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: Alpine   Amity   Amos   Anvill   Arkadelphia   Ashton  Atlee   Bee   Beech Creek   Beirne   Biscoeville   Boswell   Bradshaw   Britts   Burtsel  Caddo Valley   Cairo   Cherry   Clear Springs   Conrad   Crittenden   Curtis   Daleville    DeGray   Dobyville   Dove Park   Ellis   Elm   Fendley   Franklin Settlement   Genoa  Graysonia   Greenville   Gum Springs   Gurdon   Halfway   Haretown   Hartsville   Hearn        

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    • 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)

  • "Rush" McNutt, Businessman

  • Baseball's Early Days

  • 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

  • Caddo Hotel

  • Blacksmiths

  • Ross Drainage District

  • Freedmen's Bureau

  • DeGray Dam and Lake

  • Electricity

  • Salt Making

  • Arkadelphia Street Names

  • Arkadelphia Water System

  • Ford Dealership

  • Meat Market

  • Pearl Fever