List of counties in Arkansas

Counties of Arkansas
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Location	State of Arkansas
Number	75
Populations	4,690 (Calhoun) – 401,209 (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]	Map
ArkansasCounty	001	Stuttgart, DeWitt	Dec 13, 1813	1st County (Eastern Arkansas)	the Arkansas River	16,050	1,033.79 sq mi (2,678 km2)
AshleyCounty	003	Hamburg	Nov 30, 1848	Chicot, Drew and Union counties	Chester Ashley (1791–1848), a U.S. Senator from Arkansas	17,984	939.08 sq mi (2,432 km2)
BaxterCounty	005	Mountain Home	Mar 24, 1873	Fulton, Izard, Marion, and Searcy counties	Elisha Baxter (1827–1899), a governor of Arkansas	43,007	586.74 sq mi (1,520 km2)
BentonCounty	007	Bentonville	Sep 30, 1836	Washington County	Thomas Hart Benton (1782–1858), a U.S. Senator from Missouri	321,566	884.86 sq mi (2,292 km2)
BooneCounty	009	Harrison	Apr 9, 1869	Carroll and Marion counties	Some historians [ who? ] say Daniel Boone (1734–1820), the American frontiersman	38,636	601.82 sq mi (1,559 km2)
BradleyCounty	011	Warren	Dec 18, 1840	Union County	Hugh Bradley, a soldier in the War of 1812 and early area settler	9,935	654.38 sq mi (1,695 km2)
CalhounCounty	013	Hampton	Dec 6, 1850	Dallas and Ouachita counties	John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), 7th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from South Carolina	4,690	632.54 sq mi (1,638 km2)
CarrollCounty	015	Berryville, Eureka Springs	Nov 1, 1833	Izard County and later by Madison County (1870)	Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737–1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence	28,968	638.81 sq mi (1,655 km2)
ChicotCounty	017	Lake Village	Oct 15, 1823	Arkansas County	Point Chicot on the Mississippi River	9,272	690.88 sq mi (1,789 km2)
ClarkCounty	019	Arkadelphia	Dec 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	William Clark (1770–1838), explorer and Governor of the Missouri Territory	20,920	882.60 sq mi (2,286 km2)
ClayCounty	021	Piggott, Corning	Mar 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	14,112	641.42 sq mi (1,661 km2)
CleburneCounty	023	Heber Springs	Feb 20, 1883	White, Van Buren, and Independence counties	Patrick Cleburne (1828–1864), a Confederate General in the Civil War	25,646	591.91 sq mi (1,533 km2)
ClevelandCounty	025	Rison	Apr 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)	7,367	598.80 sq mi (1,551 km2)
ColumbiaCounty	027	Magnolia	Dec 17, 1852	Formed from Lafayette, Hempstead, and Ouachita counties	Columbia, a female personification of the United States	22,024	766.86 sq mi (1,986 km2)
ConwayCounty	029	Morrilton	Oct 20, 1825	Pulaski County	Henry Wharton Conway (1793–1827), territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives	21,422	566.66 sq mi (1,468 km2)
CraigheadCounty	031	Jonesboro, Lake City	Feb 19, 1859	Mississippi, Greene, Poinsett counties	Thomas Craighead (1798–1862), a state senator who ironically opposed the creation of the county	115,852	712.98 sq mi (1,847 km2)
CrawfordCounty	033	Van Buren	Oct 18, 1820	Pulaski County	William H. Crawford (1772–1834), a politician who served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War	62,258	604.20 sq mi (1,565 km2)
CrittendenCounty	035	Marion	Oct 22, 1825	Phillips County	Robert Crittenden (1797–1834), 1st Secretary of the Arkansas Territory	46,633	636.74 sq mi (1,649 km2)
CrossCounty	037	Wynne	Nov 15, 1862	St. Francis, Poinsett, and Crittenden counties	David C. Cross, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War and local politician	16,194	622.33 sq mi (1,612 km2)
DallasCounty	039	Fordyce	Jan 1, 1845	Clark and Bradley counties	George M. Dallas (1792–1864), 11th Vice President of the United States	6,076	668.16 sq mi (1,731 km2)
DeshaCounty	041	Arkansas City	Dec 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	10,321	819.52 sq mi (2,123 km2)
DrewCounty	043	Monticello	Nov 26, 1846	Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Union counties	Thomas S. Drew (1802–1879), 3rd Governor of Arkansas	16,935	835.65 sq mi (2,164 km2)
FaulknerCounty	045	Conway	Apr 12, 1873	Pulaski and Conway counties	Sandford C. Faulkner (1806–1874), composer and fiddler known for the "Arkansas Traveler"	131,611	664.01 sq mi (1,720 km2)
FranklinCounty	047	Ozark, Charleston	Dec 19, 1837	Crawford and Johnson counties	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), founding father of the United States	17,586	619.69 sq mi (1,605 km2)
FultonCounty	049	Salem	Dec 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	12,546	620.32 sq mi (1,607 km2)
GarlandCounty	051	Hot Springs	Apr 5, 1873	Montgomery, Hot Spring, and Saline counties	Augustus Hill Garland (1832–1899), U.S. Senator and 11th Governor of Arkansas	99,902	734.57 sq mi (1,903 km2)
GrantCounty	053	Sheridan	Feb 4, 1869	Jefferson, Hot Spring, Saline counties	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), 18th President of the United States	18,546	633.01 sq mi (1,639 km2)
GreeneCounty	055	Paragould	Nov 5, 1833	Lawrence County and later on by Randolph	Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), the Revolutionary War General	46,928	579.65 sq mi (1,501 km2)
HempsteadCounty	057	Hope	Dec 15, 1818	Arkansas (1818)	Edward Hempstead (1780–1817), Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Missouri Territory	19,105	741.36 sq mi (1,920 km2)
Hot SpringCounty	059	Malvern	Nov 2, 1829	Clark County and later from Montgomery County (prior 1880)	Naturally occurring hot springs within the county [Note 1]	33,313	622.16 sq mi (1,611 km2)
HowardCounty	061	Nashville	Apr 17, 1873	Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier counties.	James H. Howard, a state senator	12,387	595.20 sq mi (1,542 km2)
IndependenceCounty	063	Batesville	Oct 20, 1820	Lawrence County (1820)	The Declaration of Independence	38,345	771.57 sq mi (1,998 km2)
IzardCounty	065	Melbourne	Oct 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	14,291	584.02 sq mi (1,513 km2)
JacksonCounty	067	Newport	Nov 5, 1829	Lawrence and St. Francis counties	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th President of the United States	16,673	641.45 sq mi (1,661 km2)
JeffersonCounty	069	Pine Bluff	Nov 2, 1829	Arkansas and Pulaski	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd President of the United States	63,672	913.70 sq mi (2,366 km2)
JohnsonCounty	071	Clarksville	Nov 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	26,172	682.74 sq mi (1,768 km2)
LafayetteCounty	073	Lewisville	Oct 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	6,015	545.07 sq mi (1,412 km2)
LawrenceCounty	075	Walnut Ridge	Jan 15, 1815	Arkansas and New Madrid (MO) in 1815	James Lawrence (1781–1813), an American naval officer during the War of 1812	16,305	592.34 sq mi (1,534 km2)
LeeCounty	077	Marianna	Apr 17, 1873	Phillips, Monroe, Crittenden, and St. Francis counties.	Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), a confederate general during the Civil War	8,104	619.47 sq mi (1,604 km2)
LincolnCounty	079	Star City	Mar 28, 1871	Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, and Jefferson counties	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), 16th President of the United States	12,868	572.17 sq mi (1,482 km2)
Little RiverCounty	081	Ashdown	Mar 5, 1867	Sevier County	Little River, a tributary of the Red River	11,626	564.87 sq mi (1,463 km2)
LoganCounty	083	Booneville, Paris	Mar 22, 1871	Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Scott, and Yell counties (Formally named Sarber County)	James Logan (1791–1859), an early settler of western Arkansas	21,457	731.50 sq mi (1,895 km2)
LonokeCounty	085	Lonoke	Apr 16, 1873	Prairie and Pulaski counties	An oak tree that stood on the site of the current county seat	76,389	802.43 sq mi (2,078 km2)
MadisonCounty	087	Huntsville	Sep 30, 1836	Washington County	Madison County, Alabama, the origin of some early settlers [5]	17,865	837.06 sq mi (2,168 km2)
MarionCounty	089	Yellville	Nov 3, 1835	Izard County	Francis Marion (1732–1795), an American general during the Revolutionary War	17,593	640.39 sq mi (1,659 km2)
MillerCounty	091	Texarkana	Dec 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	41,958	637.48 sq mi (1,651 km2)
MississippiCounty	093	Blytheville, Osceola	Nov 1, 1833	Crittenden	the Mississippi River	38,095	919.73 sq mi (2,382 km2)
MonroeCounty	095	Clarendon	Nov 2, 1829 [6]	Phillips and Arkansas counties	James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th President of the United States	6,415	621.41 sq mi (1,609 km2)
MontgomeryCounty	097	Mount Ida	Dec 9, 1842	Hot Spring	Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), an American general during the Revolutionary War	8,510	800.29 sq mi (2,073 km2)
NevadaCounty	099	Prescott	Mar 20, 1871	Columbia, Hempstead, Ouachita counties	the state of Nevada, which has a similar outline to the county's boundaries	8,004	620.78 sq mi (1,608 km2)
NewtonCounty	101	Jasper	Dec 14, 1842	Carroll	Thomas W. Newton (1804–1853), a state senator and member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas	7,026	823.18 sq mi (2,132 km2)
OuachitaCounty	103	Camden	Nov 29, 1842	Union	the Ouachita River	21,684	739.63 sq mi (1,916 km2)
PerryCounty	105	Perryville	Dec 18, 1840	Conway County	Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), a naval officer in the War of 1812	10,251	560.47 sq mi (1,452 km2)
PhillipsCounty	107	Helena	May 1, 1820	Arkansas and Lawrence County	Sylvanus Phillips, a member of the territorial legislature	14,661	727.29 sq mi (1,884 km2)
PikeCounty	109	Murfreesboro	Nov 1, 1833	Clark and Hempstead counties	Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), the explorer and discoverer of Pikes Peak	10,027	613.88 sq mi (1,590 km2)
PoinsettCounty	111	Harrisburg	Feb 28, 1838	Greene, Lawrence counties	Joel Poinsett (1779–1851), a United States Secretary of War and namesake of the poinsettia	22,300	763.39 sq mi (1,977 km2)
PolkCounty	113	Mena	Nov 30, 1844	Sevier	James K. Polk (1795–1849), the eleventh president of the United States	19,434	862.42 sq mi (2,234 km2)
PopeCounty	115	Russellville	Nov 2, 1829	Crawford County	John Pope (1770–1845), a governor of the Arkansas Territory	64,829	830.79 sq mi (2,152 km2)
PrairieCounty	117	Des Arc, DeValls Bluff	Oct 25, 1846	Arkansas and Pulaski counties	Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas	7,935	675.76 sq mi (1,750 km2)
PulaskiCounty	119	Little Rock	Dec 15, 1818	Arkansas and Lawrence counties (1818)	Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War	401,209	807.84 sq mi (2,092 km2)
RandolphCounty	121	Pocahontas	Oct 29, 1835	Lawrence County	John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), a U.S. congressman from Virginia	19,040	656.04 sq mi (1,699 km2)
St. FrancisCounty	123	Forrest City	Oct 13, 1827	Formed from Phillips County	The St. Francis River, a tributary of the Mississippi River	21,822	642.40 sq mi (1,664 km2)
SalineCounty	125	Benton	Nov 2, 1835	Independence and Pulaski	Salt reserves found within its borders	131,252	730.46 sq mi (1,892 km2)
ScottCounty	127	Waldron	Nov 5, 1833	Crawford and Pope counties	Andrew Scott (1789–1841), a judge of the Arkansas Territory Supreme Court	9,837	898.09 sq mi (2,326 km2)
SearcyCounty	129	Marshall	Dec 13, 1838	Marion County	Richard Searcy, a judge from Lawrence County	7,836	668.51 sq mi (1,731 km2)
SebastianCounty	131	Fort Smith, Greenwood	Jan 6, 1851	Crawford and Scott	William K. Sebastian (1812–1865), a U.S. Senator	130,035	546.04 sq mi (1,414 km2)
SevierCounty	133	De Queen	Oct 17, 1828	Hempstead County	Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801–1848), U.S. Senator	15,735	581.35 sq mi (1,506 km2)
SharpCounty	135	Ash Flat	Jul 18, 1868	Lawrence County	Ephraim Sharp, an early settler and state legislator from the area	18,130	606.35 sq mi (1,570 km2)
StoneCounty	137	Mountain View	Apr 21, 1873	Izard, Independence, Searcy, Van Buren	Rugged, rocky area terrain	12,785	609.43 sq mi (1,578 km2)
UnionCounty	139	El Dorado	Nov 2, 1829	Clark and Hempstead counties	Petition of citizens in the Spirit of "Union and Unity"	37,008	1,055.27 sq mi (2,733 km2)
Van BurenCounty	141	Clinton	Nov 11, 1833	Conway, Izard, and Independence	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), eighth president of the United States	16,152	724.32 sq mi (1,876 km2)
WashingtonCounty	143	Fayetteville	Oct 17, 1828	Lovely County	George Washington (1732–1799), first president of the United States	266,184	951.72 sq mi (2,465 km2)
WhiteCounty	145	Searcy	Oct 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	79,091	1,042.36 sq mi (2,700 km2)
WoodruffCounty	147	Augusta	Nov 26, 1862	Jackson and St. Francis counties	William Woodruff (1795–1885), the first newspaper publisher in Arkansas	5,808	594.05 sq mi (1,539 km2)
YellCounty	149	Dardanelle, Danville	Dec 5, 1840	Hot Spring, Pope, and Scott County	Archibald Yell (1797–1847), the second governor of Arkansas	20,134	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

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

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. "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Arkansas" . Retrieved 2025-03-14.
4. 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.
5. Haden, Rebecca (5 Feb 2019). "Madison County". Encyclopedia of Arkansas . Central Arkansas Library System . Retrieved 6 Nov 2021.
6. 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. Vol. VII. Madison, WI: The Western Historical Association. p. 107. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
7. McConaughy, James. "Lovely County, Arkansas". Washington County Arkansas Genealogical Society (WCAGS). Retrieved 2012-05-08.

Further reading

• writer, Statf (2022). "ARKANSAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW" (PDF). ce.naco.org. National Association of Counties (NACo). Retrieved January 3, 2025.

External links

• State of Arkansas local government resources search