Clark County was established on December 15, 1818, by the Missouri Territorial Legislature and was one of just five counties when Arkansas Territory was created the following year.

 

Click on some links below to check out the info about special pieces of Clark County's rich history:

           

• How Clark County Got Its Name 

               

• How Arkadelphia Became the County Seat

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• Towns & Communities

  • Arkadelphia

  • Beirne

  • Daleville

  • Graysonia

  • Gurdon

  • Rome

  • Smithton

  • Whelen Springs

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• Notable People, Places, & Events

  • Outlaw Jesse James

  • Gurdon Light

  • Meriwether Lewis Randolph (grandson of Thomas Jefferson)

  • Wizard of Oz Actor Franklin O'Baugh

  • First Airplane in Clark County

  • Clem Rorie, Professional Daredevil

  • First Passenger Train Arrived in 1873

  • Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo

  • Isaac Cates, Pioneer Adventurer

  • Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Clark County

  • Skinny Whipple, Track Star

  • Automobile Comes to Clark County

  • Great Flood of 1927

  • Charles Gallihar and an 1852 Murder Trial

  • George Haddock, Clark County Surveyor

  • Abner Hignight, Pioneer

  • John Smoker of Arkadelphia, Steamboat Captain

  • "Mom" Sanders, World War II Legend

  • Sam Rudisill, Arkadelphia Jeweler

  • Arkadelphia's Weber House

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• Commerce

  • Steamboats on the Ouachita

  • Cinnabar Mining

  • Ross Drainage District

  • Freedmen's Bureau

  • DeGray Dam and Lake

  • Electricity

  • Salt Making, An Early Industry

  • Arkadelphia Street Names

  • Arkadelphia Water System Got Its Start in the Nineteenth Century

  • Ford Dealership

  • Meat Market

  • Pearl Fever