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Name | Pope |
Alt names | Pope | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 35.45°N 93.05°W |
Located in | Arkansas, United States (1829 - ) |
See also | Franklin, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Johnson, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Logan, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Newton, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pulaski, Arkansas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Scott, Arkansas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Yell, 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
Pope County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,754. The county seat is Russellville. The county was formed on November 2, 1829, from a portion of Crawford County and named for John Pope, the third governor of the Arkansas Territory. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Pope County is part of the Russellville, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1828 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1829 | County formed | 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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1830 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1844 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1857 | Court 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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1830 | 1,483
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1840 | 2,850
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1850 | 4,710
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1860 | 7,883
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1870 | 8,386
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1880 | 14,322
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1890 | 19,458
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1900 | 21,715
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1910 | 24,527
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1920 | 27,153
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1930 | 26,547
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1940 | 25,682
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1950 | 23,291
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1960 | 21,177
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1970 | 28,607
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1980 | 39,021
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1990 | 45,883
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Pope County, Arkansas, United States
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