Arkansas County
Arkansas County is the oldest county in Arkansas and has a rich history behind it. In 1873, the only American Revolutionary battle fought West of the Mississippi was fought in Arkansas County. A dual county seat with courthouses in Dewitt and Stuttgart, the oldest records in Arkansas are kept in the Courthouse in Stuttgart. They date from 1796 and are written in Spanish. The landscape of the county is rich, flat, Delta farmland. There are two museums in the county, Stuttgart Agricultural Museum and the Arkansas Post County Museum and a National Memorial in Gillett. The Arkansas Post is considered the earliest European settlement in the lower Mississippi River valley. As of the 2000 census, the population of Arkansas county is 21,158 residents. Rice Belt Vo-tech and a University of Arkansas agricultural research experiment station are active in research and training in the county.
Cities in Arkansas County
Almyra | DeWitt | Gillett | Humphrey | St. Charles | Stuttgart
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