- Name
- Independence
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- Alternate names
- Independence (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 35.75°N 91.567°W
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- Located in
- Arkansas, United States (1820 - )
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- 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))
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| Contained Places
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Larger map
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- Inhabited place
- Akron
- Alvis
- Bailey
- Balch Addition
- Batesville
- Bethesda
- Big Spring Mill
- Blowing Cave
- Bryant Woodland Heights
- Bryant
- Cedar Grove
- Charlotte
- Clearview Estates
- College Heights Addition
- Collietown
- Cord
- Cushman Junction
- Cushman
- Denieville
- Dennison Heights
- Departe
- Desha
- Dota
- Dowdy
- Dunnington
- Earnheart
- Eastwood Addition
- Edmonson
- Elmo
- Floral
- Gainsboro
- Harmontown
- Hazel Grove
- Hickory Valley
- Huff
- Hutchinson
- Jamestown
- Limedale Junction
- Limedale
- Limeville
- Lockheart
- Locust Grove
- Magness
- Maple Springs
- McHue
- Meadow Heights
- Moorefield
- Mount Carmel
- Mount Zion
- New Hope
- Newark
- O'Neal
- Oil Trough
- Paroquet
- Pattonville
- Pegg Addition
- Pfeiffer
- Phosphate
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Plains
- Quail Valley
- Riverview
- Rogers Addition
- Rosie
- Ruddell Hill
- Rutherford
- Salado
- Sandtown
- Sharp
- Southside
- Sulphur Rock
- Sun Valley Addition
- The Quarry
- Thida
- Underwood
- Union Hill
- Walnut Grove
- Wolford Addition
- Wrenton
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- Township
- Barren
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- 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 2000, the population was 34,233. 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. It is home to the Independence Walkers, a team in the Eastern States Football League.
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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