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Crittenden County, Arkansas

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17historic places

—earliest paper

1826formed

48,163pop. 2020

51cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near West Memphis, Earle, Marion.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Crittenden County Bank and Trust Company	Marion	Building	1984
Crittenden County Courthouse	Marion	Building	1977
Dabbs Store	West Memphis	Building	1982
Earle High School, Old	Earle	Building	2003
Hamilton Apartments	West Memphis	Building	1998
Highway A-7, Gilmore to Turrell	Gilmore	Structure	2009
Johnson-Portis House	West Memphis	Building	2017
Lawrie House	West Memphis	Building	1996
Marion Colored High School	Sunset	Building	1995
Memphis and Arkansas Bridge	West Memphis	Structure	2001
Missouri Pacific Depot	Earle	Building	1986
Riverside Speedway	West Memphis	Site	2010
Turrell City Hall, Old	Turrell	Building	2007
Washington, George Berry, Memorial	Earle	Object	1994
West Memphis City Hall	West Memphis	Building	2010
West Memphis Commercial Historic District	West Memphis	District	2008
Wilson Power and Light Company Ice Plant	West Memphis	Building	2010

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Crittenden was formed in 1826 (1826-01-01) from Phillips.

CRITTENDEN created by Arkansas Territory from PHILLIPS. Act passed 22 Oct 1825; took effect 1 Jan 1826.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Crittenden County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,272	1,561	4,920	9,415	14,529	29,309	42,473	47,184	47,564	49,499	50,866	48,163

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

51 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 51 of 51 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Berry Cemetery	35.2973	-90.46704
Bethel Cemetery	35.22981	-90.34454
Billow Cemetery	35.30271	-90.31818
Bledsoe Cemetery	35.3634	-90.16351
Booker Cemetery	35.29925	-90.29093
Brown Cemetery	35.28536	-90.28287
Buck Lake Cemetery	35.20286	-90.42315
Cloar Cemetery	35.31385	-90.44294
Corinthian Cemetery	35.23449	-90.3006
Crittenden Memorial Park	35.20536	-90.23537
Cruse Cemetery	35.28962	-90.26821
Edmondson Cemetery	35.08981	-90.3012
Friendship Cemetery	35.25647	-90.2437
Gibson Bayou Cemetery	35.30536	-90.45926
Green Hill Cemetery	35.21175	-90.11816
Happy Cemetery	34.85981	-90.40759
Hood Cemetery	35.34212	-90.453
King Solomon Cemetery	35.38201	-90.41646
Layton Cemetery	35.33492	-90.45004
Locust Grove Cemetery	34.93999	-90.27742
Macedonia Cemetery	35.24305	-90.38799
Malone Cemetery	35.28814	-90.23425
Mays Cemetery	35.24537	-90.29224
Medley Cemetery	35.24212	-90.4133
Memorial Garden	35.20181	-90.24222
Mount Beulah Cemetery	35.23097	-90.49613
Mount Hermon Cemetery	35.15881	-90.48952
Mount Olive Cemetery	35.31141	-90.16113
New Mount Zion Cemetery	34.99425	-90.34481
New Mount Zion Cemetery	35.30397	-90.23481
New Salem Cemetery	35.11759	-90.22703
Pilgrim Rest Cemetery	35.17036	-90.40926
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	35.23285	-90.14683
Prosperity Cemetery	35.34277	-90.40074
Raspberry Cemetery	35.20736	-90.28052
Richard Cemetery	35.33848	-90.44316
Rodgers Cemetery	34.90953	-90.29259
Russell Cemetery	35.25758	-90.4426
Saint Johns Cemetery	35.18996	-90.15376
Saint Johns Cemetery	35.22734	-90.33441
Saint Johns Cemetery	35.07072	-90.23065
Saint Marks Cemetery	35.3708	-90.17113
Saint Pauls Cemetery	35.36599	-90.33207
Saint Stephens Cemetery	35.18762	-90.30315
Shiloh Cemetery	35.20675	-90.3626
Spring Hill Cemetery	35.29258	-90.41426
Sunrise Cemetery	35.36407	-90.18596
Trexler Cemetery	35.24258	-90.30787
True Vine Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery	35.06625	-90.31965
Vincent Cemetery	35.21997	-90.29101
Walnut Grove Cemetery	35.30198	-90.26709

Historical populated places — 8 of 8

Name	Lat	Lon
Almont	35.16731	-90.15815
Bauxippi	35.1387	-90.13454
Engledale	35.40425	-90.25204
Hopefield	35.15537	-90.07481
Irby	34.99454	-90.31676
Saint Thomas	35.43231	-90.17176
Scanlan	35.28333	-90.13333
Wildcat	35.21481	-90.45232

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Memphis	2,160	25.1 km	TN031

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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