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| Name | Phillips |
| Alt names | Phillips | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 34.45°N 90.833°W |
| Located in | Arkansas, United States (1820 - ) |
| See also | Arkansas, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crittenden, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jackson, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lee, 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) | | St. Francis, 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
Phillips County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 21,757. The county seat is Helena-West Helena. Phillips County is Arkansas's seventh county, formed on May 1, 1820, and named for Sylvanus Phillips, the area's first-known white settler and representative to the first Territorial Legislature of the Arkansas Territory.
The Helena-West Helena Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Phillips County.
Arkansas Attorney General Bruce Bennett was born in Phillips County in 1917 but reared and lived his adult years in El Dorado, the seat of Union County, Arkansas in southern Arkansas.Barry Williamson, an attorney in Austin, Texas, and a former member of the Texas Railroad Commission was reared in Phillips County.
Helena is the birthplace of Arkansas' former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln and actor/director/filmmaker Chuck Williams.
Mark Lavon “Levon” Helm was born on May 26, 1940, outside Elaine (Phillips County) to Nell and Diamond Helm. Levon is best known as the drummer and singer for the Canadian rock group the Band. Following the demise of the Band, he has continued to have a successful career leading his own band, as well as acting in numerous motion pictures.
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 | 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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| 1820 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1831 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | 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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| 1820 | 1,201
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| 1830 | 1,152
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| 1840 | 3,547
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| 1850 | 6,935
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| 1860 | 14,877
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| 1870 | 15,372
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| 1880 | 21,262
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| 1890 | 25,341
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| 1900 | 26,561
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| 1910 | 33,535
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| 1920 | 44,530
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| 1930 | 40,683
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| 1940 | 45,970
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| 1950 | 46,254
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| 1960 | 43,997
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| 1970 | 40,046
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| 1980 | 34,772
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| 1990 | 28,838
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