List of counties in Arkansas

Counties of Arkansas
Counties of Arkansas
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Location	State of Arkansas
Number	75
Populations	4,641 (Calhoun) – 400,009 (Pulaski)
Areas	526 square miles (1,360 km2) (Lafayette) – 1,039 square miles (2,690 km2) (Union)
Government	County government;
Subdivisions	cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, census designated place;

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


County	FIPS code	County seat^[1]	Est.^[2]	Origin	Etymology^[2]	Population^[3]	Area^[4]
Arkansas County	001	Stuttgart, DeWitt	December 13, 1813	1st County (Eastern Arkansas)	the Arkansas River	16,307	1,033.79 sq mi (2,678 km²)
Ashley County	003	Hamburg	November 30, 1848	Chicot, Drew and Union counties	Chester Ashley (1791–1848), a U.S. Senator from Arkansas	18,262	939.08 sq mi (2,432 km²)
Baxter County	005	Mountain Home	March 24, 1873	Fulton, Izard, Marion, and Searcy counties	Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), a governor of Arkansas	42,875	586.74 sq mi (1,520 km²)
Benton County	007	Bentonville	September 30, 1836	Washington County	Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), a U.S. Senator from Missouri	311,013	884.86 sq mi (2,292 km²)
Boone County	009	Harrison	April 9, 1869	Carroll and Marion counties	Some historians ^[who?] say Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the American frontiersman	38,530	601.82 sq mi (1,559 km²)
Bradley County	011	Warren	December 18, 1840	Union County	Hugh Bradley, a soldier in the War of 1812 and early area settler	10,104	654.38 sq mi (1,695 km²)
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	4,641	632.54 sq mi (1,638 km²)
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	28,814	638.81 sq mi (1,655 km²)
Chicot County	017	Lake Village	October 15, 1823	Arkansas County	Point Chicot on the Mississippi River	9,538	690.88 sq mi (1,789 km²)
Clark County	019	Arkadelphia	December 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	William Clark (1770–1838), explorer and Governor of the Missouri Territory	21,274	882.60 sq mi (2,286 km²)
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	14,201	641.42 sq mi (1,661 km²)
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	25,445	591.91 sq mi (1,533 km²)
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)	7,378	598.80 sq mi (1,551 km²)
Columbia County	027	Magnolia	December 17, 1852	Formed from Lafayette, Hempstead, and Ouachita counties	Columbia, a female personification of the United States	22,150	766.86 sq mi (1,986 km²)
Conway County	029	Morrilton	October 20, 1825	Pulaski County	Henry Wharton Conway (1793–1827), territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives	21,077	566.66 sq mi (1,468 km²)
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	113,993	712.98 sq mi (1,847 km²)
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	61,891	604.20 sq mi (1,565 km²)
Crittenden County	035	Marion	October 22, 1825	Phillips County	Robert Crittenden (1797–1834), 1st Secretary of the Arkansas Territory	47,139	636.74 sq mi (1,649 km²)
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	16,420	622.33 sq mi (1,612 km²)
Dallas County	039	Fordyce	January 1, 1845	Clark and Bradley counties	George M. Dallas (1792–1864), 11th Vice President of the United States	6,185	668.16 sq mi (1,731 km²)
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	10,479	819.52 sq mi (2,123 km²)
Drew County	043	Monticello	November 26, 1846	Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Union counties	Thomas S. Drew (1802–1879), 3rd Governor of Arkansas	16,945	835.65 sq mi (2,164 km²)
Faulkner County	045	Conway	April 12, 1873	Pulaski and Conway counties	Sandford C. Faulkner (1806–1874), composer and fiddler known for the "Arkansas Traveler"	129,951	664.01 sq mi (1,720 km²)
Franklin County	047	Ozark, Charleston	December 19, 1837	Crawford and Johnson counties	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), founding father of the United States	17,468	619.69 sq mi (1,605 km²)
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	12,421	620.32 sq mi (1,607 km²)
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	99,784	734.57 sq mi (1,903 km²)
Grant County	053	Sheridan	February 4, 1869	Jefferson, Hot Spring, Saline counties	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States	18,383	633.01 sq mi (1,639 km²)
Greene County	055	Paragould	November 5, 1833	Lawrence County and later on by Randolph	Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), the Revolutionary War General	46,743	579.65 sq mi (1,501 km²)
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	19,343	741.36 sq mi (1,920 km²)
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]}	33,258	622.16 sq mi (1,611 km²)
Howard County	061	Nashville	April 17, 1873	Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier counties.	James H. Howard, a state senator	12,533	595.20 sq mi (1,542 km²)
Independence County	063	Batesville	October 20, 1820	Lawrence County (1820)	The Declaration of Independence	38,320	771.57 sq mi (1,998 km²)
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	14,169	584.02 sq mi (1,513 km²)
Jackson County	067	Newport	November 5, 1829	Lawrence and St. Francis counties	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States	16,784	641.45 sq mi (1,661 km²)
Jefferson County	069	Pine Bluff	November 2, 1829	Arkansas and Pulaski	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the United States	63,661	913.70 sq mi (2,366 km²)
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	26,129	682.74 sq mi (1,768 km²)
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	6,095	545.07 sq mi (1,412 km²)
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	16,318	592.34 sq mi (1,534 km²)
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	8,201	619.47 sq mi (1,604 km²)
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	12,898	572.17 sq mi (1,482 km²)
Little River County	081	Ashdown	March 5, 1867	Sevier County	Little River, a tributary of the Red River	11,805	564.87 sq mi (1,463 km²)
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	21,400	731.50 sq mi (1,895 km²)
Lonoke County	085	Lonoke	April 16, 1873	Prairie and Pulaski counties	An oak tree that stood on the site of the current county seat	75,944	802.43 sq mi (2,078 km²)
Madison County	087	Huntsville	September 30, 1836	Washington County	Madison County, Alabama, the origin of some early settlers^[5]	17,775	837.06 sq mi (2,168 km²)
Marion County	089	Yellville	November 3, 1835	Izard County	Francis Marion (1732–1795), an American general during the Revolutionary War	17,514	640.39 sq mi (1,659 km²)
Miller County	091	Texarkana	December 22, 1874^{[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	42,415	637.48 sq mi (1,651 km²)
Mississippi County	093	Blytheville, Osceola	November 1, 1833	Crittenden	the Mississippi River	38,663	919.73 sq mi (2,382 km²)
Monroe County	095	Clarendon	November 2, 1829^[6]	Phillips and Arkansas counties	James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th President of the United States	6,512	621.41 sq mi (1,609 km²)
Montgomery County	097	Mount Ida	December 9, 1842	Hot Spring	Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), an American general during the Revolutionary War	8,620	800.29 sq mi (2,073 km²)
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	8,120	620.78 sq mi (1,608 km²)
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	7,071	823.18 sq mi (2,132 km²)
Ouachita County	103	Camden	November 29, 1842	Union	the Ouachita River	21,793	739.63 sq mi (1,916 km²)
Perry County	105	Perryville	December 18, 1840	Conway County	Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), a naval officer in the War of 1812	10,184	560.47 sq mi (1,452 km²)
Phillips County	107	Helena	May 1,1820	Arkansas and Lawrence County	Sylvanus Phillips, a member of the territorial legislature	14,961	727.29 sq mi (1,884 km²)
Pike County	109	Murfreesboro	November 1, 1833	Clark and Hempstead counties	Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), the explorer and discoverer of Pikes Peak	10,208	613.88 sq mi (1,590 km²)
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	22,397	763.39 sq mi (1,977 km²)
Polk County	113	Mena	November 30, 1844	Sevier	James K. Polk (1795–1849), the eleventh president of the United States	19,436	862.42 sq mi (2,234 km²)
Pope County	115	Russellville	November 2, 1829	Crawford County	John Pope (1770–1845), a governor of the Arkansas Territory	64,593	830.79 sq mi (2,152 km²)
Prairie County	117	Des Arc, DeValls Bluff	October 25, 1846	Arkansas and Pulaski counties	Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas	8,036	675.76 sq mi (1,750 km²)
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	400,009	807.84 sq mi (2,092 km²)
Randolph County	121	Pocahontas	October 29, 1835	Lawrence County	John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), a U.S. congressman from Virginia	18,907	656.04 sq mi (1,699 km²)
St. Francis County	123	Forrest City	October 13, 1827	Formed from Phillips County	The St. Francis River, a tributary of the Mississippi River	22,101	642.40 sq mi (1,664 km²)
Saline County	125	Benton	November 2, 1835	Independence and Pulaski	Salt reserves found within its borders	129,574	730.46 sq mi (1,892 km²)
Scott County	127	Waldron	November 5, 1833	Crawford and Pope counties	Andrew Scott (1789–1841), a judge of the Arkansas Territory Supreme Court	9,851	898.09 sq mi (2,326 km²)
Searcy County	129	Marshall	December 13, 1838	Marion County	Richard Searcy, a judge from Lawrence County	7,806	668.51 sq mi (1,731 km²)
Sebastian County	131	Fort Smith, Greenwood	January 6, 1851	Crawford and Scott	William K. Sebastian (1812–1865), a U.S. Senator	129,098	546.04 sq mi (1,414 km²)
Sevier County	133	De Queen	October 17, 1828	Hempstead County	Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801–1848), U.S. Senator	15,632	581.35 sq mi (1,506 km²)
Sharp County	135	Ash Flat	July 18, 1868	Lawrence County	Ephraim Sharp, an early settler and state legislator from the area	17,968	606.35 sq mi (1,570 km²)
Stone County	137	Mountain View	April 21, 1873	Izard, Independence, Searcy, Van Buren	Rugged, rocky area terrain	12,671	609.43 sq mi (1,578 km²)
Union County	139	El Dorado	November 2, 1829	Clark and Hempstead counties	Petition of citizens in the Spirit of "Union and Unity"	37,397	1,055.27 sq mi (2,733 km²)
Van Buren County	141	Clinton	November 11, 1833	Conway, Izard, and Independence	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), eighth president of the United States	16,142	724.32 sq mi (1,876 km²)
Washington County	143	Fayetteville	October 17, 1828	Lovely County	George Washington (1732–1799), first president of the United States	261,549	951.72 sq mi (2,465 km²)
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	78,452	1,042.36 sq mi (2,700 km²)
Woodruff County	147	Augusta	November 26, 1862	Jackson and St. Francis counties	William Woodruff (1795–1885), the first newspaper publisher in Arkansas	5,964	594.05 sq mi (1,539 km²)
Yell County	149	Dardanelle, Danville	December 5, 1840	Hot Spring, Pope, and Scott County	Archibald Yell (1797–1847), the second governor of Arkansas	20,044	948.84 sq mi (2,457 km²)

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.^[7]

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. The present Miller County was created in 1874 from an area that was part of Lafayette County before the former Miller County was dissolved.

Notes

^ The namesake springs were lost to Garland County in 1873.
^ A previous Miller County was created April 1, 1820, but abolished in 1838. No part of that county is in the present county.