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Searcy (/ ˈ s ɜːr s i / SUR-see) is the largest city and county seat [4] of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2019 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 23,767. [5] It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County.
White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,822. [1] The county seat is Searcy. [2] 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.
Searcy County (/ ˈ s ɜːr s i / SUR-see) is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,828. [1] The county seat is Marshall. [2] The county was formed December 13, 1838, from a portion of Marion County and named for Richard Searcy, the first clerk and judge in the Arkansas Territory.
The White County Courthouse is located at Court Square in the center of Searcy, Arkansas, the county seat of White County. It is a two-story structure, built out of stone and brick, with a hip roof capped by an elaborate cupola with clock faces in its bowed roof. The building is roughly H-shaped, with wings at the sides that project slightly to ...
In October 2012 the Searcy County Rural Help Center was launched in St. Joe. The nonprofit organization is staffed by volunteers and makes computers, internet, and training available to community members. The North Arkansas Career Center teaches night classes for adults working toward their GED. A Kids Corner is open on Saturdays. [citation needed]
The Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area includes the Little Rock and Pine Bluff metropolitan areas and the Searcy micropolitan area. The Jonesboro-Paragould combined statistical area was created by the Census Bureau in 2005 and includes the Jonesboro metropolitan area and Paragould micropolitan area.
The unofficial state treat of Arkansas is a dessert with an animal in its name. But don't be fooled. There is no marsupial in the Arkansas-born Possum Pie. "I like to joke around and tell people ...
The Searcy campus comprises 48 buildings located on 350 acres (140 ha) near the center of Searcy. [23] The campus lies roughly between Race Avenue and Beebe-Capps Expressway and includes several other minor thoroughfares, the campus of Harding Academy , Harding Place (a retirement community), and portions of surrounding neighborhoods.