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Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas: Little Rock is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 in 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau. As the county seat of Pulaski County, the city was incorporated on November 7, 1831, on the south bank of the Arkansas River close to the state's geographic center. The city derived its n...
This project is part of the State of Arkansas Portal. = About the Project Please use this project to add, research, document, and discuss your ancestors from Arkansas. You can add profiles for: People born in Arkansas People who lived in Arkansas People who died in Arkansas When you find helpful resources for research, please share them here so that others can benefit. If y...
Wikipedia =Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, about 30 miles from Little Rock. Over 1,400 students are enrolled, mostly undergraduates. While affiliated with the United Methodist Church, the curriculum is secular and the student body is composed of people from many different religious backgrounds. Hendrix is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South. N...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cleburne County, Arkansas. Official Website The county was formed on February 20, 1883 as the last of Arkansas's 75 counties to be formed. It is named for Confederate General Patrick Cleburne. Cleburne is an alcohol prohibition county. Adjacent Counties Stone County Independence County White County Faulkner County Van...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Logan County, Arkansas.The Arkansas General Assembly defined the state's 64th county on March 22, 1871, and named it Sarber County for John N. Sarber, the Republican state senator from Yell County, who had introduced the resolution. The senator was viewed as a carpetbagger, and after the Reconstruction-era state government was replace...
University of Arkansas (often shortened to U of A, UARK, or just UA) is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university located in Fayetteville, in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System which comprises six main campuses within the state – the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of Arkansas at Monticell...
The Battle of Arkansas Post, also known as Battle of Fort Hindman, was fought from January 9–11, 1863, near the mouth of the Arkansas River at Arkansas Post, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate forces had constructed a fort known as Fort Hindman near Arkansas Post, Arkansas in late 1862. In December of that year, a Union force under the command of Major Gene...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Saline County, Arkansas. Official Website Saline County was formed on November 2, 1835 and named for the salt water (brine) springs in the area, despite a differing pronunciation from saline. Adjacent Counties Perry County Pulaski County Grant County Hot Spring County Garland County Cities & Towns Alexander Baux...
This cemetery is located on 920 Military Road, Benton, Saline County, Arkansas. Find a Grave Roots Web AR Gen Web ~ Rosemont Cemetery, Sections 1-3 AR Gen Web ~ Rosemont Cemetery, Sections 4-9
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Baxter County, Arkansas. Official Website Arkansas ' 66th county, it was formed on March 24, 1873 and named for Elisha Baxter , the tenth governor of Arkansas. It is in the northern part of the state, and shares a border with Missouri . It is commonly referred to as the Twin Lakes Area because it is bordered by two of Arkansas' lar...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Official Website Crittenden County is Arkansas's twelfth county, formed October 22, 1825, and named for Robert Crittenden, the first Secretary of the Arkansas Territory. Adjacent Counties Mississippi County Tipton County, Tennessee Shelby County, Tennessee DeSoto County, Mississippi Tunica...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Randolph County, Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 32nd county on October 29, 1835, Randolph County and was named for John Randolph, a U.S. senator from Virginia influential in obtaining congressional approval of the Louisiana Purchase. Clay County Greene County Lawrence County Sharp County Ripley County, Missouri Oregon ...
hall recognizes the significant contributions of women and their impact on the state. It was established in 2014 from a partnership between the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas Business Publishing Group of Little Rock.Twelve inaugural inductees were honored in 2015, including: Alice Walton, Betty Bumpers, Daisy Bates, Dr. Edith Irby Jones, Hattie Caraway, Hester Davis, Hillary...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lawrence County, Arkansas. Official Website Lawrence County is Arkansas's second county, formed on January 15, 1815, and named for Captain James Lawrence who fought in the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties Greene County Craighead County Jackson County Independence County Sharp County Randolph County
Fayetteville Confederate Cemetery is a cemetery for soldiers of the Confederate States located on the eastern side of Fayetteville in Washington County, Arkansas. Added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1993, the cemetery encompasses 3.5 acres. Many American Civil War battles were fought in northwest Arkansas, including the Battle of Cane Hill, Battle of Pea Ridge, Battle o...
Wikipedia =Arkansas State University (also known as A-State) is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and second largest university by enrollment. It is located atop 1,376 acres (5.6 km2) on Crowley's Ridge at Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States. The university marked its centennial year in 2009. Notable ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas. Official Website At the time of European encounter, historic tribes included the Osage, the Caddo, and the Quapaw. The name of the state of Arkansas comes from the Quapaw language. French and Spanish traders and trappers had relations with these groups. After the United States acquired this te...
Mountain Home Cemetery, established in 1863, is located four blocks south of the square just off Main Street in the City of Mountain Home, Arkansas. These historic grounds are a collaborative of properties donated and purchased over the years from individual landowners. In 1961, the parcels were incorporated, and a Board of Directors was appointed to manage it. The cemetery contains many of Bax...
From the junction of routes 5, 126 and 178 at Midway, Arkansas, go south on 126/178 approximately 2.0 mi. to Kinsdale Lane, which goes only west: a gravel road that looks more like a driveway than a roadway. Kinsdale is immediately to the north of two small brick buildings with a sign saying "Forestry Commission Work Center Baxter County." Kinsdale leads directly into the cemetery, which is jus...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Searcy County, Arkansas. Official Website The county was formed December 13, 1838, from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy, the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory. Adjacent Counties Baxter County Marion County Boone County Newton County Pope County Stone County Van Buren County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Ashley County, Arkansas. Official Website 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 populou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bradley County, Arkansas. Official Website Bradley County was named for Captain Hugh Bradley. The most popular belief is that Warren, the county seat of Bradley County, was named for Captain Bradley's most trusted slave and body servant, whose name was Warren. Pennington Township, in which the city of Warren is located, was named fo...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Calhoun County, Arkansas. History This area was initially developed for plantation agriculture, based on large gangs of slave workers. The population was majority enslaved blacks before the American Civil War. After the Reconstruction era, there was increasing white violence against blacks as the minority attempted to assert domin...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chicot County, Arkansas. History Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto came to this area with his expedition in 1542, settling for a time in the village or territory known as Guachoya. The European-American town of Lake Village later developed in the 19th century at Lake Chicot, formed by an oxbow of the Mississippi River. Eighteenth-...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Clark County, Arkansas. Among the various Indian cultures onc found here, were the Caddoan Mississippian culture, who occupied certain sites in Arkansas at different times. This was the westernmost expression of the Mississippian culture, which developed a vast network and numerous centers of development throughout the Mississippi Va...