Ashley County
Ashley County, the fifth largest county in the state, was formed on November 30, 1848, from part of Drew County with final boundary adjustments made in 1861. Hamburg is the county seat. The landscape of the county is coastal plain, level to rolling, flat cropland, and pine-forested hills. Two-thirds of Ashley County is hill land, most in pine timber and forest products with the first blocks of forestland being bought up by lumbermen in 1898. Another quarter of the county's land is devoted to agriculture. Although cotton is still king, livestock, poultry and other commercial cash crops are grown. Bayou Bartholomew, the longest bayou in the United States runs through the county. West of the bayou is Overflow National Wildlife Refuge that offers excellent hunting and fishing. As of the 2000 census, Ashley County had a population of 24,209 residents.
Cities in Ashley County
Crossett | Fountain Hill | Hamburg | Montrose | Parkdale | Portland | Wilmot
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