Arkansas County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties created by boundary changes[2] 0 |
| Arkansas | 1813 Dec 31 | Details | Missouri Territory | Chicot 1823, Clark 1818, Drew, 1846, Hempstead 1818, Desha 1838, Lincoln 1871, Independence 1820, Monroe 1829, Phillips 1820, Jefferson 1829, Pulaski 1818 |
| Ashley | 1848 Nov 30 | Details | Drew, Chicot, Union | none |
| Baxter | 1873 Mar 24 | Details | Fulton, Izard, Marion, Searcy | none |
| Benton | 1830 Sep 30 | Details | Washington | none |
| Boone | 1869 Apr 09 | Details | Carroll, Madison | none |
| Bradley | 1840 Dec 18 | Details | Union | Lincoln 1871, Cleveland 1873, Drew 1846, Dallas 1845 |
| Calhoun | 1850 Dec 06 | Details | Dallas, Ouachita, Union | none |
| Carroll | 1833 Nov 1 | Details | Izard | Madison 1836, Marion 1846, Newton 1842, Boone 1869 |
| Chicot | 1823 Oct 25 | Details | Arkansas | Ashley 1848, Desha 1838 |
| Clark | 1818 Dec 15 | Details | Arkansas, Missouri Territory | Union 1829, Dallas 1845, Hot Spring 1829, Pike 1833 |
| Clay | 1885 Mar 05 | Details | renamed from Clayton | none |
| Clayton | 1873 Mar 25 | Details | Randolph, Greene | renamed Clay 1885 |
| Cleburne | 1883 Feb 20 | Details | Independence, Van Buren, White | none |
| Cleveland | 1873 Apr 17 | Details | renamed from Dorsey | none |
| Columbia | 1852 Dec 17 | Details | Hempstead, Lafayette, Ouachita, Union | Nevada 1871 |
| Conway | 1825 Oct 20 | Details | Pulaski | Van Buren 1833, Faulkner 1873, Perry 1840 |
| Craighead | 1859 Feb 19 | Details | Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | none |
| Crawford | 1820 Oct 18 | Details | Pulaski, Osage and Cherokee Territory 1828 | Franklin 1837, Pope 1829, Scott 1833,Sebastian 1851, Washington 1828 |
| Crittenden | 1825 Oct 22 | Details | Phillips | Cross 1826, Lee 1873, Mississippi 1833 |
| Cross | 1867 Nov 15 | Details | St. Francis, Poinsett, Crittenden | none |
| Dallas | 1845 Jan 01 | Details | Clark, Bradley | Calhoun 1850, Cleveland 1873 |
| Desha | 1838 Feb 22 | Details | Arkansas, Chicot | Lincoln 1871 |
| Dorsey | 1873 Apr 17 | Details | Dallas, Bradley, Jefferson, Lincoln | renamed Cleveland 1885 |
| Drew | 1846 Nov 26 | Details | Bradley, Arkansas | Ashley 184, Lincoln 1871 |
| Faulkner | 1873 Apr 12 | Details | Conway, Pulaski | none |
| Franklin | 1837 Dec 19 | Details | Crawford | Logan 1871 |
| Fulton | 1842 Dec 01 | Details | Izard | Baxter 1873 |
| Garland | 1873 pr 5 | Details | Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline | none |
| Grant | 1869 Feb 04 | Details | Hot Spring, Saline, Jefferson | none |
| Greene | 1833 Nov 05 | Details | Lawrence | Clay 1873, Craighead 1859, Poinsett 1838 |
| Hempstead | 1818 Dec 15 | Details | Arkansas | Columbia 1852, Lafayette 1827, Little River 1867, Miller 1820, Pike 1833, Nevada 1871, Howard 1873, Saline 1835, Sevier 1828, Union 1829 |
| Hot Spring | 1829 Nov 02 | Details | Clark | Montgomery 1842, Garland 1873, Grant 1869 |
| Howard | 1873 Apr 05 | Details | Pike, Hempstead, Polk, Sevier | none |
| Independence | 1820 Oct 20 | Details | Lawrence, Arkansas | Cleburn 1883, Izard 1825, Jackson 1829, Sevier 1873, Stone 1873, Van Buren 1833, White 1835 |
| Izard | 1825 Oct 20 | Details | Independence | Baxter 1873, Carroll 1833, Marion 1836, Fulton 1842, Stone 1873, Van Buren 1833 |
| Jackson | 1829 Nov 05 | Details | Independence | White 1835, Woodruff 1862 |
| Jefferson | 1829 Nov 02 | Details | Arkansas, Pulaski | Cleveland 1873, Grant 1869, Lincoln 1871 |
| Johnson | 1833 Nov 16 | Details | Pope | Logan 1871 |
| Lafayette | 1827 Oct 15 | Details | Hempstead | Columbia 1852, Miller 1874 |
| Lawrence | 1815 Jan 15 | Details | New Madrid (Arkansas Territory) | Greene 1833, Independence1820, Randolph 1835, Sharp 1868 |
| Lee | 1873 Apr 17 | Details | Crittenden, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francis | none |
| Lincoln | 1871 Mar 28 | Details | Arkansas, Bradley, Drew, Jefferson, Desha | Cleveland 1873 |
| Little River | 1867 Mar 05 | Details | Hempstead, Sevier | none |
| Logan | 1875 Dec 15 | Details | renamed from Sarber | none |
| Lonoke | 1873 Apr 16 | Details | Prairie, Pulaski | none |
| Lovely | 1827 Oct 13 | Details | Arkansas Territory | Washington 1828, Indian Territory |
| Marion | 1835 Nov 03 | Details | Izard, Sarcy | Searcy 1838, Baxter 1873 |
| Miller (old) | 1820 Apr 1 | Details | Hempstead | Sevier 1828, Fannin and Red River counties in Texas 1836 |
| Miller (new) | 1874 Dec 22 | Details | Lafayette | none |
| Mississippi | 1833 Nov 01 | Details | Crittenden | Craighead 1859 |
| Monroe | 1829 Nov 02 | Details | Phillips, Arkansas | Lee 1873 |
| Montgomery | 1842 dec 09 | Details | Hot Spring | Garland 1873 |
| Nevada | 1871 Mar 20 | Details | Hempstead, Columbia, Ouachita | none |
| Newton | 1842 Dec 14 | Details | Carroll | none |
| New Madrid (now in Missouri) | 1815 Jan 15 | Details | Arkansas Territory | Lawrence 1815 |
| Ouachita | 1842 Nov 29 | Details | Union | Calhoun 1850, Columbia 1852, Nevada 1871 |
| Perry | 1840 Dec 18 | Details | Conway | none |
| Phillips | 1820 May 01 | Details | Arkansas | Crittenden 1825, Lee 1873, Monroe 1829, St. Francis 1827 |
| Pike | 1833 Nov 01 | Details | Clark, Hempstead | Howard 1873 |
| Poinsett | 1838 Feb 28 | Details | Greene, St. Francis | Craighead 1858, Cross 1826 |
| Polk | 1844 Nov 30 | Details | Sevier | Sebastian 1851, Howard 1873 |
| Pope | 1829 Nov 02 | Details | Crawford | Johnson 1833, Logan 1871, Scott 1833, Van Buren 1833, Yell 1844 |
| Prairie | 1846 Nov 25 | Details | Pulaski | Lonoke 1873 |
| Pulaski | 1818 Dec 15 | Details | Arkansas | Conway 1825, Crawford 1820, Scott 1833, Faulkner 1873, Jeffeson 1829, Lonke 1873, Prairie 1846, White 1835, Saline 1835 |
| Randolph | 1835 Oct 29 | Details | Lawrence | Clay 1873 |
| Saint Francis | 1827 Oct 13 | Details | Phillips | Cross 1826, Lee 1873, Poinsett 1838, Woodruff 1862 |
| Saline | 1835 Nov 02 | Details | Hempstead, Pulaski | Garland 1873, Grant 1869 |
| Sarber | 1871 Mar 22 | Details | Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Scott, Yell | renamed Logan 1875 |
| Scott | 1833 Nov 05 | Details | Crawford, Pope, Pulaski | Logan 1871, Yell 1840, Sebastian 1851 |
| Searcy | 1838 Dec 13 | Details | Marion | Baxter 1873, Marion 1835, Stone 1873, Van Buren 1873 |
| Sebastian | 1851 an 5 | Details | Scott, Polk, Crawford | none |
| Sevier | 1828 Oct 17 | Details | Miller, Hempstead | Little River 1867, Polk 1844, Howard 1873 |
| Sharp | 1868 Jul 18 | Details | Lawrence | none |
| Stone | 1873 Apr 21 | Details | Independence, Izard, Van Buren, Searcy | none |
| Union | 1829 ov 2 | Details | Clark, Hempstead | Ashley 1848, Bradley 1840, Calhoun 1850, Columbia 1852, Ouachita 1842 |
| Van Buren | 1833 Nov 11 | Details | Conway, Independence, Pope, Izard, Searcy | Cleburne 1883, Stone 1873 |
| Washington | 1828 Oct 27 | Details | Lovely, Crawford | Benton 1836, Madison 1836 |
| White | 1835 Oct 23 | Details | Independence Jackson, Pulaski | Cleburne 1883 |
| Woodruff | 1862 Nov 26 | Details | Jackson, St. Francis | none |
| Yell | 1840 Dec 05 | Details | Pope, Scott | Logan 1871 |
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Arkansas/viewer.htm Arkansas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.
- ↑ ibid. Arkansas: Individual County Chronologies
