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| Name | Independence |
| Alt names | Independence | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 35.75°N 91.567°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1820 - ) |
| See also | Cleburne, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lawrence, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Stone, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Van Buren, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | White, 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
Independence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 36,647. The county seat is Batesville. Independence County is Arkansas's ninth county, formed on October 20, 1820, from a portion of Lawrence County and named to honor the Declaration of Independence. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
The Batesville Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Independence County.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1820 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1821 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1826 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1839 | Probate 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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| 1830 | 2,031
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| 1840 | 3,669
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| 1850 | 7,767
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| 1860 | 14,307
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| 1870 | 14,566
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| 1880 | 18,086
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| 1890 | 21,961
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| 1900 | 22,557
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| 1910 | 24,776
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| 1920 | 23,976
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| 1930 | 24,225
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| 1940 | 25,643
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| 1950 | 23,488
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| 1960 | 20,048
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| 1970 | 22,723
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| 1980 | 30,147
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| 1990 | 31,192
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