AR: Individual County Chronologies

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ARKANSAS created by Missouri Territory from NEW MADRID (Mo.) and non-county area in Missouri Territory; ARKANSAS included a small part of present Texas. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813-1814, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293-295)

ARKANSAS lost to creation of CLARK, HEMPSTEAD, and PULASKI, and lost to the Quapaw Indian Reserve (which was excluded from any county) and to non-county area in Missouri Territory. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-3/pp. 589-591; Hanson and Moneyhon, 19-20)

ARKANSAS became a county in Arkansas Territory. ARKANSAS lost small area to Missouri Territory (NEW MADRID, Mo.) when the northern boundary of Arkansas Territory was established. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

ARKANSAS lost to creation of PHILLIPS. Act passed 1 May 1820; took effect 1 June 1820. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 96-98)

ARKANSAS exchanged with PHILLIPS. Act passed 23 October 1821; took effect 1 January 1822. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1821, 2d sess., pp. 22-23)

ARKANSAS lost to creation of CHICOT and to creation of Non-County Area 2. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 36-38)

ARKANSAS lost to PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., sec. 4/p. 51)

ARKANSAS gained from the Quapaw Indian Reserve; Quapaw Reserve eliminated as a non-county area in Arkansas Territory. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 5)

Boundary between ARKANSAS and PHILLIPS was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., p. 114)

ARKANSAS lost to creation of JEFFERSON and MONROE. Acts passed 2 November 1829; took effect 1 January 1830. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 60-62, 66-71 and sec. 4/p. 101)

ARKANSAS lost to JEFFERSON. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., pp. 53-54)

ARKANSAS became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

ARKANSAS exchanged with JEFFERSON, lost to MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 126-127, 161, 186)

ARKANSAS lost to creation of DESHA. Act passed 12 December 1838; took effect 4 March 1839. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., pp. 31-33)

ARKANSAS lost to MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 78)

ARKANSAS lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 68, sec. 1/pp. 332-333)

ARKANSAS gained from DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 78/pp. 116-120)

ARKANSAS lost to JEFFERSON. (Ark. Acts 1889, 27th sess., no. 23/pp. 22-25)

ARKANSAS lost small area along the Arkansas River to LINCOLN near Gum Point in township 7 south, range 4 west [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1895, 30th sess., no. 57/p. 72)

The United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory; Arkansas Territory included all of present Arkansas and part of present Oklahoma. Map depicts non-county area in Arkansas Territory west of the Osage Purchase. Boundary between Arkansas Territory and Mexico remained unsettled. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

Part of LAWRENCE reverted to non-county area in Arkansas Territory. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 126-128)

Arkansas Territory lost non-county area in present Arkansas and Oklahoma to creation of CRAWFORD. Act passed 18 October 1820; took effect 1 January 1821. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 123-125)

Non-county area in Arkansas Territory lost to CRAWFORD and to creation of Non-County Area 3 (Cherokee Lands). (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

Arkansas Territory was reduced in size when the western extent of the territory was moved to a line running forty miles west of the southwest corner of Missouri. Map depicts non-county area in Arkansas Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 155 [1824]/pp. 40-41; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Van Zandt, 119)

Non-county area in Arkansas Territory became part of LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory, extinct). (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 6-8)

ASHLEY created from DREW. Act passed 30 November 1848; took effect 1 January 1849. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., pp. 16-22)

ASHLEY lost small areas to BRADLEY along the Saline River [repealed act of 1 January 1847 when the area was part of DREW]. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 44/pp. 39-40)

ASHLEY gained from CHICOT. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 144/pp. 294-295)

ASHLEY lost small area to BRADLEY along the Saline River. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 35/p. 38)

ASHLEY gained small area from BRADLEY along the Saline River in township 16 south, range 9 west when the river shifted course [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1923, 44th sess., no. 602/p. 481)

BAXTER created from FULTON, IZARD, MARION, and SEARCY. Mistakes in description corrected 16 February 1875. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 26/pp. 34-41)

BAXTER boundaries were clarified, correcting mistakes of 24 March 1873 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., p. 155)

BAXTER gained small area from MARION. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 28/p. 45)

BENTON created from WASHINGTON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 40-42)

BENTON lost the Starkey Peninsula to CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1983, 74th sess., no. 806/pp. 1933-1934)

BENTON gained from CARROLL along the Beaver Lake take line. (Ark. Acts 1997, 81st sess., no. 1288/pp. 7304-7305)

BOONE created from CARROLL, MARION, and a small part of SEARCY (the southern half of sections 13 to 18 in township 17, range 18). (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 70/pp. 138-145)

BOONE lost to MARION. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 49/pp. 85-86)

BRADLEY created from UNION. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 29-31)

BRADLEY lost to creation of DALLAS. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., pp. 41-44)

BRADLEY lost to creation of DREW. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 19-22)

BRADLEY lost small areas along the Saline River to DREW. Act passed 21 December 1846; took effect 1 January 1847 [repealed 21 January 1859]. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., secs. 6-7/p. 108)

BRADLEY lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 28-32; Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 34-35)

BRADLEY gained small areas from ASHLEY along the Saline River [repealed act of 1 January 1847 when the area of ASHLEY was part of DREW]. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 44/pp. 39-40)

BRADLEY gained from CALHOUN. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., p. 6)

BRADLEY lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 68, sec. 1/pp. 332-333)

BRADLEY lost to creation of DORSEY (now CLEVELAND). (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 58/pp. 134-140)

BRADLEY gained small area from ASHLEY along the Saline River. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 35/p. 38)

BRADLEY lost small area to ASHLEY along the Saline River in township 16 south, range 9 west when the river shifted course [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1923, 44th sess., no. 602/p. 481)

CALHOUN created from BRADLEY, DALLAS, OUACHITA, and UNION. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 28-32; Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 34-35)

CALHOUN lost to BRADLEY. CALHOUN lost small area to UNION along the Ouachita River in townships 17 and 18 when the boundary was moved from the high water mark on the west side of the river to the center of the channel [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., p. 6)

CARROLL created by Arkansas Territory from IZARD. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 25 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 17-19)

CARROLL became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

CARROLL lost to creation of MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 37-40)

CARROLL exchanged with MARION. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 28)

CARROLL exchanged with MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 84)

CARROLL lost to creation of NEWTON. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 20-22)

CARROLL exchanged with MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 196, 204)

CARROLL lost to MARION. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 66)

CARROLL lost to MADISON [see 15 January 1857]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 74)

Boundary between CARROLL and MADISON was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1856, 11th sess., pp. 160-161)

CARROLL gained from MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 63/p. 129)

CARROLL lost to creation of BOONE. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 70/pp. 138-145)

CARROLL exchanged with MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 101/pp. 159-160)

CARROLL gained the Starkey Peninsula from BENTON. (Ark. Acts 1983, 74th sess., no. 806/pp. 1933-1934)

CARROLL lost to BENTON along the Beaver Lake take line. (Ark. Acts 1997, 81st sess., no. 1288/pp. 7304-7305)

CHICOT created by Arkansas Territory from ARKANSAS. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 36-38)

CHICOT lost to UNION. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 41-42)

CHICOT became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

CHICOT lost to DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., sec. 17/p. 22)

CHICOT lost to DREW. Act passed 21 December 1846; took effect 1 January 1847. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 107-108)

CHICOT lost to ASHLEY. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 144/pp. 294-295)

CHICOT lost small area along Bartholomew Bayou to DREW. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 31/p. 35)

CHICOT lost to DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 7/pp. 5-6; "Reynolds v. Holland," in Ark. Rpts., 35: 56-61)

CHICOT gained small area from DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1931, 48th sess., no. 320/p. 1086)

CHICOT lost small area to DESHA in township 13 south, range 1 west [too small to map]. (Ark. Acts 1965, 65th sess., no. 502/p. 1787)

CLARK created by Missouri Territory from ARKANSAS and non-county area; CLARK included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. Act passed 15 December 1818; took effect 1 June 1819. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-3/pp. 589-590)

CLARK became a county in Arkansas Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

CLARK gained from CRAWFORD and PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

CLARK lost to Choctaw Indian territory in present Oklahoma when the western extent of Arkansas Territory was moved to a line running forty miles west of the southwest corner of Missouri. (U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 155 [1824]/pp. 40-41; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Van Zandt, 119)

Treaty of Washington between the United States and Choctaw Indians definitively established the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma) and affirmed Choctaw control of the area west of the line, including part of CLARK. Arkansas citizens protested, and the treaty provisions were not fully implemented until 1828. (Royce, 708-709; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Strickland, 162-163, 170)

CLARK lost to PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 5)

CLARK lost to Indian lands when the treaty between the United States and Cherokee Indians established the western line of Arkansas Territory north of Red River along the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma) [see 20 January 1825]. CLARK eliminated from present Oklahoma. (U.S. Stat., vol. 7, p. 311; Royce, 720-721; Van Zandt, 119)

CLARK lost to creation of HOT SPRING and UNION. A small remnant of CLARK remained separated from the rest of the county until 25 December 1829. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 47-54)

CLARK lost small remnant of territory to creation of POPE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 41-47)

CLARK lost to creation of PIKE. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 30-32)

CLARK became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

CLARK gained from PULASKI and UNION. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 126-127, 161; sec. 3/pp. 194-195)

CLARK lost to creation of DALLAS. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., pp. 41-44)

CLARK gained from DALLAS and HOT SPRING. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 54/pp. 114-115; "Crawford v. Brown," in Ark. Rpts., 74: 568-571)

CLARK lost to HOT SPRING [see 30 May 1874]. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 34, secs. 3-4/p. 71)

CLARK gained from MONTGOMERY, lost to PIKE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., nos. 76, 84/pp. 183-184, 208-209)

Boundary between CLARK and HOT SPRING was clarified to correct mistake of 5 April 1873 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1874, spec. sess., no. 34/p. 44)

CLARK lost to PIKE. (Ark. Acts 1877, 21st sess., no. 43/p. 43)

Legislature authorized DALLAS and NEVADA to gain all of CLARK, eliminating CLARK. Change did not take effect. The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the act void during the May 1879 session. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 81/pp. 132-136; "Bittle v. Stuart," in Ark. Rpts., 34: 224-233)

CLAYTON (now CLAY) created from GREENE and RANDOLPH. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 27/pp. 42-48)

CLAYTON renamed CLAY. Act passed 6 December 1875; took effect 1 January 1876. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 42/pp. 44-45)

CLAY gained from GREENE. Act passed 20 April 1895; took effect 30 April 1895. (Ark. Acts 1895, 30th sess., no. 157/pp. 244-248)

CLAY lost to RANDOLPH. (Ark. Acts 1957, 61st sess., no. 161/pp. 485-488)

CLEBURNE created from INDEPENDENCE, VAN BUREN, and WHITE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 24/pp. 39-46)

DORSEY (now CLEVELAND) created from BRADLEY, DALLAS, JEFFERSON, and LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 58/pp. 134-140)

DORSEY renamed CLEVELAND. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 38/p. 41)

COLUMBIA created from HEMPSTEAD, LAFAYETTE, OUACHITA, and UNION. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 29-34)

COLUMBIA gained from UNION. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 30/p. 27)

COLUMBIA lost to creation of NEVADA. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 20/pp. 26-34)

COLUMBIA gained small area from NEVADA. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 64/pp. 154-155)

COLUMBIA lost to LAFAYETTE. (Ark. Acts 1901, 33d sess., no. 135/pp. 240-241)

CONWAY created by Arkansas Territory from PULASKI. Act passed 20 October 1825; took effect 1 January 1826. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., pp. 3-6)

CONWAY lost to PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 40)

CONWAY boundary along Little Red River was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 55)

CONWAY gained from Non-County Area 3 (former Cherokee Lands). (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 31-32)

CONWAY exchanged with PULASKI. Act passed 20 October 1828; took effect 1 December 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 15-16)

CONWAY gained from IZARD. Boundary between CONWAY and INDEPENDENCE was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., p. 66)

CONWAY lost to creation of VAN BUREN. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 84-88)

CONWAY became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

CONWAY lost to VAN BUREN. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 154-155)

CONWAY lost to creation of PERRY. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 37-38)

The Arkansas River boundary between CONWAY and PERRY was changed from the south bank of the river to the middle of the channel [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., p. 161)

CONWAY lost to POPE. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 74)

CONWAY lost to WHITE. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 141-142)

CONWAY gained from PERRY and POPE, gained small areas from YELL, lost to VAN BUREN, and lost to creation of FAULKNER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 44/pp. 86-90)

CONWAY lost to POPE. Act passed 28 May 1874; took effect 15 July 1874. (Ark. Acts 1874, spec. sess., no. 18/pp. 23-24)

CRAIGHEAD created from GREENE, MISSISSIPPI, and POINSETT. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 171/pp. 201-205)

CRAIGHEAD lost to POINSETT. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 2-4)

CRAIGHEAD gained small area from GREENE (spelled GREEN here). (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., sec. 19/p. 23)

CRAWFORD created by Arkansas Territory from PULASKI and non-county area in Arkansas Territory. Act passed 18 October 1820; took effect 1 January 1821. CRAWFORD included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 123-125)

CRAWFORD exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1821, 2d sess., pp. 20-21)

CRAWFORD gained non-county area in Arkansas Territory, lost to CLARK. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

CRAWFORD lost to Choctaw Indian territory in present Oklahoma when the western extent of Arkansas Territory was moved to a line running forty miles west of the southwest corner of Missouri. (U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 155 [1824]/pp. 40-41; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Van Zandt, 119)

Treaty of Washington between the United States and Choctaw Indians definitively established the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma) and affirmed Choctaw control of the area west of the line, including part of CRAWFORD. Arkansas citizens protested, and the treaty provisions were not fully implemented until 1828. (Royce, 708-709; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Strickland, 162-163, 170)

CRAWFORD lost to IZARD. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 4-5)

CRAWFORD lost to creation of LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory, extinct). Act passed 13 October 1827; took effect 1 December 1827. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 6-8; Gabler, 31-39)

CRAWFORD lost to Indian lands when the treaty between the United States and Cherokee Indians established the western line of Arkansas Territory north of Red River along the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma) [see 20 January 1825]. CRAWFORD eliminated from present Oklahoma. (U.S. Stat., vol. 7, p. 311; Gabler, 37-39; Royce, 720-721; Van Zandt, 119)

CRAWFORD gained from Non-County Area 3 (former Cherokee Lands). (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 31-32)

CRAWFORD gained from LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory, extinct) and Non-County Area 3. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 8-9, 32-33)

CRAWFORD lost to creation of POPE and Non-County Area 4. Act passed 2 November 1829; took effect 25 December 1829. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 41-47)

CRAWFORD lost to creation of SCOTT. Act passed 5 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 98-104)

CRAWFORD lost to SCOTT. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 16-17)

CRAWFORD became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

CRAWFORD gained from SCOTT, lost to creation of FRANKLIN. Acts passed 18 December and 19 December 1837; both took effect 15 February 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 47-48, 53-56)

CRAWFORD gained from SCOTT. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 81)

Boundary between CRAWFORD and WASHINGTON was clarified to include settlements on Frog Bayou in CRAWFORD [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 11)

CRAWFORD lost to creation of SEBASTIAN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 81-85)

CRAWFORD gained from FRANKLIN. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., p. 214)

CRAWFORD lost to FRANKLIN, MADISON, and WASHINGTON. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 31/p. 48)

CRAWFORD gained from FRANKLIN, MADISON, and WASHINGTON. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 50/pp. 62-63)

CRAWFORD gained from FRANKLIN. Act passed 28 March 1895; took effect 7 April 1895. (Ark. Acts 1895, 30th sess., no. 63/pp. 76-80)

CRITTENDEN created by Arkansas Territory from PHILLIPS. Act passed 22 October 1825; took effect 1 January 1826. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., pp. 17-20)

Boundary between CRITTENDEN and ST. FRANCIS was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., p. 42)

CRITTENDEN lost to creation of MISSISSIPPI. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 1 January 1834. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 13-17)

CRITTENDEN became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

CRITTENDEN lost all of Dean Island to MISSISSIPPI. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 129/p. 274)

CRITTENDEN lost to creation of CROSS and lost to ST. FRANCIS. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 2-4; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 5/pp. 547-548)

CRITTENDEN gained from CROSS, lost to ST. FRANCIS, and lost to creation of LEE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 60, secs. 1, 21, 23/pp. 143-144, 149-150)

CROSS created from CRITTENDEN, POINSETT, and ST. FRANCIS. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 2-4; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 5/pp. 547-548)

CROSS lost to CRITTENDEN. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 60, sec. 23/p. 150)

DALLAS created from BRADLEY and CLARK. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., pp. 41-44)

DALLAS lost to SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 113)

DALLAS lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 28-32; Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 34-35)

DALLAS lost to CLARK. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 54/pp. 114-115)

DALLAS gained small area from JEFFERSON, lost to creation of DORSEY (now CLEVELAND). (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 58/pp. 134-140)

DESHA created from ARKANSAS. Act passed 12 December 1838; took effect 4 March 1839. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., pp. 31-33)

DESHA gained from CHICOT, lost to creation of DREW. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 19-22)

DESHA lost to DREW. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 197/pp. 373-374)

DESHA lost to DREW and lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 68, secs. 1, 16/pp. 332-333, 338)

DESHA gained from CHICOT. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 7/pp. 5-6; "Reynolds v. Holland," in Ark. Rpts., 35: 56-61)

DESHA gained from LINCOLN. A small area in township 8 south, range 2 west, south of the Arkansas River, inadvertently remained part of LINCOLN and was separated from the rest of the county [see 23 March 1885]. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 79/pp. 126-128)

DESHA gained from LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 82/p. 139)

DESHA gained the small fragment of LINCOLN located south of the Arkansas River in township 8 south, range 2 west [see 20 March 1879]. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 76, sec. 2/pp. 114-115)

DESHA lost to ARKANSAS. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 78/pp. 116-120)

DESHA lost to LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 74/pp. 102-104)

DESHA exchanged with LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1925, 45th sess., no. 263/pp. 792-794)

DESHA lost small area to CHICOT. (Ark. Acts 1931, 48th sess., no. 320/p. 1086)

DESHA gained small area from CHICOT in township 13 south, range 1 west [too small to map]. (Ark. Acts 1965, 65th sess., no. 502/p. 1787)

DREW created from BRADLEY and DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 19-22)

DREW gained from CHICOT and gained small areas along the Saline River from BRADLEY. Act passed 21 December 1846; took effect 1 January 1847. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 107-108)

DREW lost to creation of ASHLEY. Act passed 30 November 1848; took effect 1 January 1849. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., pp. 16-22)

DREW gained from DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 197/pp. 373-374)

DREW gained from DESHA, lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 68, secs. 1, 16/pp. 332-333, 338)

DREW gained small area along Bartholomew Bayou from CHICOT. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 31/p. 35)

FAULKNER created from CONWAY and PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 44/pp. 86-90)

FAULKNER exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 59, sec. 1/p. 119)

FRANKLIN created from CRAWFORD, JOHNSON, MADISON, and WASHINGTON. Act passed 19 December 1837; took effect 15 February 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 53-56)

FRANKLIN exchanged with JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 81)

FRANKLIN lost to creation of SARBER (now LOGAN). (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 25/pp. 48-55)

FRANKLIN lost to SARBER (now LOGAN). (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 13/pp. 19-21)

FRANKLIN lost to CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., p. 214)

FRANKLIN gained small area from CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 31/p. 48)

FRANKLIN lost small area to CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 50/pp. 62-63)

FRANKLIN exchanged small areas with SEBASTIAN. (Outline Map of Sebastian Co., 1887; U.S.G.S., "Fort Smith Sheet," 1887, ed. of 1890)

FRANKLIN lost to CRAWFORD. Act passed 28 March 1895; took effect 7 April 1895. (Ark. Acts 1895, 30th sess., no. 63/pp. 76-80)

FULTON created from IZARD. Act passed 21 December 1842; took effect 1 January 1843. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 22-25)

FULTON gained from LAWRENCE, lost to MARION. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 159)

FULTON lost to creation of BAXTER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 26/pp. 34-41)

FULTON lost to IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 74, sec. 11/p. 181)

GARLAND created from HOT SPRING, MONTGOMERY, and SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 34/pp. 68-76)

GARLAND gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1917, 41st sess., no. 120/pp. 634-635)

GRANT created from HOT SPRING, JEFFERSON, and SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 15/pp. 34-42)

GREENE (spelled GREEN here) created by Arkansas Territory from LAWRENCE. Act passed 5 November 1833; took effect 1 November 1834. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 33-35; Mueller, 26)

GREENE implicitly gained from LAWRENCE when RANDOLPH was created. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 26-31)

GREENE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

GREENE (spelled GREEN here) lost to creation of POINSETT. Act passed 28 February 1838; took effect 1 March 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 71-73)

GREENE lost to creation of CRAIGHEAD and lost small area to LAWRENCE. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 171/pp. 201-205)

GREENE (spelled GREEN here) lost small area to CRAIGHEAD. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., sec. 19/p. 23)

GREENE gained from RANDOLPH, lost to creation of CLAYTON (now CLAY). (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 27, secs. 1-2/pp. 42-44)

GREENE lost to CLAY. Act passed 20 April 1895; took effect 30 April 1895. (Ark. Acts 1895, 30th sess., no. 157/pp. 244-248)

HEMPSTEAD created by Missouri Territory from ARKANSAS and non-county area; HEMPSTEAD included territory in present Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The precise location of the boundary between Mexico and the United States from the Red River south to 33 degrees north latitude was uncertain, resulting in competing claims to an area of present Texas. Act passed 15 December 1818; took effect 1 June 1819. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-3/pp. 589-591)

HEMPSTEAD became a county in Arkansas Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of MILLER (original, extinct); HEMPSTEAD eliminated from present Oklahoma. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 83-86; Reynolds, 230-231)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of LAFAYETTE; HEMPSTEAD eliminated from present Texas. Act passed 15 October 1827; took effect 1 February 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 10-12)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of SEVIER. Act passed 17 October 1828; took effect 1 November 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 5-8 and sec. 9/p. 28; Strickland, 42-43)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of UNION. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 51-54)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of PIKE. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 30-32)

HEMPSTEAD became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

HEMPSTEAD gained from SEVIER. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 138)

HEMPSTEAD exchanged with PIKE. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 82)

HEMPSTEAD lost to OUACHITA and lost to creation of COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 29-34)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of LITTLE RIVER. (Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 104/pp. 217-226)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of NEVADA. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 20/pp. 26-34)

HEMPSTEAD lost to creation of HOWARD. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 57/pp. 127-133)

HOT SPRING created by Arkansas Territory from CLARK. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 47-51)

HOT SPRING lost to SEVIER. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 38-39)

HOT SPRING lost to creation of SCOTT. Act passed 5 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 98-104)

HOT SPRING became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

HOT SPRING lost to SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 163-164)

HOT SPRING gained all of Non-County Area 5; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 132)

HOT SPRING lost to creation of MONTGOMERY. Act passed 9 December 1842; took effect 1 July 1843. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 14-18)

HOT SPRING exchanged with SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 113)

HOT SPRING gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 40)

HOT SPRING exchanged with SALINE [see 19 January 1861]. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 164/p. 194)

Boundary between HOT SPRING and SALINE was redefined to clarify act of 19 February 1859 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 149/pp. 299-300)

HOT SPRING lost to creation of GRANT. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 15/pp. 34-42)

HOT SPRING lost to CLARK. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 54/pp. 114-115; "Crawford v. Brown," in Ark. Rpts., 74: 568-571)

HOT SPRING gained from CLARK and MONTGOMERY, lost to SALINE, and lost to creation of GARLAND [see 30 May 1874]. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 34, secs. 1-4/pp. 68-71)

Boundary between HOT SPRING and CLARK was clarified to correct mistake of 5 April 1873 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1874, spec. sess., no. 34/p. 44)

HOWARD created from HEMPSTEAD, LITTLE RIVER, PIKE, POLK, and SEVIER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 57/pp. 127-133)

HOWARD lost to SEVIER. (Ark. Acts 1897, 31st sess., no. 44/pp. 56-57)

INDEPENDENCE created by Arkansas Territory from LAWRENCE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 126-128)

INDEPENDENCE exchanged with LAWRENCE and PHILLIPS. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

INDEPENDENCE lost to creation of IZARD. Act passed 27 October 1825; took effect 1 January 1826. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., pp. 40-44)

INDEPENDENCE gained from Non-County Area 3 (former Cherokee Lands). (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 31-32)

INDEPENDENCE lost to creation of JACKSON. Act passed 5 November 1829; took effect 25 December 1829. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 80-83)

Boundary between INDEPENDENCE and CONWAY was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., p. 66)

INDEPENDENCE lost to creation of VAN BUREN, and lost small area to IZARD. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 24, 67, 84-88)

INDEPENDENCE lost to creation of WHITE. Act passed 23 October 1835; took effect 1 December 1835. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 9-13)

INDEPENDENCE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

INDEPENDENCE exchanged with VAN BUREN. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 154-155)

INDEPENDENCE lost to JACKSON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 194-195)

INDEPENDENCE exchanged with IZARD [act was repealed 14 December 1838]. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 64)

INDEPENDENCE exchanged with IZARD [repealed act of 21 February 1838]. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 82)

INDEPENDENCE exchanged with IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 47-48)

INDEPENDENCE lost small area to LAWRENCE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 84-85)

INDEPENDENCE lost to IZARD and lost to creation of STONE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 74, secs. 1, 11/pp. 177-178, 181)

INDEPENDENCE lost to SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., pp. 149-150)

INDEPENDENCE lost to creation of CLEBURNE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 24/pp. 39-46)

IZARD created by Arkansas Territory from INDEPENDENCE. Act passed 27 October 1825; took effect 1 January 1826. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., pp. 40-44)

IZARD gained from CRAWFORD. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 4-5)

IZARD exchanged with Non-County Area 3 (former Cherokee Lands). That part of IZARD gained by Non-County Area 3 became part of CRAWFORD and WASHINGTON on 1 November 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 31-32)

IZARD lost to WASHINGTON. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., pp. 25-26)

IZARD lost to CONWAY. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., p. 66)

IZARD lost to creation of VAN BUREN, and gained small area from INDEPENDENCE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 24, 67, 84-88)

IZARD lost to creation of CARROLL and lost small area to WASHINGTON. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 25 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 17-19)

IZARD lost to creation of SEARCY (original, now MARION). Act passed 3 November 1835; took effect 25 December 1835. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 84-87)

IZARD became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

IZARD lost to SEARCY (original, now MARION). (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 26)

IZARD exchanged with VAN BUREN. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 154-155)

IZARD exchanged with INDEPENDENCE [act was repealed 14 December 1838]. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 64)

IZARD exchanged with INDEPENDENCE [repealed act of 21 February 1838]. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 82)

IZARD exchanged with INDEPENDENCE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 47-48)

IZARD gained from MARION. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 71)

IZARD lost to creation of FULTON. Act passed 21 December 1842; took effect 1 January 1843. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 22-25)

IZARD lost to creation of BAXTER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 26/pp. 34-41)

IZARD gained from FULTON and INDEPENDENCE, lost to creation of STONE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 74, secs. 1, 11/pp. 177-178, 181)

IZARD lost small area to SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1877, 21st sess., no. 47/pp. 46-47)

IZARD exchanged with SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 71/pp. 108-109)

IZARD lost small area to SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 2/p. 2)

JACKSON created by Arkansas Territory from INDEPENDENCE. Act passed 5 November 1829; took effect 25 December 1829. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 80-83)

JACKSON lost to creation of WHITE. Act passed 23 October 1835; took effect 1 December 1835. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 9-13)

JACKSON became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

JACKSON gained from INDEPENDENCE. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 194-195)

JACKSON gained from ST. FRANCIS. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., p. 107)

JACKSON lost to creation of WOODRUFF. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 19-23; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 6/pp. 548-549)

JEFFERSON created by Arkansas Territory from ARKANSAS and PULASKI. Act passed 2 November 1829; took effect 1 January 1830. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 66-71 and sec. 4/p. 101)

JEFFERSON gained from ARKANSAS and PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., pp. 53-54)

JEFFERSON became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

JEFFERSON gained from PULASKI and SALINE, exchanged with ARKANSAS and UNION. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 126-127, 161, 163-164, 186)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of GRANT. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 15/pp. 34-42)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 68, sec. 1/pp. 332-333)

JEFFERSON lost to creation of DORSEY (now CLEVELAND) and lost small area to DALLAS. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 58/pp. 134-140)

JEFFERSON lost to LINCOLN. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 79/pp. 126-128)

JEFFERSON gained from ARKANSAS. (Ark. Acts 1889, 27th sess., no. 23/pp. 22-25)

JEFFERSON lost Sloan Island area to LINCOLN due to shifts in the course of the Arkansas River [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1975, 70th sess., no. 273/pp. 449-453)

JOHNSON created by Arkansas Territory from POPE. Act passed 16 November 1833; took effect 25 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 88-94)

JOHNSON lost to SCOTT. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 16-17)

JOHNSON lost to POPE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., p. 35)

JOHNSON became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

JOHNSON lost to creation of MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 37-40)

JOHNSON gained from POPE. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 75)

JOHNSON lost to creation of FRANKLIN. Act passed 19 December 1837; took effect 15 February 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 53-56)

JOHNSON exchanged with FRANKLIN. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 81)

JOHNSON lost to creation of NEWTON. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 20-22)

JOHNSON boundary with MADISON and NEWTON was redefined [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 34)

JOHNSON gained from POPE. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 169/p. 199)

JOHNSON lost to creation of SARBER (now LOGAN). (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 25/pp. 48-55)

JOHNSON exchanged with POPE. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 47/pp. 215-218)

JOHNSON lost to POPE. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., pp. 253-254)

JOHNSON gained from POPE. (Ark. Acts 1877, 21st sess., no. 65/pp. 66-67)

JOHNSON gained from NEWTON. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 15/pp. 19-20)

LAFAYETTE created by Arkansas Territory from HEMPSTEAD; LAFAYETTE included territory in present Arkansas and Texas. Act passed 15 October 1827; took effect 1 February 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 10-12)

LAFAYETTE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

Survey of boundary between the Republic of Texas and the United States began. LAFAYETTE lost to the Republic of Texas; LAFAYETTE eliminated from present Texas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 75 [1844]/p. 674; Marshall, 235-236)

LAFAYETTE gained from UNION. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 23-24)

LAFAYETTE lost to creation of COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 29-34)

Legislature authorized creation of RED RIVER (proposed) from LAFAYETTE; creation did not take effect. Boundaries were not defined [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1861, 13th sess., spec., no. 48/pp. 58-60; Ord. of State Convention 1861, 75-76)

LAFAYETTE lost to creation of MILLER. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., pp. 65-72)

LAFAYETTE gained from COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1901, 33d sess., no. 135/pp. 240-241)

LAWRENCE created by Missouri Territory from NEW MADRID (Mo.); LAWRENCE included parts of present Arkansas and Missouri. Act passed 15 January 1815; took effect 1 March 1815. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1814-1815, ch. 128/pp. 354-357)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of WAYNE (Mo.); area within present Arkansas was unchanged. Act passed 11 December 1818; took effect 1 February 1819. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567-571)

LAWRENCE became a county in Arkansas Territory; LAWRENCE lost to Missouri Territory when the northern boundary of Arkansas Territory was established. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of INDEPENDENCE; part of LAWRENCE reverted to non-county area in Arkansas Territory. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 126-128)

LAWRENCE exchanged with INDEPENDENCE and PHILLIPS. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

LAWRENCE implicitly gained from PHILLIPS when ST. FRANCIS was created. Act passed 13 October 1827; took effect 1 December 1827. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 8-10)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of GREENE (spelled GREEN here). Act passed 5 November 1833; took effect 1 November 1834. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 33-35; Mueller, 26)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of RANDOLPH; LAWRENCE implicitly lost to GREENE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 26-31)

LAWRENCE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of POINSETT. Act passed 28 February 1838; took effect 1 March 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 71-73)

LAWRENCE gained small area from INDEPENDENCE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 84-85)

LAWRENCE lost to FULTON. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 159)

LAWRENCE gained small area from GREENE. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 171/pp. 201-205)

LAWRENCE lost to RANDOLPH. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 133/pp. 281-282)

LAWRENCE lost to creation of SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1868, 17th sess., no. 42/pp. 129-132)

LAWRENCE lost small area to RANDOLPH along Spring River. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 16/pp. 20-21)

LAWRENCE gained small area from SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1917, 41st sess., no. 274/p. 1455)

LAWRENCE lost small area to SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1917, 41st sess., no. 314/p. 1634)

LEE created from CRITTENDEN, MONROE, PHILLIPS, and ST. FRANCIS. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 60/pp. 143-151)

LINCOLN created from ARKANSAS, BRADLEY, DESHA, DREW, and JEFFERSON. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 68, sec. 1/pp. 332-333)

LINCOLN lost to creation of DORSEY (now CLEVELAND). (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 58/pp. 134-140)

LINCOLN gained from JEFFERSON, lost to DESHA. A small area in township 8 south, range 2 west, south of the Arkansas River, inadvertently remained part of LINCOLN and was separated from the rest of the county [see 23 March 1885]. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 79/pp. 126-128)

LINCOLN lost to DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 82/p. 139)

LINCOLN lost the small fragment located south of the Arkansas River in township 8 south, range 2 west to DESHA [see 20 March 1879]. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 76, sec. 2/pp. 114-115)

LINCOLN gained from DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 74/pp. 102-104)

LINCOLN gained small area along the Arkansas River from ARKANSAS near Gum Point in township 7 south, range 4 west [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1895, 30th sess., no. 57/p. 72)

LINCOLN exchanged with DESHA. (Ark. Acts 1925, 45th sess., no. 263/pp. 792-794)

LINCOLN gained Sloan Island area from JEFFERSON due to shifts in the course of the Arkansas River [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1975, 70th sess., no. 273/pp. 449-453)

LITTLE RIVER created from HEMPSTEAD and SEVIER. (Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 104/pp. 217-226)

LITTLE RIVER lost small area to creation of HOWARD. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 57/pp. 127-133)

Boundary between LITTLE RIVER and MILLER was adjusted in range 27 west to accommodate shifts in the Red River [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1915, 40th sess., no. 302/pp. 1215-1216)

SARBER (now LOGAN) created from FRANKLIN, JOHNSON, SCOTT, and YELL [see 27 February 1873 for boundary clarification and redefinition]. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 25/pp. 48-55)

SARBER (now LOGAN) gained from FRANKLIN; SARBER boundaries were clarified to correct uncertainties in 22 March 1871 law. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 13/pp. 19-21)

SARBER renamed LOGAN. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 62/pp. 129-131)

LOGAN gained from SCOTT. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 70/p. 135)

LOGAN lost small area to YELL [description clarified 7 February 1893]. Act passed 9 April 1891; took effect 20 October 1891. (Ark. Acts 1891, 28th sess., no. 148/pp. 251-252)

Boundary between LOGAN and YELL was clarified to correct mistake of 20 October 1891 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1893, 29th sess., no. 10/p. 16)

LOGAN gained from SCOTT. (Ark. Acts 1903, 34th sess., no. 45/pp. 74-78)

LOGAN exchanged with YELL when a portion of the boundary was placed on public land survey lines. County courts in both counties agreed to the new line as surveyed jointly by the two county surveyors. (Logan County Court, Danville District, vol. L, pp. 262-263; Correspondence, Kay Tanner, Logan Co. Assessor, August 2006)

LONOKE created from PRAIRIE and PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 47/pp. 101-106)

LONOKE gained from PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 38/pp. 40-41)

LONOKE exchanged with PULASKI. Mistake in description clarified 8 March 1991. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 59, sec. 2/pp. 119-120)

LONOKE gained from PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 66/pp. 102-104)

LONOKE exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1907, 36th sess., no. 255/pp. 593-596)

LONOKE lost small area along Cypress Bayou to WHITE. (Ark. Acts 1941, 53d sess., no. 110/pp. 224-226)

Boundary between LONOKE and PULASKI was clarified; corrected uncertainty surrounding 7 December 1875 boundary change [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1991, 78th sess., no. 418/pp. 1134-1136)

LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory, extinct) created by Arkansas Territory from CRAWFORD and non-county area in Arkansas Territory. LOVELEY included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. Act passed 13 October 1827; took effect 1 December 1827. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 6-8; Gabler, 31-39)

LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory, extinct) lost to Indian lands when the treaty between the United States and Cherokee Indians established the western line of Arkansas Territory north of Red River along the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma). LOVELEY eliminated from present Oklahoma. (U.S. Stat., vol. 7, p. 311; Gabler, 37-39; Royce, 720-721; Van Zandt, 119)

LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory) lost all territory to CRAWFORD and to the creation of WASHINGTON; LOVELEY eliminated. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 8-9, 32-33; Gabler, 39)

MADISON created from CARROLL, JOHNSON, and WASHINGTON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 37-40)

MADISON lost to creation of FRANKLIN. Act passed 19 December 1837; took effect 15 February 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 53-56)

MADISON exchanged with WASHINGTON. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 83)

MADISON exchanged with CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 84)

MADISON exchanged with CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 196, 204)

MADISON boundary with JOHNSON and NEWTON was redefined [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 34)

MADISON gained from CARROLL [see 15 January 1857]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 74)

Boundary between MADISON and CARROLL was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1856, 11th sess., pp. 160-161)

MADISON lost to CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 63/p. 129)

MADISON gained small area from CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 31/p. 48)

MADISON gained from NEWTON. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 15/pp. 19-20)

MADISON exchanged with CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 101/pp. 159-160)

MADISON lost small area to CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 50/pp. 62-63)

MADISON exchanged with NEWTON. (Ark. Acts 1893, 29th sess., no. 122/pp. 210-211)

SEARCY (original, now MARION) created by Arkansas Territory from IZARD. Act passed 3 November 1835; took effect 25 December 1835. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 84-87)

SEARCY (original, now MARION) became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

SEARCY (original, now MARION) gained from IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 26)

SEARCY (original) renamed MARION. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 32)

MARION lost small area to VAN BUREN. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 154-155)

MARION exchanged with CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 28)

MARION lost to creation of SEARCY. Southern boundary with SEARCY was not clearly defined in this act, and was in dispute until 20 January 1855. The 1855 line is used here, although MARION appears to have claimed some territory south of that line. Act passed 13 December 1838; took effect 1 February 1839. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., pp. 27-30)

MARION lost to IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 71)

MARION gained from CARROLL. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 66)

MARION gained from FULTON. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 159)

Boundary between MARION and SEARCY was defined, ending dispute between the two counties dating from 1 February 1839 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., pp. 216-217)

MARION lost to creation of BOONE. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 70/pp. 138-145)

MARION gained from SEARCY, lost to creation of BAXTER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 26, secs. 1, 18/pp. 35, 40-41)

MARION gained from BOONE. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 49/pp. 85-86)

MARION lost small area to BAXTER. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 28/p. 45)

MILLER (original, extinct) created by Arkansas Territory from HEMPSTEAD; MILLER included parts of present Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 83-86; Reynolds, 230-231)

Treaty of Doak's Stand, between the United States and the Choctaw Indians, granted possession of the territory north of Red River and west of a point three miles below the mouth of Little River in present Arkansas to the Choctaws; included all of MILLER (original, extinct) north of Red River. White settlers protested, but the War Department did attempt to remove settlers living west of the Kiamichi River in present Oklahoma. (Royce, 700-703; Strickland, 162-165)

MILLER (original, extinct) lost to Choctaw Indian territory when the western extent of Arkansas Territory was moved to a line running forty miles west of the southwest corner of Missouri. (U.S. Stat., vol. 4, ch. 155 [1824]/pp. 40-41; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Van Zandt, 119)

Treaty of Washington between the United States and Choctaw Indians definitively established the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma) and affirmed Choctaw control of the area west of the line, including part of MILLER (original, extinct). Arkansas citizens protested, and the treaty provisions were not fully implemented until 1828. (Royce, 708-709; Morris, Goins, McReynolds, 21; Strickland, 162-163, 170)

MILLER (original, extinct) lost to Indian lands when the treaty between the United States and Cherokee Indians established the western line of Arkansas Territory north of Red River along the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (present boundary between Arkansas and Oklahoma) [see 20 January 1825]. MILLER (original) lost all territory in present Oklahoma. (U.S. Stat., vol. 7, p. 311; Royce, 720-721; Van Zandt, 119)

MILLER (original, extinct) county seat was relocated to Jonesborough on the south bank of Red River, effectively ending efforts by Arkansas Territory to retain control of Indian lands north of Red River. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 9-10)

MILLER (original, extinct) lost to creation of SEVIER; MILLER (original) was now located entirely within present Texas. Act passed 17 October 1828; took effect 1 November 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 5-8 and sec. 9/p. 28; Strickland, 42-43)

MILLER (original, extinct) gained from SEVIER. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., p. 91)

The Provisional Government of Texas established RED RIVER (Texas) as a municipality (county). The boundaries were not described until 18 December 1837, but it was located in the northeast corner of present Texas. RED RIVER (Texas) included all of MILLER (original, extinct). Competing claims to this area by Arkansas and the Republic of Texas were not settled until 1840. (Gammel, 1:Journals of the Consultation, 28)

MILLER (original, extinct) became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

The Republic of Texas had taken possession of MILLER (original, extinct) and compelled the inhabitants to pay taxes to Texas. On this date, the Arkansas legislature passed a resolution requesting the United States survey the line between the U.S. and the Texas Republic and settle the grievances of MILLER residents. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 138)

Survey of boundary between the Republic of Texas and the United States began. MILLER (original) officially became extinct as Texas claims to the area were upheld. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, ch. 75 [1844]/p. 674; Marshall, 235-236)

MILLER created from LAFAYETTE. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., pp. 65-72)

Boundary between MILLER and LITTLE RIVER was adjusted in range 27 west to accommodate shifts in the Red River [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1915, 40th sess., no. 302/pp. 1215-1216)

MISSISSIPPI created by Arkansas Territory from CRITTENDEN. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 1 January 1834. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 13-17)

MISSISSIPPI became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

MISSISSIPPI lost to creation of CRAIGHEAD and lost to POINSETT. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 171, secs. 1, 18/pp. 201-205)

MISSISSIPPI gained all of Dean Island from CRITTENDEN. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 129/p. 274)

Louisiana Territory was renamed Missouri Territory. Part of present Arkansas became non-county area in Missouri Territory. Map depicts non-county area of Missouri Territory in present Arkansas. (Royce, 676-677, pls. 112, 144; Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599-601)

Non-county area in Missouri Territory lost to creation of ARKANSAS. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813-1814, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293-295)

Non-county area in Missouri Territory gained from ARKANSAS, lost to creation of CLARK, HEMPSTEAD, and PULASKI. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-3/pp. 589-591)

The United States created Arkansas Territory from Missouri Territory; Missouri Territory eliminated from present Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

MONROE created by Arkansas Territory from ARKANSAS, PHILLIPS, and a small part of PULASKI. Act passed 2 November 1829; took effect 1 January 1830. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 60-62)

MONROE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

MONROE gained from ARKANSAS. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 186)

MONROE gained from ARKANSAS, PULASKI, and ST. FRANCIS; lost to PHILLIPS. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 78)

MONROE lost to PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., p. 34)

Boundary between MONROE and ST. FRANCIS was redefined, confirming that township 3 north, range 1 east was part of MONROE [see 25 December 1840; no change]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 21)

MONROE gained from WOODRUFF, lost to PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 91/pp. 175-178)

MONROE lost to PHILLIPS and ST. FRANCIS, and lost to creation of LEE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 60, secs. 1, 20, 22/pp. 143-144, 149-150)

MONROE lost small area to WOODRUFF. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 113/pp. 275-277)

MONROE lost to PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1874, spec. sess., no. 13/pp. 17-18)

MONROE lost small area to ST. FRANCIS. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 109/pp. 193-194)

MONROE gained from PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 130/p. 312)

MONROE exchanged with PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 42/p. 46)

MONROE lost to PHILLIPS. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 90/p. 142)

MONROE lost small area to WOODRUFF. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 59/pp. 82-83)

MONTGOMERY created from HOT SPRING. Act passed 9 December 1842; took effect 1 July 1843. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 14-18)

MONTGOMERY lost to YELL. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., p. 44)

MONTGOMERY lost to SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1845, 5th sess., sec. 17/p. 79)

MONTGOMERY lost to PERRY. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 122-123)

MONTGOMERY lost to PERRY. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 33)

MONTGOMERY lost to HOT SPRING. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 40)

MONTGOMERY lost to POLK. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 119/p. 133)

MONTGOMERY lost to HOT SPRING and lost to creation of GARLAND. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 34, secs. 1, 3/pp. 68-71)

MONTGOMERY lost to CLARK and PIKE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., nos. 76, 84/pp. 183-184, 208-209)

MONTGOMERY gained from PIKE. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., p. 63)

MONTGOMERY lost to GARLAND. (Ark. Acts 1917, 41st sess., no. 120/pp. 634-635)

MONTGOMERY exchanged with SCOTT when boundary was placed on public land survey lines. (Ark. Acts 1925, 45th sess., no. 100/pp. 306-307)

Non-County Area 1 was created in the northeast corner of Arkansas Territory when NEW MADRID (Mo.) was eliminated from Arkansas Territory. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-3/pp. 589-591)

Non-County Area 1 lost all territory to creation of PHILLIPS; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. Act passed 1 May 1820; took effect 1 June 1820. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 96-98)

Non-County Area 2 created from ARKANSAS when CHICOT was created. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 36-38)

Non-County Area 2 lost all territory to creation of UNION; Non-County Area 2 eliminated. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 51-54)

Non-County Area 3 created from most of the Cherokee Land granted them by the treaty signed 8 July 1817 and proclaimed 26 December 1817. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52; Hanson and Moneyhon, 19; U.S. Stat., vol. 7, art. 5/p.158)

Non-County Area 3 (former Cherokee Lands) lost to CONWAY, CRAWFORD, and INDEPENDENCE; exchanged with IZARD. The Cherokee Indians had ceded this area to the United States in the treaty signed 6 May 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 31-32; U.S. Stat., vol. 7, pp. 311-314)

Non-County Area 3 lost all territory to CRAWFORD and to the creation of WASHINGTON. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 8-9, 32-33)

Non-County Area 4 created from CRAWFORD when POPE was created. Act passed 2 November 1829; took effect 25 December 1829. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 41-47)

Non-County Area 4 lost all territory to YELL; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., p. 44)

Non-County Area 5 created from SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 163-164)

Non-County Area 5 lost all territory to HOT SPRING; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 132)

NEVADA created from COLUMBIA, HEMPSTEAD, and OUACHITA. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 20/pp. 26-34)

NEVADA lost small area to COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 64/pp. 154-155)

Legislature authorized NEVADA and DALLAS to gain all of CLARK, eliminating CLARK. Change did not take effect. The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled the act void during the May 1879 session. (Ark. Acts 1879, 22d sess., no. 81/pp. 132-136; "Bittle v. Stuart," in Ark. Rpts., 34: 224-233)

The United States divided the Louisiana Purchase at the parallel of 33 degrees north latitude into the District of Louisiana and Orleans Territory. All of present Arkansas became part of the District of Louisiana; the District was not fully organized and was attached to Indiana Territory for administrative and judicial purposes. NEW MADRID District (Mo.) was created by the District of Louisiana from non-county area; it included all or part of seven present states, including all of Arkansas. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13: 51-52; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804]/pp. 283-289)

NEW MADRID (Mo.) became a district (county) in Louisiana Territory when the District of Louisiana was renamed Louisiana Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 31[1805]/pp. 331-332)

NEW MADRID District (Mo.) gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU District (Mo.); area within present Arkansas was unchanged. (Terr. Papers U.S., 13:541-542)

NEW MADRID District (Mo.) lost to CAPE GIRARDEAU District (Mo.); area within present Arkansas was unchanged. (Ford, 5-6)

NEW MADRID (Mo.) became a county in Missouri Territory. Part of NEW MADRID reverted to non-county area in Missouri Territory when its boundaries were redefined. NEW MADRID included territory in present Arkansas and Missouri. (Royce, 676-677, pls. 112, 144; Terr. Papers U.S., 14:599-601)

NEW MADRID (Mo.) gained from CAPE GIRARDEAU (Mo.), lost to creation of ARKANSAS. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1813-1814, ch. 99, sec. 1/pp. 293-295)

NEW MADRID (Mo.) lost to creation of LAWRENCE. Act passed 15 January 1815; took effect 1 March 1815. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1814-1815, ch. 128, secs. 1, 9/pp. 354-357)

NEW MADRID (Mo.) lost to creation of WAYNE (Mo.); area within present Arkansas was unchanged. Act passed 11 December 1818; took effect 1 February 1819. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 226, secs. 1, 10/pp. 567-571)

NEW MADRID (Mo.) gained small area from ARKANSAS, lost to Arkansas Territory; NEW MADRID eliminated from present Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

NEWTON created from CARROLL and JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 20-22)

NEWTON boundary with JOHNSON and MADISON was redefined [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 34)

NEWTON exchanged with POPE. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 125)

NEWTON lost to JOHNSON and MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 15/pp. 19-20)

NEWTON exchanged with MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1893, 29th sess., no. 122/pp. 210-211)

OUACHITA created from UNION. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 11-14)

OUACHITA lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 28-32; Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 34-35)

OUACHITA gained from HEMPSTEAD, lost to creation of COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 29-34)

OUACHITA exchanged with UNION. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 69)

OUACHITA lost to creation of NEVADA. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 20/pp. 26-34)

PERRY created from CONWAY. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 37-38)

The Arkansas River boundary between PERRY and CONWAY was changed from the south bank of the river to the middle of the channel [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., p. 161)

PERRY gained from MONTGOMERY and SALINE, exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 122-123)

PERRY gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., p. 33)

PERRY lost to CONWAY and lost small areas to YELL. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 44, secs. 11-12/pp. 89-90)

PERRY exchanged with YELL. (Ark. Acts 1891, 28th sess., no. 112/pp. 193-194)

PERRY lost to YELL when boundary was shifted east from the half-section lines to the section lines. (Ark. Acts 1893, 29th sess., no. 165/pp. 294-295)

PERRY gained small area from PULASKI in section 6, township 3 north, range 15 west [too small to map]. (Ark. Acts 1941, 53d sess., no. 103/pp. 218-219)

PHILLIPS created by Arkansas Territory from ARKANSAS and Non-County Area 1; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. Act passed 1 May 1820; took effect 1 June 1820. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 96-98)

PHILLIPS exchanged with ARKANSAS. Act passed 23 October 1821; took effect 1 January 1822. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1821, 2d sess., pp. 22-23)

PHILLIPS exchanged with INDEPENDENCE and LAWRENCE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

PHILLIPS lost to creation of CRITTENDEN. Act passed 22 October 1825; took effect 1 January 1826. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., pp. 17-20)

PHILLIPS lost to creation of ST. FRANCIS and implicitly lost to LAWRENCE. Act passed 13 October 1827; took effect 1 December 1827. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 8-10)

Boundary between PHILLIPS and ARKANSAS was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., p. 114)

PHILLIPS lost to creation of MONROE. Act passed 2 November 1829; took effect 1 January 1830. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 60-62)

PHILLIPS became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

PHILLIPS gained from MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 78)

PHILLIPS gained from MONROE, lost to creation of LEE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 60, secs. 1, 22/pp. 143-144, 150)

PHILLIPS gained from MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 90/p. 142)

PIKE created by Arkansas Territory from CLARK and HEMPSTEAD. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 30-32)

PIKE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

PIKE exchanged with HEMPSTEAD. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 82)

PIKE lost to creation of HOWARD. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 57/pp. 127-133)

PIKE gained from CLARK and MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., nos. 76, 84/pp. 183-184, 208-209)

PIKE lost to MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., p. 63)

PIKE gained from CLARK. (Ark. Acts 1877, 21st sess., no. 43/p. 43)

POINSETT created from GREENE (spelled GREEN here), LAWRENCE, and ST. FRANCIS. Act passed 28 February 1838; took effect 1 March 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 71-73)

POINSETT gained from MISSISSIPPI, lost to creation of CRAIGHEAD. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 171, secs. 1, 18/pp. 201-205)

POINSETT gained from CRAIGHEAD, lost to creation of CROSS. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 2-4; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 5/pp. 547-548)

POLK created from SEVIER. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., pp. 16-18)

POLK lost small area to creation of SEBASTIAN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 81-85)

POLK gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 119/p. 133)

POLK gained small area from SEBASTIAN. (Ord. of State Convention 1861, 70-71; "Pruitt v. Sebastian County Coal Co.," in Ark. Rpts., 215:673-689)

POLK lost to creation of HOWARD. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 57/pp. 127-133)

POLK gained from SCOTT. (Ark. Acts 1901, 33d sess., no. 178/pp. 332-333)

POPE created by Arkansas Territory from CRAWFORD and a small area of CLARK. Act passed 2 November 1829; took effect 25 December 1829. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 41-47)

POPE lost to creation of SCOTT. Act passed 5 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 98-104)

POPE lost to creation of JOHNSON. Act passed 16 November 1833; took effect 25 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 88-94)

POPE gained from JOHNSON. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., p. 35)

POPE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

POPE lost to JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 75)

POPE lost to creation of YELL. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 10-13)

POPE lost small area to YELL. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 48)

POPE gained from CONWAY, lost to YELL. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 69-70, 74)

POPE exchanged with NEWTON. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 125)

POPE gained from SEARCY and VAN BUREN. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 192-193)

POPE gained from VAN BUREN [see 17 February 1859 for clarification]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., pp. 60-61)

Boundary between POPE and VAN BUREN was redefined [no change; see 20 December 1854]. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 144/p. 170)

POPE lost to JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 169/p. 199)

POPE exchanged with JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 47/pp. 215-218)

POPE lost to CONWAY. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 44, sec. 11/p. 89)

POPE gained from CONWAY. Act passed 28 May 1874; took effect 15 July 1874. (Ark. Acts 1874, spec. sess., no. 18/pp. 23-24)

POPE gained from JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., pp. 253-254)

POPE lost to JOHNSON. (Ark. Acts 1877, 21st sess., no. 65/pp. 66-67)

PRAIRIE created from PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 16-18)

PRAIRIE gained from PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., pp. 42-43)

PRAIRIE gained from MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., p. 34)

PRAIRIE gained from MONROE, lost to PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 91/pp. 175-178)

PRAIRIE lost to creation of LONOKE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 47/pp. 101-106)

PRAIRIE gained from WHITE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 55/pp. 124-125)

PRAIRIE gained from WOODRUFF. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 113/pp. 275-277)

PRAIRIE gained from MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1874, spec. sess., no. 13/pp. 17-18)

PRAIRIE lost to LONOKE. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 38/pp. 40-42)

PRAIRIE lost to LONOKE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 66/pp. 102-104)

PRAIRIE lost to MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 130/p. 312)

PRAIRIE exchanged with MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 42/p. 46)

PULASKI created by Missouri Territory from ARKANSAS and non-county area; PULASKI included territory in present Arkansas and Oklahoma. Act passed 15 December 1818; took effect 1 June 1819. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-5/pp. 589-591)

PULASKI became a county in Arkansas Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 49[1819]/pp. 493-496; Van Zandt, 118-119)

PULASKI lost to creation of CRAWFORD; PULASKI eliminated from present Oklahoma. Act passed 18 October 1820; took effect 1 January 1821. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1820, 1st sess., pp. 123-125)

PULASKI exchanged with CRAWFORD. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1821, 2d sess., pp. 20-21)

PULASKI gained from ARKANSAS, lost to CLARK. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1823, 3d sess., pp. 50-52)

PULASKI lost to creation of CONWAY. Act passed 20 October 1825; took effect 1 January 1826. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1825, 4th sess., pp. 3-6)

PULASKI gained from CLARK and gained part of the Quapaw Indian Reserve; Quapaw Reserve eliminated as a non-county area in Arkansas Territory. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 5)

PULASKI gained from CONWAY. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 40)

PULASKI exchanged with CONWAY. Act passed 20 October 1828; took effect 1 December 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 15-16)

PULASKI lost to creation of JEFFERSON and MONROE. Acts passed 2 November 1829; took effect 1 January 1830. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 60-62, 66-71 and sec. 4/p. 101)

PULASKI lost to JEFFERSON. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., pp. 53-54)

PULASKI lost to creation of SALINE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 36-39)

PULASKI lost to creation of WHITE. Act passed 23 October 1835; took effect 1 December 1835. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 9-13)

PULASKI became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

PULASKI lost to CLARK, JEFFERSON, SALINE, and UNION. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 126-127, 161, 163-164)

PULASKI gained from SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 78)

PULASKI lost to SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 80)

PULASKI lost to MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 78)

PULASKI lost small area to WHITE. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 218-219)

PULASKI lost to creation of PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 16-18)

PULASKI exchanged with SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 97)

PULASKI exchanged with PERRY. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 122-123)

PULASKI lost to PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1848, 7th sess., pp. 42-43)

PULASKI gained from PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 91/pp. 175-178)

PULASKI exchanged with SALINE, lost to creation of FAULKNER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., nos. 43-44/pp. 85-90)

PULASKI lost to creation of LONOKE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 47/pp. 101-106)

PULASKI exchanged with FAULKNER, LONOKE, and SALINE. Mistake in description of LONOKE boundary was clarified 8 March 1991. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 59/pp. 119-122)

PULASKI lost small area to SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 99/p. 158)

PULASKI exchanged with LONOKE. (Ark. Acts 1907, 36th sess., no. 255/pp. 593-596)

PULASKI gained from SALINE. (Ark. Acts 1915, 40th sess., no. 61/pp. 203-205)

PULASKI lost small area to PERRY in section 6, township 3 north, range 15 west [too small to map]. (Ark. Acts 1941, 53d sess., no. 103/pp. 218-219)

Boundary between PULASKI and LONOKE was clarified; corrected uncertainty surrounding 7 December 1875 boundary change [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1991, 78th sess., no. 418/pp. 1134-1136)

The Quapaw Indian Reserve was left outside the boundaries of any county. The reserve was created 24 August 1818 when the Quapaws ceded their claim to other lands south of the Arkansas River. (Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 232a, secs. 1-3/pp. 589-591; Hanson and Moneyhon, 19-20)

Quapaw Indian Reserve lost all territory to ARKANSAS and PULASKI; Quapaw Indian Reserve had been ceded to the United States on 15 November 1824. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., p. 5; Hanson and Moneyhon, 20)

RANDOLPH created by Arkansas Territory from LAWRENCE. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 26-31)

RANDOLPH became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

RANDOLPH gained from LAWRENCE. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 133/pp. 281-282)

RANDOLPH lost to GREENE and lost to creation of CLAYTON (now CLAY). (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 27, secs. 1-2/pp. 42-44)

RANDOLPH gained small area from LAWRENCE along Spring River. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 16/pp. 20-21)

RANDOLPH exchanged with SHARP. (Ark. Acts 1891, 28th sess., no. 25/pp. 26-27)

RANDOLPH gained from CLAY. (Ark. Acts 1957, 61st sess., no. 161/pp. 485-488)

ST. FRANCIS created by Arkansas Territory from PHILLIPS. Act passed 13 October 1827; took effect 1 December 1827. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1827, 5th sess., pp. 8-10)

Boundary between ST. FRANCIS and CRITTENDEN was clarified [no change]. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., p. 42)

ST. FRANCIS became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

ST. FRANCIS lost to creation of POINSETT. Act passed 28 February 1838; took effect 1 March 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 71-73)

ST. FRANCIS lost to MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 78)

ST. FRANCIS lost to JACKSON. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., p. 107)

Boundary between ST. FRANCIS and MONROE was redefined, confirming that township 3 north, range 1 east was part of MONROE [see 25 December 1840; no change]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., p. 21)

ST. FRANCIS gained from CRITTENDEN, lost to creation of CROSS. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess./pp. 2-4; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 5/pp. 547-548)

ST. FRANCIS lost to creation of WOODRUFF. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 19-23; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 6/pp. 548-549)

ST. FRANCIS gained from CRITTENDEN and MONROE, lost to creation of LEE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 60, secs. 1, 20-21/pp. 143-144, 149-150)

ST. FRANCIS gained small area from MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 109/pp. 193-194)

SALINE created by Arkansas Territory from PULASKI. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 36-39)

SALINE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

SALINE gained from HOT SPRING and PULASKI, lost to JEFFERSON. Part of SALINE became Non-County Area 5. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 126-127, 163-164)

SALINE lost to PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 78)

SALINE gained from PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 80)

SALINE gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ark. Acts 1845, 5th sess., sec. 17/p. 79)

SALINE exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 97)

SALINE gained from DALLAS, exchanged with HOT SPRING, lost to PERRY. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 113, 122-123)

SALINE exchanged with HOT SPRING [see 19 January 1861]. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 164/p. 194)

Boundary between SALINE and HOT SPRING was redefined to clarify act of 19 February 1859 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1860, 13th sess., no. 149/pp. 299-300)

SALINE lost to creation of GRANT. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 15/pp. 34-42)

SALINE gained from HOT SPRING, lost to creation of GARLAND. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 34, secs. 1-2/pp. 68-71)

SALINE exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 43/p. 85)

SALINE exchanged with PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1875, adj. sess., no. 59, sec. 3/p. 120)

SALINE gained small area from PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1885, 25th sess., no. 99/p. 158)

SALINE lost to PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1915, 40th sess., no. 61/pp. 203-205)

SCOTT created by Arkansas Territory from CRAWFORD, HOT SPRING, and POPE. Act passed 5 November 1833; took effect 1 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 98-104)

SCOTT gained from CRAWFORD and JOHNSON. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 16-17)

SCOTT became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

SCOTT lost to CRAWFORD. Act passed 18 December 1837; took effect 15 February 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 47-48)

SCOTT lost to CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 81)

SCOTT lost to creation of YELL. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 10-13)

SCOTT lost to creation of SEBASTIAN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 81-85)

SCOTT gained from SEBASTIAN. (Ord. of State Convention 1861, 70-71; "Pruitt v. Sebastian County Coal Co.," in Ark. Rpts., 215:673-689)

SCOTT lost to creation of SARBER (now LOGAN). Boundary with SARBER was clarified 27 February 1873. (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 25/pp. 48-55; Ark. Acts 1873, 19^th sess., no. 13/pp. 19-21)

SCOTT lost to LOGAN. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 70/p. 135)

SCOTT exchanged with SEBASTIAN when boundary was placed on public land survey lines. (Outline Map of Sebastian Co., 1887; U.S.G.S., "Fort Smith Sheet," 1887, ed. of 1890)

SCOTT lost to POLK. (Ark. Acts 1901, 33d sess., no. 178/pp. 332-333)

SCOTT lost to LOGAN. (Ark. Acts 1903, 34th sess., no. 45/pp. 74-78)

SCOTT exchanged with MONTGOMERY when boundary was placed on public land survey lines. (Ark. Acts 1925, 45th sess., no. 100/pp. 306-307)

SEARCY created from MARION. Northern boundary with MARION was not clearly defined in this act, and was in dispute until 20 January 1855. The 1855 line is used here, although MARION appears to have claimed some territory south of that line. Act passed 13 December 1838; took effect 1 February 1839. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., pp. 27-30)

SEARCY exchanged with VAN BUREN, lost to POPE. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 192)

SEARCY gained from VAN BUREN. Boundary wIth MARION was defined, ending dispute between the two counties dating from 1 February 1839 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., pp. 216-217)

SEARCY lost small area to creation of BOONE (the southern half of sections 13 to 18 in township 17, range 18). (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 70/pp. 138-145)

SEARCY lost to MARION and lost to creation of BAXTER. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 26, secs. 1, 18/pp. 35, 40-41)

SEARCY lost to creation of STONE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 74/pp. 177-182)

SEBASTIAN created from CRAWFORD, SCOTT, and a small area of POLK. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 81-85)

SEBASTIAN lost to SCOTT and lost small area to POLK. (Ord. of State Convention 1861, 70-71; "Pruitt v. Sebastian County Coal Co.," in Ark. Rpts., 215:673-689)

SEBASTIAN exchanged small areas with FRANKLIN. (Outline Map of Sebastian Co., 1887; U.S.G.S., "Fort Smith Sheet," 1887, ed. of 1890)

SEBASTIAN exchanged with SCOTT when boundary was placed on public land survey lines. (Outline Map of Sebastian Co., 1887; U.S.G.S., "Fort Smith Sheet," 1887, ed. of 1890)

SEBASTIAN gained approximately 130 acres from Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) along the Poteau River when the U.S. Congress changed the western boundary of Arkansas. Congressional act was approved 10 February 1905 [too small to map]. (Ark. Acts 1905, 35th sess., nos. 41, 87/pp. 124-125, 212-213; Morris, Goins, and McReynolds, 61; U.S. Stat., vol. 33, ch. 571[1905]/pp. 714-715; Van Zandt, 120)

SEVIER created by Arkansas Territory from HEMPSTEAD and MILLER (original, extinct); SEVIER included part of present Texas. Act passed 17 October 1828; took effect 1 November 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 5-8 and sec. 9/p. 28; Strickland, 42-43)

SEVIER lost to MILLER (original, extinct); SEVIER eliminated from present Texas. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., p. 91)

SEVIER gained from HOT SPRING. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 38-39)

SEVIER became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

SEVIER lost to HEMPSTEAD. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., p. 138)

SEVIER lost to creation of POLK. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., pp. 16-18)

SEVIER lost to creation of LITTLE RIVER. (Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 104/pp. 217-226)

SEVIER lost to creation of HOWARD. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 57/pp. 127-133)

SEVIER gained from HOWARD. (Ark. Acts 1897, 31st sess., no. 44/pp. 56-57)

SHARP created from LAWRENCE. (Ark. Acts 1868, 17th sess., no. 42/pp. 129-132)

SHARP gained from INDEPENDENCE. (Ark. Acts 1874, 20th sess., pp. 149-150)

SHARP gained small area from IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1877, 21st sess., no. 47/pp. 46-47)

SHARP exchanged with IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 71/pp. 108-109)

SHARP gained small area from IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 2/p. 2)

SHARP exchanged with RANDOLPH. (Ark. Acts 1891, 28th sess., no. 25/pp. 26-27)

SHARP lost small area to LAWRENCE. (Ark. Acts 1917, 41st sess., no. 274/p. 1455)

SHARP gained small area from LAWRENCE. (Ark. Acts 1917, 41st sess., no. 314/p. 1634)

STONE created from INDEPENDENCE, IZARD, SEARCY, and VAN BUREN. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 74/pp. 177-182)

UNION created by Arkansas Territory from CLARK, HEMPSTEAD, and Non-County Area 2. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1829, 6th sess., pp. 51-54)

UNION gained from CHICOT. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 41-42)

UNION became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

UNION gained small area from PULASKI, exchanged with JEFFERSON, lost to CLARK. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 126-127, 161, 186)

UNION lost to creation of BRADLEY. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 29-31)

UNION lost to creation of OUACHITA. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 11-14)

UNION lost to LAFAYETTE. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., pp. 23-24)

UNION lost to creation of CALHOUN. (Ark. Acts 1850, 8th sess., pp. 28-32; Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 34-35)

UNION lost to creation of COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 29-34)

UNION exchanged with OUACHITA. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 69)

UNION lost to COLUMBIA. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 30/p. 27)

UNION gained small area from CALHOUN along the Ouachita River in townships 17 and 18 when the boundary was moved from the high water mark on the west side of the river to the center of the channel [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., p. 6)

VAN BUREN created by Arkansas Territory from CONWAY, INDEPENDENCE, and IZARD. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 67, 84-88)

VAN BUREN became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

VAN BUREN gained from CONWAY, gained small area from MARION, exchanged with INDEPENDENCE and IZARD. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 154-155)

VAN BUREN exchanged with SEARCY, lost to POPE. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 192-193)

VAN BUREN lost to POPE [see 17 February 1859 for clarification]. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., pp. 60-61)

VAN BUREN lost to SEARCY. (Ark. Acts 1854, 10th sess., pp. 216-217)

Boundary between VAN BUREN and POPE was redefined [no change; see 20 December 1854]. (Ark. Acts 1858, 12th sess., no. 144/p. 170)

VAN BUREN gained from CONWAY. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 44, secs. 11-12/pp. 89-90)

VAN BUREN lost to creation of STONE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 74/pp. 177-182)

VAN BUREN lost to creation of CLEBURNE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 24/pp. 39-46)

WASHINGTON created by Arkansas Territory from LOVELEY (Arkansas Territory, extinct) and Non-County Area 3; included territory that was formerly part of IZARD. Act passed 17 October 1828; took effect 1 November 1828. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1828, spec. sess., pp. 8-9)

WASHINGTON gained from IZARD. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1831, 7th sess., pp. 25-26)

WASHINGTON gained small area from IZARD. Act passed 1 November 1833; took effect 25 December 1833. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1833, 8th sess., pp. 17-19)

WASHINGTON became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of BENTON and MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1836, 1st sess., pp. 37-42)

WASHINGTON boundaries were clarified to include settlers on the Middle Fork of White River [not mapped]. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., p. 51)

WASHINGTON lost small area to creation of FRANKLIN. Act passed 19 December 1837; took effect 15 February 1838. (Ark. Acts 1837, 1st sess., spec., pp. 53-56)

WASHINGTON exchanged with MADISON. (Ark. Acts 1838, 2d sess., p. 83)

Boundary between WASHINGTON and CRAWFORD was clarified to include settlements on Frog Bayou in CRAWFORD [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1846, 6th sess., p. 11)

WASHINGTON gained from CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1881, 23d sess., no. 31/p. 48)

WASHINGTON lost to CRAWFORD. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 50/pp. 62-63)

WHITE created by Arkansas Territory from INDEPENDENCE, JACKSON, and PULASKI. Act passed 23 October 1835; took effect 1 December 1835. (Ark. Terr. Acts 1835, 9th sess., pp. 9-13)

WHITE became a county in the state of Arkansas. (U.S. Stat., vol. 5, chs. 100, 120 [1836]/pp. 50-52, 58-59; Swindler, 1: 342-344, 354-358; Van Zandt, 119)

WHITE gained small area from PULASKI. (Ark. Acts 1842, 4th sess., pp. 218-219)

WHITE gained from CONWAY. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., p. 141)

WHITE lost to PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 55/pp. 124-125)

WHITE lost to creation of CLEBURNE. (Ark. Acts 1883, 24th sess., no. 24/pp. 39-46)

WHITE lost small area to WOODRUFF. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 103/pp. 195-196)

WHITE gained small area along Cypress Bayou from LONOKE. (Ark. Acts 1941, 53d sess., no. 110/pp. 224-226)

WOODRUFF created from JACKSON and ST. FRANCIS. (Ark. Acts 1862, 14th sess., pp. 19-23; Ark. Acts 1866, 16th sess., no. 6/pp. 548-549)

WOODRUFF lost to MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1868, adj. sess., no. 91, sec. 2/p. 176)

WOODRUFF gained small area from MONROE, lost to PRAIRIE. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 113/pp. 275-277)

WOODRUFF gained small area from MONROE. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 59/pp. 82-83)

WOODRUFF gained small area from WHITE. (Ark. Acts 1887, 26th sess., no. 103/pp. 195-196)

YELL created from POPE and SCOTT. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., pp. 10-13)

YELL gained small area from POPE. (Ark. Acts 1840, 3d sess., p. 48)

YELL gained from MONTGOMERY and gained all of Non-County Area 4; Non-County Area 4 eliminated. (Ark. Acts 1844, 5th sess., p. 44)

YELL gained from POPE. (Ark. Acts 1852, 9th sess., pp. 69-70)

YELL lost to creation of SARBER (now LOGAN). (Ark. Acts 1871, 18th sess., no. 25/pp. 48-55)

YELL gained small areas from PERRY, lost small areas to CONWAY. (Ark. Acts 1873, 19th sess., no. 44, sec. 11/p. 89)

YELL exchanged with PERRY. (Ark. Acts 1891, 28th sess., no. 112/pp. 193-194)

YELL gained small area from LOGAN [description clarified 7 February 1893]. Act passed 9 April 1891; took effect 20 October 1891. (Ark. Acts 1891, 28th sess., no. 148/pp. 251-252)

Boundary between YELL and LOGAN was clarified to correct mistake of 20 October 1891 [no change]. (Ark. Acts 1893, 29th sess., no. 10/p. 16)

YELL gained from PERRY when boundary was shifted east from the half-section lines to the section lines. (Ark. Acts 1893, 29th sess., no. 165/pp. 294-295)

YELL exchanged with LOGAN when a portion of the boundary was placed on public land survey lines. County courts in both counties agreed to the new line as surveyed jointly by the two county surveyors. (Logan County Court, Danville District, vol. L, pp. 262-263; Correspondence, Kay Tanner, Logan Co. Assessor, August 2006)

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