary battle fought west of the Mississippi (1783), was fought in Arkansas County. These are important for genealogy research purposes.Īrkansas is tied with Mississippi for the most counties with two county seats, at 10.
There are some Arkansas counties that no longer exist because they were discontinued, renamed or merged with another county.
Each county has a county judge, who is the chief executive officer of the county, as well as several other countywide office holders including a quorum court (legislative body) made up of justices of the peace elected from single-member districts. States bordering Arkansas are Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.Īrkansas counties are governed at the local level. Today, Arkansas is divided into 75 counties which vary from Delta farmlands to rolling hills to the Ozark and Ouachita mountains. The State of Arkansas entered the union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. There were originally 5 Arkansas counties when it was first organized as the Arkansas Territory, they were Arkansas, Clark, Hempstead, Lawerance and Pulaski Counties The Arkansas Territory included all of present Arkansas and part of present Oklahoma. The Arkansas Territory was organized on March 2, 1819 from the portion of the Missouri Territory. On October 1, 1804 all of present Arkansas became part of the District of Louisiana the District was not fully organized and was attached to Indiana Territory for administrative and judicial purposes.
6.7 Searcy County (Old), Arkansas Territory Arkansas Territory Counties
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