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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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Sharp County, Arkansas

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

 

County Seat: Ash Flat
Year Organized: 1868
Square Miles: 604		 Court House:

719 Ash Flat Drive
County Courthouse
Ash Flat, AR 72513-9434
Etymology - Origin of County Name

Sharp is named for early settler Ephraim Sharp.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

 Created in 1868, from a part of Lawrence County and was named for Ephraim Sharp who was a member of the State Legislature representing Lawrence, Randolph and Greene counties when the new county was formed. The landscape of the county is rolling hills in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Crystal River Cave opened for tours in the 1930's, and many people from eastern Arkansas built cabins along the Spring River, where the beauty of the foothills is all around. The Harold E. Alexander Wildlife Management Area has public land fronting the Spring River available for recreation and overnight use. Hunting is allowed in designated places. The economic base of the county is agriculture; cattle, broilers, hay, and watermelons, and some light manufacturing with tourism being number one. Most of the working people located in the county commute to nearby Batesville. Cherokee Village, a long established resort-retirement community, is very active, as well as Hardy Old Town, which is located downtown and dates back to the early 1880's and features numerous quaint antique and gift shops. Hardy and Evening Shade served as the two courthouses until 1964 when the new courthouse was built in Ash Flat.

 

Neighboring Counties:
  • North: Oregon County, Mo.
  • Northeast: Randolph County
  • Southeast: Lawrence County
  • South: Independence County
  • West: Izard County
  • Northwest: Fulton County
Cities and Towns:
- Ash Flat (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Cave City city Incorporated Area
- Cherokee Village city Incorporated Area
- Evening Shade town Incorporated Area
- Hardy city Incorporated Area
- Highland city Incorporated Area
- Sidney town Incorporated Area
- Williford town 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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