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| Name | Hempstead |
| Alt names | Hempstead | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 33.717°N 93.667°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1818 - ) |
| See also | Columbia, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Howard, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lafayette, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Little River, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Nevada, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pike, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Sevier, 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
Hempstead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 22,609. The county seat is Hope. Hempstead County is Arkansas's fourth county, formed on December 15, 1818, alongside Clark and Pulaski counties. The county is named for Edward Hempstead, a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Missouri Territory, which included present-day Arkansas at the time. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Hempstead County is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Historic Washington State Park is located in Hempstead County some nine miles northwest of Hope in the historic village of Washington, Arkansas. The state park opened in 1973 as "Old Washington Historic State Park", but the "Old" was dropped from the name in 2006. The park offers walking tours of the historic village, which contains more than a dozen historic structures from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1818 | 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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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1823 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1826 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1900 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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| 1820 | 2,248
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| 1830 | 2,512
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| 1840 | 4,921
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| 1850 | 7,672
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| 1860 | 13,989
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| 1870 | 13,768
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| 1880 | 19,015
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| 1890 | 22,796
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| 1900 | 24,101
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| 1910 | 28,285
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| 1920 | 31,602
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| 1930 | 30,847
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| 1940 | 32,770
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| 1950 | 25,080
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| 1960 | 19,661
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| 1970 | 19,308
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| 1980 | 23,635
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| 1990 | 21,621
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