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Faulkner County, Arkansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
66historic places
—earliest paper
1873formed
123,498pop. 2020
63cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 66 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Conway, Greenbrier, Twin Groves.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Arkansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Faulkner titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

36 of 66 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

66 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Administration Building, University of Central ArkansasConwayBuilding2011
Blessing FarmsteadBarneyBuilding1990
Brown HouseConwayBuilding1982
Cadron SettlementConwaySite1974
Castleberry-Harrington Historic DistrictRepublicanDistrict2007
Centerville United Methodist ChurchGreenbrierBuilding2024
Century FlyerConwayStructure2010
Church of ChristguyBuilding2005
Conway Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)ConwayDistrict2010
Conway Confederate MonumentConwayObject1996
Conway Mayes MarkerConwayObject2024
Crownover-Brown, Earl and Oza, HouseDamascusBuilding2006
Dunaway, O. L., HouseConwayBuilding1996
Ealy, Richard and Mettie, HouseTwin GrovesBuilding2005
Farmers State BankConwayBuilding1982
Faulkner County CourthouseConwayBuilding1995
Faulkner County JailConwayBuilding1978
First United Methodist ChurchConwayBuilding1992
Frauenthal & Schwarz BuildingConwayBuilding1992
Fraunthal HouseConwayBuilding1982
Galloway HallConwayBuilding1982
Garrison, Dennis and Christine, HouseGreenbrierBuilding2005
Greeson-Cone HouseConwayBuilding1995
Guy High School GymnasiumGuyBuilding1992
Guy Home Economics BuildingGuyBuilding1992
Hall, Charlie, HouseTwin GrovesBuilding2005
Hall-Hogan Grocery StoreConwayBuilding2013
Halter, Frank U., HouseConwayBuilding1980
Hardy CemeteryCentervilleSite2009
Harton HouseConwayBuilding1979
Harton, D. O., HouseConwayBuilding1996
Hendrix College Addition Neighborhood Historic DistrictConwayDistrict2007
Hiegel, Michael M., HouseConwayBuilding1998
Hooten, E.E., HouseGuyBuilding2005
Langley, Farris and Evelyn, HouseRebublicanBuilding2005
Lasley's College ApartmentsConwayBuilding2011
Lee Service StationDamascusBuilding2005
Liberty School CafeteriaHamletBuilding1992
Little, J.E., HouseConwayBuilding1999
Martin HallConwayBuilding1982
Merritt HouseGreenbrierBuilding2005
Merritt, S.D., HouseGreenbrierBuilding2005
Military Road-Cadron SegmentConwayStructure2004
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist ChurchEnolaBuilding2009
Oak Grove Cemetery Historic SectionConwaySite2009
Owens, Silas, Sr., HouseTwin GrovesBuilding2005
Patton HouseWoosterBuilding1993
President's HouseConwayBuilding1982
Quattlebaum-Pelletier HouseTwin GrovesBuilding2005
Robins, Frank E., HouseConwayBuilding1994
Robins, Reuben W., HouseConwayBuilding2005
Robinson Historic District (Additional Documentation)ConwayDistrict2001
Salter, James and Jewell, HouseGreenbrierBuilding2005
Scull Historic DistrictConwayDistrict2017
Sellers HouseConwayBuilding2005
Smith, S. G., HouseConwayBuilding1982
Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes BuildingTwin GrovesBuilding1994
Spears HouseGreenbrierBuilding2005
Springfield BridgeConwayStructure1988
Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-5 SiteSpringhillSite2000
Titan II ICBM Launch Complex Site 373-9ViloniaBuilding2020
Tyler-Southerland HouseConwayBuilding2005
University of Central Arkansas Historic DistrictConwayDistrict2013
Ward, Earl and Mildred, HouseConwayBuilding2005
Washburn HouseGuyBuilding2007
Young MemorialConwayObject1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Faulkner was formed in 1873 (1873-04-12) from Conway, Pulaski.

FAULKNER created from CONWAY and PULASKI.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Faulkner County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

123k68k13k188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
12,78620,78027,68125,88025,28924,30346,19286,014123,498

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

63 cemeteries and 14 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 63 of 63 listed
NameLatLon
Acklin Graveyard35.13106-92.32318
Adkisson Cemetery35.18702-92.11653
Antioch Cemetery35.24343-92.30862
Beryl Cemetery35.08241-92.25692
Bethlehem Cemetery35.22952-92.46876
Birmingham Cemetery35.04675-92.1557
Brown Cemetery35.26376-92.19959
Cadron Gap Cemetery35.11755-92.44823
Cadron Valley Cemetery35.21957-92.29157
Carter Cemetery35.11044-92.30409
Copperas Springs Cemetery35.31452-92.34543
Crestlawn Cemetery35.08441-92.33366
Cypress Valley Cemetery35.07119-92.1607
Duncan Gap Cemetery35.04536-92.19598
Estep Cemetery35.22518-92.38554
Frauenthal Cemetery35.13419-92.40789
Friendship Cemetery35.13897-92.4796
Hardin Cemetery35.21202-92.27209
Hardy Cemetery35.25785-92.25042
Harmony Cemetery34.95703-92.23653
Hartje Cemetery35.04559-92.49079
Hawthicket Cemetery35.1873-92.14292
Heffington Cemetery35.23063-92.17931
Henderson Cemetery35.23876-92.31724
King Cemetery35.35091-92.28792
Liberty Cemetery35.07564-92.32737
Macedonia Cemetery35.11869-92.41765
Marcus Hill Cemetery35.21563-92.24737
Martinville Cemetery35.32757-92.46654
Mayflower Cemetery34.9598-92.43959
McGinty Town Cemetery35.24507-92.28855
McMillian Cemetery35.25591-92.49154
McNew Cemetery35.28202-92.27292
Mode Cemetery35.34007-92.32237
Mortar Creek Cemetery35.34757-92.21515
Mount Olive Cemetery35.05508-92.24459
Mount Pleasant Cemetery35.35702-92.24653
Mount Psyam Cemetery34.93703-92.33376
Mount Vernon Cemetery35.23063-92.13014
Needs Creek Cemetery35.19236-92.34458
New Liberty Cemetery35.07574-92.30013
Oak Bowery Cemetery35.0298-92.31404
Oak Grove Cemetery35.07952-92.42876
Oakland Cemetery35.1569-92.27945
Old Texas Cemetery35.3273-92.28959
Pearson Cemetery35.20776-92.42456
Pleasant Branch Cemetery34.98175-92.52932
Pleasant Valley Cemetery35.1773-92.44848
Pleasant Valley Cemetery35.15786-92.18848
Ray Cemetery35.04431-92.42065
Republican Cemetery35.28896-92.43237
Round Mountain Cemetery35.01775-92.4653
Saint Joseph Cemetery35.08313-92.43737
Salem Cemetery35.07841-92.51043
Shady Grove Cemetery35.22115-92.34584
Sharon Cemetery35.15258-92.22348
Siloam CemeteryNoneNone
Sinai Cemetery35.04491-92.38025
Spires Cemetery35.35341-92.43487
Springhill Cemetery35.18822-92.38851
Stone Cemetery35.1173-92.47321
Thorn Cemetery35.25396-92.39096
Vilonia Cemetery35.0773-92.21292
Historical populated places — 14 of 14
NameLatLon
Acklin Gap35.13675-92.31904
Bessie35.01425-92.57072
Bristol35.1662-92.13209
Cadron35.11536-92.55016
Chadwick34.98092-92.35154
Duncans Gap35.04453-92.19182
Hawthicket35.1912-92.15015
Old Linder35.16092-92.39877
Pickles Gap35.1262-92.40071
Pinnacle Springs35.32647-92.39321
Providence34.98064-92.51544
Rowlett35.31425-92.3046
Salem35.0787-92.51127
Sunny Gap35.09536-92.33682

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

Historical markers

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