Township Map

This may help some who know the city of their ancestors but are not sure of the township but not all are listed.

I have tried to match the cities or towns with the townships, you may have to check more than one township on some of these. Corrections to this are gladly taken. A couple of City/Towns have information on them below that were taken from the History of Lincoln County book. [Marie]

City/Town	Township
Avery	Wells Bayou
Cades	Gould and/or Choctaw
Calhoun	Smith
Corner(s)ville (Cornerville could have been named for the Elias King Haynes' birthplace of Cornerville, TN or because it served as a dividing line between four counties.)	Mill Creek
Cummins	Auburn
Feeneyville	Spring and/or Owen
Flynn	Smith and/or Gould
Fresno	Wells Bayou and/or Cane Creek
Garnett	Lone Pine
Grady	Choctaw
Owen	Owen
Palmyra	Owen
Relfs Bluff	Lone Pine and/or Mill Creek
Rose Hill	Smith
Star City (Courthouse was located on top of a hill when formed and is said to be named so because the site is surrounded by five hills which form the points of a star but official records don't indicate how it was named Star City so other stories exist as well.)	Cane Creek
Terry	Spring
Tyro (meaning a beginner, located in Sec. 12 of Smith Township, in Drew County, Arkansas, later placed in Lincoln County on 3/20/1871)	Smith
Varner	Choctaw
Warrenton	Smith
Whitefield	Bartholomew
Woodville	Kimbrough
Yorktown	Spring and/or Bartholomew

County Formation

From the National Archives, Washington, D. C. - Submitted by Gary Wiles wilesgm@hotmail.com.

Created: March 28, 1871
Parent Counties: Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, and Jefferson
Progeny County: Cleveland 1873
County Boundary Changes: Part annexed to Desha March 10, 1879, line with Arkansas changed March 25, 1895, and with Desha March 27, 1925.
County Seat: First Meetings were held in Cane Creek Church, then permanent location at Star City.

Townships

1880 Lincoln County
Census Records: National Archives Microcopy T9, Roll 49
Auburn (from Arkansas County in 1871)
Bartholomew (from Jefferson County in 1871)
Cane Creek (from Drew County in 1871)
Choctaw (from Arkansas County in 1871)
Kimbrough (from Arkansas County in 1871)
Lone Pine (from Drew County in 1871)
Mill Creek (from Drew County in 1871)
Owen (from Drew County in 1871)
Smith (from Desha and Drew Counties in 1871)
Spring Creek (from Jefferson County in 1871)
Wells Bayou (from Desha County in 1871)

1890 Lincoln County
Census Records for this year are not available for helpful information try the 1890 Tax Roll
Auburn
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring Creek
Wells Bayou

1900 Lincoln County
Census Records: National Archives Microcopy T623, Roll 65
Auburn: Douglas Town
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring (Spring Creek 1890)
Wells Bayou

1910 Lincoln County
Census Records: National Archives Microcopy T624, Roll 55
Auburn: Douglas Town, South Bend Town (inc. 1907)
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw: Gould Town (inc. 1907), Grady Town (incl. 1907), Varner Town (inc. 1907)
Kimbrough: Youngstown Town (inc. 1908)
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1920 Lincoln County
Census Records: National Archives Microcopy T625, Roll 70
Auburn: Douglas Town, South Bend Town
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw (part to Gould after 1910): Grady Town, Varner Town
Gould (from Choctaw after 1910): Gould Town
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1930 Lincoln County
Auburn (part annexed to Desha County 1925): Douglas Town, South Bend Town
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw: Grady Town, Varner Town
Gould (part annexed from Desha County in 1925): Gould Town
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1940 Lincoln County
Auburn: Douglas Town, South Bend Town
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw: Grady Town, Varner Town
Gould: Gould Town
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1950 Lincoln County
Auburn: Douglas Town, South Bend Town
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City Town
Choctaw: Grady Town, Varner Town
Gould: Gould Town
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1960 Lincoln County
Auburn: Douglas Town, South Bend Town
Bartholomew
Cane Creek (part to Star City city after 1950): Star City city
Choctaw: Grady Town
Gould: Gould City
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1970 Lincoln County
Auburn
Bartholomew
Cane Creek (part to Star City city after 1960): Star City city
Choctaw: Grady Town
Gould: Gould City
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1980 Lincoln County
Note: Annexation by Star City after 1970.
Auburn
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City city
Choctaw: Grady Town
Gould: Gould City
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou

1990 Lincoln County
Auburn
Bartholomew
Cane Creek: Star City city
Choctaw: Grady City
Gould: Gould City
Kimbrough
Lone Pine
Mill Creek
Owen
Smith
Spring
Wells Bayou