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Townships Timeline of Formation & Changes
Reprinted from the Bramble Bush, July 1997 Issue
If you don't understand Townships read an explanation
Printed here with permission of Marion Co Historical Society
| Township | Year | Formed From | Part Given To; | ||||
| Barren Creek | 1858 | Annexed to Baxer Co 1873 | |||||
| Bearden | 1870s | ||||||
| Big Creek | 1890s | Buffalo | |||||
| Big Springs | 1910s | Hampton, Liberty, Union, Water Creek | |||||
| Blythe | 1838 | Original township | Dodd City 1890s, Summit 1905 | ||||
| Buffalo | 1840 | Original Township | Big Creek 1890s | ||||
| Cedar Creek | 1890s | Franklin, North Fork | |||||
| Crockett | 1888 | Franklin | Kessee 1890s | ||||
| Crooked Creek | 1890s | Bearden, Union, White River | |||||
| DeSoto | 1888 | Bearden, Water Creek | Jefferson 1904 | ||||
| Dodd City | 1890s | Blythe, Sugarloaf | Joe Burleson 1905, Summit 1905 | ||||
| Flippen Barren | 1860s | Name changed from White River | |||||
| Flippen Barren | 1870s | Name changed back to White River | |||||
| Franklin | 1870s | Crockett 1888, Cedar Creek 1890s | |||||
| Hampton | 1854 | Tomahawk 1890s, Liberty 1890s, Independence 1908, Big Springs 1910s | |||||
| Independence | 1862 | Rapps Barren, Whiteville 1862 | Annexed to Baxter Co 1873 | ||||
| Independence | 1908 | Hampton, Prairie 1908 | |||||
| James Creek | 1856 | Keeter 1906 | |||||
| Jefferson | 1904 | Bearden, DeSoto | |||||
| Joe Burleson | 1905 | Dodd City, Union, White River | |||||
| Kessee | 1890s | Crockett | |||||
| Keeter | 1906 | James Creek, North Fork | |||||
| Liberty | 1890s | Hampton, Water Creek | |||||
| Little North Fork | 1840 | Original township | Renamed "North Fork" in 1880s | ||||
| North Fork | 1880s | Little North Fork Renamed | Cedar Creek 1890s, Keeter 1906 | ||||
| Prairie | 1850 | Blythe | Annexed to Boone Co 1869 | ||||
| Prairie | 1870 | Recreated 1870 | |||||
| Rapps Barren | 1858 | Independence 1869, Annexed to Baxter Co 1873 | |||||
| Sugarloaf | Before 1836 | Original township | Dodd City 1890s | ||||
| Summit | 1905 | Blythe, Dodd City, Union, White River | |||||
| Tomahawk | 1870s | Annexed to Hampton Twp 1890s | |||||
| Union | Before 1836 | Original township | Crooked Creek 1890s, Joe Burleson Summit 1905, Big Springs 1910 | ||||
| Water Creek | 1870s | DeSoto 1888, Liberty 1890s, Big Springs 1910 | |||||
| White River | 1837 | Original township | Crooked Creek 1890s, Joe Burleson 1905, Called Flippen Barren 1860s | ||||
| Whiteville | 1856 | Independence 1862, Annexed to Baxter Co 1873 |
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Formation of Marion County, AR |
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03 Nov 1835 - Created out of Lawrence County under name of Searcy County 29 Sep 1836 - Name changed from Searcy County to Marion County 11 Jan 1843 - West boundary defined 20 Jan 1843 - West boundary defined again 18 Dec 1846 - Line between Carroll County defined 18 Jan 1855 - Part of Fulton county attached 29 Jan 1855 - Line between Van Buren County and Searcy County defined; act March 1873 9 Dec 1875 - Line between Boone county defined 9 Mar 1881 - Line between Baxter County changed (Thanks to Mysty McPherson for the above information) |
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