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Map showing dry (red), wet (blue), and mixed (yellow) counties/parishes/boroughs in the United States as of May 2019. The following list of dry areas by U.S. state details all of the counties, parishes, boroughs, and municipalities in the United States of America that ban the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Dry county. In the United States, a dry county is a county whose government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages. Some prohibit off-premises sale, some prohibit on-premises sale, and some prohibit both. The vast majority of counties now permit the sale of alcohol in at least some circumstances, but some dry counties remain ...
Arkansas has long had a stigma of poor roads, dating from the "Arkansas Roads Scandal" playing a prominent role in state politics through the 1920s and 1930s, periodic allegations of corruption, waste, and fraud, and a long-running struggle to adequately fund the operation, maintenance and expansion of a large highway system serving a rural state.
Arkansas and Pulaski counties: Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas: 8,036: 675.76 sq mi (1,750 km 2) Pulaski County: 119: Little Rock: December 15, 1818: Arkansas and Lawrence counties (1818) Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War: 400,009: 807.84 sq mi (2,092 km 2) Randolph County: 121: Pocahontas ...
Wet County. Formerly an alcohol prohibition or dry county.However, following a historic mid-term election, Polk County is now a wet county. Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 862 square miles (2,230 km 2), of which 858 square miles (2,220 km 2) is land and 4.8 square miles (12 km 2) (0.6%) is water.
Craighead County, Arkansas. / 35.8403°N 90.7075°W / 35.8403; -90.7075. Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. [1] The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. [2] Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and ...
Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,749. The county seat is Clarksville. Johnson County is Arkansas's 30th county, formed on November 16, 1833, from a portion of Pope County and named for Benjamin Johnson, a Territorial Judge. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,822. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a Whig candidate for President of the United States.