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Prairie County, created in 1846, is in the Central Arkansas region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for the Grand Prairie, a subregion of the Arkansas Delta known for rice cultivation and aquaculture that runs through the county.

The county at first was land given to Cherokee Indians resettled from Tennessee and was the Western band of Cherokee reservation from 1812 to 1836.

Stern's Medlar, a previously unknown plant species, was discovered in Prairie County as recently as 1990. It is not known to grow anywhere else in the world. The plant is critically endangered, with only 25 known specimens, all growing within a single small wood, now protected as the Konecny Grove Natural Area.

Adjacent Counties

• Monroe County
• Lonoke County
• Arkansas County
• Woodruff County
• White County

Cities & Towns

• Des Arc (County Seat)
• DeValls Bluff (County Seat)
• Hazen
• Fredonia (Biscoe)
• Ulm

For a complete list of Townships & Other Communities, please see Wikipedia.

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

AR Gen Web

Hearthstone Legacy

National Register of Historic Places

USGW Archives

Prairie County Digital Archives

RAOGK

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