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| Name | Arkansas |
| Alt names | Arkansas | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 34.317°N 91.4°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1813 - ) |
| See also | Chicot, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Desha, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jefferson, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lawrence, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lincoln, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Monroe, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Phillips, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pulaski, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Union, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,019. The county has two county seats, De Witt and Stuttgart. The first of the state's 75 present-day counties to be created, Arkansas County was formed on 13 December 1813 and is named after the Arkansas Indian tribe.
Arkansas County is one of seven counties in the United States to share the same name as the state they are located in (the other six counties are Hawaii County, Idaho County, Iowa County, New York County, Oklahoma County, and Utah County).
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1808 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1813 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 1,062
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| 1820 | 1,260
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| 1830 | 1,426
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| 1840 | 1,346
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| 1850 | 3,245
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| 1860 | 8,844
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| 1870 | 8,268
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| 1880 | 8,038
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| 1890 | 11,432
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| 1900 | 12,973
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| 1910 | 16,103
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| 1920 | 21,483
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| 1930 | 22,300
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| 1940 | 24,437
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| 1950 | 23,665
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| 1960 | 23,355
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| 1970 | 23,347
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| 1980 | 24,175
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| 1990 | 21,653
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Note: Total for 1810 is population of Arkansas District, Louisiana Territory. Total for 1890 includes 32 Indians in prison, not reported by county.
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