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Ashley County is a rural South Arkansas county with a culture, economy, and history based on timber and agriculture. Created as Arkansas's 52nd county on November 30, 1848, Ashley County has seven incorporated municipalities, including Hamburg, the county seat and Crossett, the most populous city. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. The county is named for Chester Ashley, a prominent lawyer in the Arkansas Territory and U.S. senator from the state from 1844 to 1848.
The county is roughly divided into two halves by Bayou Bartholomew, with the rich, fertile, alluvial soils of the Arkansas Delta in the east, and the shortleaf pine forests of the Arkansas Timberlands in the west. The county contains six protected areas: Overflow National Wildlife Refuge, Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, three Wildlife Management Areas and the Crossett Experimental Forest. Other historical features such as log cabins, one-room school houses, community centers, and museums describe the history and culture of Ashley County.
Ashley County occupies 939.08 square miles and contained a population of 21,853 people in 8,765 households as of the 2010 Census, ranking it 6th in size and 34th in population among the state's 75 counties. The economy is largely based on agriculture and small manufacturing. Poverty and unemployment rates are above national averages, but steady. Household incomes are below state and national averages. Politically, Ashley County has transitioned from reliably Democratic to steadily Republican since the mid-20th century.
Adjacent Counties
- Union Parish, Louisiana
- Union County
- Bradley County
- Drew County
- Chicot County
- Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
Cities, Towns & Townships
- Banner
- Bayou
- Bearhouse
- Beech Creek
- Carter
- Crossett
- De Bastrop
- Egypt
- Elon
- Extra
- Fountain Hill
- Hamburg (County Seat)
- Longview
- Marais Saline
- Mill Creek
- Montrose
- Parkdale
- Portland
- Prairie
- Union
- White
- Wilmot
Other Communities
Beech Creek Crossing | Berea | Berlin | Bovine | Boydell | Brushy | Cremer | Crossroad | Donbey | Forest Park Addition | Gulledge | Hamburg | Jackson | Kimball | Lloyd | Longview Crossing | Martinville | Matoka | Meridian | Miller's Chapel | Milo | Mist | Moore's Mill | Mount Olive | Mount Pleasant | North Crosset | Oakhurst Addition | Old Milo | Parkdale | Petersburg | Phelan | Post Oak | Promised Land | Pugh | Rawls | Riley | Roark | Rolfe Junction | Snyder | South Crosset | Stillions | Sulphur Springs | Sunshine | Thebes | Trafalgar | Unity | Venice | Wallace | West Crosset | White | Whitlow | Whitlow Junction
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