County Courthouses in Arkansas
NOTE:
Many counties suffered the loss of their courthouses from fire or other catastrophe. If some of the early records were saved (incomplete records) I have put an "S" and if early tax records are available and were saved I have put a "T". I have assumed if the county was not listed as having incomplete records, that they have complete records for that county at their archives.Example - in Ashley County - the courthouse was destroyed or heavily damaged in 1921. Some partial records and items exist before then and there are some early tax records available.
This list was transcribed and submitted by:
Carol Smith - Ouachita County Coordinator
COUNTIES
Arkansas County, Formed 1813, Complete records
Ashley County, Formed 1848, Records available from 1921- S & T
Baxter County, Formed in 1873, Records available from 1890, - S
Benton County, Formed in 1836, Records available since 1865 - S& T
Boone County, Formed in 1869, complete records
Bradley County, Formed in 1840, complete records
Calhoun County, Formed in 1850, complete records
Carroll County, Formed in 1833, Records available since 1869, - T
Chicot, Formed in 1823, complete records
Clark, formed in 1818, complete records
* however, their courthouse was
damaged in the tornado of 1997 and some records stored at the courthouse MAY
have been lost, but the archives has the historical records archived.
Clay County, formed in 1873, records from 1881 and some partial records were lost between 1881-1893 when they suffered another loss of the courthouse, but then records from 1893 forward
Cleburne, formed 1883, complete records
Cleveland, formed in 1873 (formed originally as Dorsey County - changed to Cleveland in 1888), records available from 1875 - S
Columbia, formed in 1852, complete records
Conway, formed in 1825, complete records
Craighead, formed in 1859,records available since 1878- S& T
Crawford, formed in 1820, records available since 1877 - T
Crittenden, formed in 1825, complete records
Cross, formed in 1862, complete records
Dallas, formed in 1845, complete records
Desha, formed in 1838, records available since 1865 - S & T
Dorsey, formed in 1873, complete records
Drew, formed in 1846, complete records
Faulkner, formed in 1873, complete records
Franklin, formed in 1837, records available since 1863- S & T
Fulton, formed in 1842, records available sine 1870 - S & T
Garland, formed in 1873, records available since 1905 - S
Grant, formed in 1869, records available since 1877
Greene, formed in 1833, records available since 1876 - T
Hempstead, formed in 1818, complete records
Hot Springs, formed in 1829, complete records
Howard, formed in 1873, complete records
Independence, formed in 1820, complete records
Izard, formed in 1825, records available since 1889, - T
Jackson, formed in 1829, complete records
Jefferson, formed in 1829, complete records
Johnson, formed in 1833, complete records
Lafayette, formed in 1827, complete records
Lawrence, formed in 1815, complete records
Lee, formed in 1873, complete records
Lincoln, formed in 1871, complete records
Little River, formed in 1867, records available since 1882 - S & T
Logan, formed in 1871, records available since 1878
Lonoke, formed in 1873, complete records
Lovely, formed in 1827, complete records
Madison, formed in 1836, records available since 1902 - S & T
Marion, formed in 1836, records available since 1887, S & T
Miller, formed in 1820, complete records
Mississippi, formed in 1833, records available since 1865, S & T
Monroe, formed in 1829, complete records
Montgomery, formed in 1842, complete records
Nevada, formed in 1871, complete records
Newton, formed in 1842, records available since 1866 - S & T
Ouachita, formed in 1842, records available since 1875 - T
Perry, formed in 1840, with records available since 1881 - S & T
Phillips, formed in 1820, complete records
Pike, formed in 1833, with records available since 1895 - T
Poinsett, formed in 1838, with records available since 1873 - T
Polk, formed in 1844, records available since 1883 - S & T
Pope, formed in 1829, complete records
Prairie, formed in 1846, records available since 1853 - T
Pulaski, formed in 1818, complete records
Randolph, formed in 1836, complete records
St. Francis, formed in 1827, records available after 1874 - S & T
Saline, formed in 1835, complete records
Scott, formed in 1833, records available after 1883 - S & T
Searcy, formed in 1838, records available after 1864 - S & T
Sebastian, formed in 1851, records available since 1882 - S & T
Sevier, formed in 1828, complete records
Sharp, formed in 1868, records available since 1880
Stone, formed in 1873, complete records
Union, formed in 1829, complete records
Van Buren, formed in 1833, records available since 1863 - S & T
Washington, formed in 1828, complete records
White, formed in 1835, complete records
Woodruff, formed in 1862, complete records
Yell, formed in 1840, records available since 1865 - S & T
COUNTIES with TWO COURTHOUSES
ARKANSAS - Stuttgart and DeWitt
CARROLL - Berryville and Eureka Springs
CLAY - Piggett & Corning
CRAIGHEAD - Jonesboro and Lake City
FRANKLIN - Ozark and Charleston
LOGAN - Prairie and Bonneville
MISSISSIPPI- Blytheville & Osceola
PRAIRIE - Des Arc and De Valls Bluff
SEBASTIAN - Ft. Smith and Greenwood
YELL - Dardenelle and Danville
Return to the Arkansas State Page
Return to Genealogy Resources in Arkansas
Copyright © 1998 by Carol Smith. All rights
reserved.
This site may be freely linked to but not copied in any
fashion without written consent.