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Arkansas County, Arkansas
Arkansas County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: De Witt
Year Organized: 1813
Square Miles: 988 |
Court House: 101 Court Square
County Courthouse
De Witt, AR 72042-2048
Phone: (870) 946-4321
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Meaning of County Name Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
One of the oldest county in Arkansas, and has a well-to-do history behind it. The only American Revolutionary battle fought west of the Mississippi (1873) was fought in Arkansas County. A dual county seat with courthouses in Dewitt and Stuttgart, the oldest
records in Arkansas are kept in the (Stuttgart) Courthouse. They date from 1796 and are written in Spanish. The courtroom in the courthouse has a unique design where the witness sits in front of the judge and faces the jury, whereas, in most courtrooms the witness sits beside the judge facing the
spectators. The landscape of the county is rich, flat, delta farmland. The eastern boundary of the county runs along the White River, and the southern border includes a stretch of the Arkansas River and Lock and Dam No. 2 of the River Navigation System.
There are two museums in the county, Stuttgart Agricultural Museum and the Arkansas Post County Museum and a National Memorial in Gillett. The Arkansas Post is considered the earliest European resolution in the lower Mississippi River valley. The National Park includes a visitors' center and
exhibits, artifacts and a trail to take visitors by points of interest.
The population of Arkansas county is 21,653 according to the (1990) census, with 64.5% being urban and rural. Rice Belt Vo-tech and a University of Arkansas agricultural research experiment station are active in research and training in the county.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Monroe County; Phillips County
- South: Desha County
- Southwest: Lincoln County
- West: Jefferson County
- Northwest: Lonoke County; Prairie County
Cities and Towns:
- Almyra town Incorporated Area
- De Witt city Incorporated Area (County Seat)
- Gillett city Incorporated Area
- Humphrey city Incorporated Area
- St. Charles town Incorporated Area
- Stuttgart city Incorporated Area
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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