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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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Ouachita County, Arkansas

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

 

County Seat: Camden
Year Organized: 1842
Square Miles: 732		 Court House:

P.O. Box 644
County Courthouse
Camden, AR 71711-0644
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Ouachita is named for the Ouachita River. The river is named for the Washita Indian tribe, which was one of several that lived along the river.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

 Created in November 1842, from part of Union County and named for the river running through it. In the Choctaw language, the words "owa" and "chita" mean "big hunt." From that came Ouachita. It was the river that enticed a French trapper to establish a trading post that would become Camden, the county seat. There use to be heavy steamboat traffic linked Camden directly to New Orleans and other important cities. The county's economy is about half-timber and half manufacturing with some tourism. The landscape of the county is rolling hills, largely forested. Outdoor recreation abounds with hunting, fishing and water sports. The Ouachita County Courthouse has the cornerstone from the 1889 courthouse in the base for a planter in front of the entrance to the present building. The cornerstone refers to the original edifice as "this temple of justice." Also on the lawn is a statue of a woman carrying a flag, erected as a monument to Confederate women, and a Spanish-American War marker

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • Northeast: Dallas County
  • East: Calhoun County
  • Southeast: Union County
  • Southwest: Columbia County
  • West: Nevada County
  • Northwest: Clark County
Cities and Towns:
- Bearden city Incorporated Area
- Camden (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Chidester city Incorporated Area
- East Camden town Incorporated Area
- Louann town Incorporated Area
- Reader town Incorporated Area
- Stephens city Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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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, act locally."
 

 

 

 

 
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