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There are 75 Counties in the State of Arkansas which vary from the rich Delta farmlands of the Mississippi River valley to the rolling hills and gently sloped mountains of the Ozarks and Ouachitas

 

 

 

 

  

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Izard County, Arkansas

Izard County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Melbourne
Year Organized: 1825
Square Miles: 581		 Court House:

P.O. Box 327
County Courthouse
Melbourne, AR 72556-0327
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Izard is named for George Izard, a governor of the Arkansas Territory and general in the War of 1812. George Izard (21 October 1776 - 22 November 1828) was a General in the United States Army during the War of 1812 and a Governor of the Arkansas Territory.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Created in October 17, 1825, as the 13th county of the Territory of Arkansas from parts of Independence County, in which it was named after George Izard, the second Governor of the territory. Melbourne is the county seat. The landscape of the county is rugged and mountainous. Izard County courthouse holds lots of history. It was built of brick and concrete faced with shaped, quarried native limestone and sits on a six-foot mound surrounded by a matching limestone retaining wall. A doughboy statue commemorating World War I county veterans, a historical marker, and a small hexagonal band shell sit on the courthouse ground. There still remains an original painting hanging in the courthouse warning "$5.00 fine to spit on floor, no exceptions." The Ozark hill country is good for raising cattle, and timber, and silica sand is found in the rivers. Small manufacturing has boosted the economy. The White River forms the southwestern border and provides recreation and fishing. A world-famous trout fishing river, the White, brings cold water from the depths of Bull Shoals and Norfork lakes, gradually warming near Batesville. The Strawberry River is a good stream for floaters and on this river is located Horseshoe Bend, a resort retirement community featuring lakes, golf course, health spa, tennis facilities, and a shopping center. The rugged hill country offers hunting and natural Ozark beauty. Two highways, No 9 and No 58, both offer scenic beauty. Calico Rock, a quaint old town, sits on the bluffs above the White River and offers its small-town charm. Many tourists visit Izard County each year recognizing that the county has a fragile environment, easy to destroy but impossible to replace.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Northeast: Fulton County
  • East: Sharp County
  • Southeast: Independence County
  • Southwest: Stone County
  • Northwest: Baxter County
Cities and Towns:
- Calico Rock city Incorporated Area
- Franklin town Incorporated Area
- Guion town Incorporated Area
- Horseshoe Bend city Incorporated Area
- Melbourne (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Mount Pleasant town Incorporated Area
- Oxford city Incorporated Area
- Pineville town Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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, act locally."
 

 

 

 

 
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