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County government in Arkansas is a political subdivision of the state established for a more convenient administration of justice and for purposes of providing services for the state by the Constitution of Arkansas and the Arkansas General Assembly through the Arkansas Code. In Arkansas, counties have no inherent authority, only power given to ...
Bradley County Courthouse is a courthouse in Warren, Arkansas, United States, the county seat of Bradley County, built in 1903. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The courthouse was built using two colors of brick and features a 2½ story clock tower.
Dec 18, 1840: Conway County: Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), a naval officer in the War of 1812: 10,184: 560.47 sq mi (1,452 km 2) Phillips County: 107: Helena: May 1, 1820: Arkansas and Lawrence County: Sylvanus Phillips, a member of the territorial legislature 14,961: 727.29 sq mi (1,884 km 2) Pike County: 109: Murfreesboro: Nov 1, 1833 ...
The Pulaski County Courthouse is located at 405 West Markham Street in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, the state capital and the county seat of Pulaski County. It is set among a number of other state and city government buildings, on a city block bounded by West Markham, Spring, West 2nd, and South Broadway Streets, with a county park occupying ...
The Montgomery County Courthouse is located at Court Square in the center of Mount Ida, the county seat of Montgomery County, Arkansas.It is a two-story masonry structure, distinctively blending local rustic character with Classical Revival styling.
The most prominent legal cases heard in the building were the series of trials following the Elaine Massacre, the bloodiest race riot in Arkansas history.In October 1919, the Phillips County Sheriff moved 285 inmates, all African American, into the county jail that stood at that time at the eastern façade of the courthouse.
Clark County is a county located in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census , the population was 21,446. [ 1 ] The county seat is Arkadelphia . [ 2 ]
The entire first floor of the courthouse is windowless because it originally housed the county jail. [2] Large outdoor stairs ascend to a second story entrance. Baked stone tiles make up the floors, with various colors being used throughout the building. The exterior of the courthouse consists of long, slender bricks.