Washington County is a regional economic,educational,and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th county on November 30,1848,Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities,including Fayetteville,the county seat,and Springdale. The county is also the site of small towns,bedroom communities,and unincorporated places. The county is named for George Washington,the first President of the United States.
Farmington is a city in Washington County,Arkansas,United States. The community is nestled in a valley among the Boston Mountains,a subset of the Ozark Mountains. Although the first settlers came from the Deep South in 1828,the community did not incorporate until 1946. Located immediately west of Fayetteville in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan statistical area,Farmington has been experiencing a population boom in recent years,as indicated by a 66% growth in population between the 2000 and 2010 censuses. It has been characterized as a bedroom community by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center.
Fayetteville is the 2nd most populous city in Arkansas,the county seat of Washington County,and the most populous city in Northwest Arkansas. The city is on the outskirts of the Boston Mountains,deep within the Ozarks. Known as Washington until 1829,the city was named after Fayetteville,Tennessee,from which many of the settlers had come. It was incorporated on November 3,1836,and was rechartered in 1867. Fayetteville is included in the three-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is ranked 100th in terms of population in the United States with 576,403 in 2022 according to the United States Census Bureau. The city had a population of 99,285 in 2022.
Prairie Grove is a city in Washington County,Arkansas,United States. The population was 7,045 at the 2020 Census. It is part of the Northwest Arkansas region,and home to Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.
David Hampton Pryor is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966. He served as the interim chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party,following Bill Gwatney's assassination.
James Paul Clarke was a lawyer and politician from the Arkansas Delta during the Progressive Era. He served in public office over a period of almost 30 years,rising from the Arkansas General Assembly to Attorney General of Arkansas and later 18th Governor of Arkansas,ending his career in the United States Senate. In a period of Democratic Party hegemony known as the "Solid South",Clarke blended positions of the budding Populist movement,such as free silver and railroad regulation,with white supremacy and his gifted skills as an orator to popularity and electoral success.
James Douglas Johnson,known as "Justice Jim" Johnson,was an Arkansas legislator and jurist known for outspoken support of racial segregation during the mid-20th century. He served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1959 to 1966,and in the Arkansas Senate from 1951 to 1957. Johnson unsuccessfully sought several elected positions,including Governor of Arkansas in 1956 and 1966,and the United States Senate in 1968. A segregationist,Johnson was frequently compared to George Wallace of Alabama. He joined the Republican Party in 1983.
Wade Hampton Kitchens was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He served as an infantryman and officer in the Arkansas State Guard and the United States Army during three conflicts and practiced law on two continents before entering politics in Arkansas. Kitchens served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933,and won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1936.
William Joshua Driver was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
The 1st Regiment Arkansas Volunteer Infantry (1863–1865) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although Arkansas joined the Confederate States of America in 1861,not all of its citizens supported secession. Arkansas formed some 48 infantry regiments to serve in the Confederate Army,but also formed another 11 regiments that served in the Union Army.
William Lee Cazort,Sr. was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Johnson County in the Arkansas River Valley. Winning a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1915,Cazort became a rising star in Arkansas politics for the next eight years. He was defeated in the 1924 Democratic gubernatorial primary,but served as the fifth and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 1929 to 1931 under Governor Harvey Parnell and from 1933 to 1937 under Governor Junius Marion Futrell. Cazort also sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1930 and 1936,but failed to gain necessary statewide support and withdrew before the primary both times.
Lawrence Elery Wilson was an American businessman and politician from South Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1927 to 1931. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas,serving under Governor Harvey Parnell until he was defeated by Lee Cazort in the Democratic primary.
Terry Lee Shell was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
The Washington County Courthouse is the name of a current courthouse and that of a historic one in Fayetteville,Arkansas,the county seat of Washington County. The historic building,built in 1905,was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The historic courthouse is the fifth building to serve Washington County,with the prior buildings located on the Historic Square where the Old Post Office is today. The building is one of the prominent historic buildings that compose the Fayetteville skyline,in addition to Old Main.
The State government of Arkansas is divided into three branches:executive,legislative and judicial. These consist of the state governor's office,a bicameral state legislature known as the Arkansas General Assembly,and a state court system. The Arkansas Constitution delineates the structure and function of the state government. Since 1963,Arkansas has had four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Like all other states,it has two seats in the U.S. Senate.
Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozark Mountains. It includes four of the ten largest cities in the state:Fayetteville,Springdale,Rogers,and Bentonville,the surrounding towns of Benton and Washington counties,and adjacent rural Madison County,Arkansas. The United States Census Bureau-defined Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area includes 3,213.01 square miles (8,321.7 km2) and 576,403 residents,ranking NWA as the 98th most-populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. and the 13th fastest growing in the United States.
Lafayette S. Gregg was a lawyer and politician from Fayetteville,Arkansas. An ardent Republican and Unionist,he represented the interests of Fayetteville and the northwest Arkansas region in the Arkansas House of Representatives and through judicial positions,including serving as Associate Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1868 to 1874.
John McKinnis Bransford was an American politician. He was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives,serving from 1931 to 1935,and 1937 to 1941. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Vada Sheid was a politician from Mountain Home,Arkansas,who served in the Arkansas General Assembly for 20 years;in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977,the Arkansas Senate from 1977 to 1985,and returning to the House during the 79th Arkansas General Assembly. She is the first woman to serve in both houses of the General Assembly,and the first non-widow's succession woman to serve in the Arkansas Senate. Known by constituents as "Miss Vada",she worked on behalf of Ozark Mountain residents with a focus on education and infrastructure projects.
David Walker was an American lawyer,politician,and judge and notable early settler of Fayetteville,Arkansas. Walker served on the Arkansas Supreme Court for a total of eight years,including two years as chief justice.
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