Counties in Arkansas that I have Visited

There are 75 counties in Arkansas – “The Natural State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 19 Counties = 25.3% of Counties in Arkansas

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Arkansas

Markers designate the Arkansas locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in Arkansas

Below are the 75 counties in Arkansas. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Arkansas: Arkansas Post
2. Ashley: Ouachita River
3. Baxter
4. Benton: Pea Ridge Military Park
5. Boone
6. Bradley
7. Calhoun: Smallest county population in Arkansas (5,744 people in 2000 Census).
8. Carroll
9. Chicot: Lake Chicot Park; Greenville Bridge
10. Clark: Arkadelphia
11. Clay
12. Cleburne
13. Cleveland
14. Columbia
15. Conway
16. Craighead
17. Crawford
18. Crittenden: Hernando DeSoto Bridge
19. Cross
20. Dallas
21. Desha: Tire Man
22. Drew
23. Faulkner
24. Franklin
25. Fulton
26. Garland: Bathhouse Row; Mirlo Lane
27. Grant
28. Greene
29. Hempstead: Presidential Birthplaces
30. Hot Spring
31. Howard
32. Independence
33. Izard
34. Jackson
35. Jefferson
36. Johnson
37. Lafayette: Smallest county in Arksansas (527 square miles).
38. Lawrence
39. Lee
40. Lincoln
41. Little River
42. Logan
43. Lonoke
44. Madison
45. Marion: Turkey
46. Miller: Cross-Country; Bordersplit; In Them Old Cotton Fields; Smokey and the Bandit Route
47. Mississippi
48. Monroe: Louisiana Purchase State Park
49. Montgomery
50. Nevada: County with (Another) State’s Name
51. Newton
52. Ouachita
53. Perry: Nimrod Lake; Stair-Step Border
54. Phillips
55. Pike: Crater of Diamonds
56. Poinsett: Weiner Cutoff Road
57. Polk: Shaped Like it Sounds
58. Pope
59. Prairie
60. Pulaski: Largest county population in Arkansas (361,474 people in 2000 Census); Sweet Home.
61. Randolph
62. Saline
63. Scott
64. Searcy
65. Sebastian
66. Sevier
67. Sharp
68. St. Francis
69. Stone
70. Union: Largest county in Arkansas (1,039 square miles); Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States; Ouachita River
71. Van Buren
72. Washington
73. White
74. Woodruff
75. Yell: Stair-Step Border; Nimrod Lake

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Quick Facts About Arkansas

• Location: West South Central United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 52,035 square miles. Arkansas is the 27th largest state. The next larger state is Florida and the next smaller state is Alabama.
• Population⁽²⁾: 3,023,825 people. Arkansas is the 33rd most populous state. The next more populous state is Nevada next less populous state is Mississippi.
• Population Density: 58.1 people per square mile. Arkansas is the 34th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Arizona and the next less densely populated state is Oklahoma.
• Bordering States: Arkansas shares a border with 6 states: Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
• Admission to the Union: June 15, 1836. Arkansas was the 25th state admitted to the Union, after Missouri and before Michigan.
• Capital: Little Rock.
• Highest Point: 2,753 feet at Signal Hill (part of Magazine Mountain). See SummitPost’s Mount Magazine-Signal Hill page.
• Lowest Point: 55 feet along the Ouachita River in Ashley/Union Counties.
• Government website: Arkansas.gov: The Official Website for the State of Arkansas.
• Official Tourism website: Arkansas Tourism.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Arkansas page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.