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Garland County, Arkansas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
98historic places
—earliest paper
1873formed
100,180pop. 2020
47cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 98 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Hot Springs, Jessieville, Crystal Springs.

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 Garland titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

62 of 98 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

98 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aristocrat Motor InnHot SpringsBuilding2017
Army & Navy Memorial LodgeRoyalBuilding2019
Army and Navy General Hospital Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2007
Bathhouse Row NHLHot SpringsDistrict1974
Beauchamp, Walter, HouseHot SpringsBuilding1994
Belding-Gaines CemeteryHot SpringsSite1993
Bellaire Court Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2004
Brown, W. C., House (Additional Documentation)Hot SpringsBuilding1986
Buckville CemeteryAvantSite2007
Butchie's Drive-InHot SpringsBuilding2004
CCC Company 3767 Powder Magazine Historic DistrictJessievilleDistrict2007
Camp Clearfork Historic DistrictCrystal SpringsDistrict1993
Carpenter DamHot SpringsStructure1992
Central Methodist Episcopal Church SouthHot SpringsBuilding2011
Charlton BathhouseCrystal SpringsBuilding1993
Charlton Spillway-DamCrystal SpringsStructure1993
Citizens BuildingHot SpringsBuilding1979
City CemeteryHot SpringsSite2021
Cleveland Arms Apartment BuildingHot SpringsBuilding2018
Clinton, Bill, Boyhood HomeHot SpringsBuilding1995
Cottage Courts Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2004
CouchwoodShorewood HillsDistrict1986
Cove Tourist CourtHot SpringsBuilding2004
Doherty HouseHot SpringsBuilding1978
Federal Building-U.S. Post Office and Court HouseHot SpringsBuilding2015
First Lutheran ChurchHot SpringsBuilding2015
First Methodist Church Christian Education BuildingHot SpringsBuilding2016
First Presbyterian ChurchHot SpringsBuilding1982
Fordyce HouseHot SpringsBuilding1982
Fordyce-Ricks House Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2003
Forest Service Headquarters Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict1993
Forrest ApartmentsHot SpringsBuilding2024
Garland County CourthouseHot SpringsBuilding1979
Gillham HouseRoyalBuilding1994
Green, Harley E., HouseBearBuilding1979
Hill Wheatley Downtowner Motor InnHot SpringsBuilding2016
Hollywood Cemetery, Confederate SectionHot SpringsSite1996
Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict1985
Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District (Boundary Decrease)Hot SpringsDistrict2019
Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)Hot SpringsDistrict2007
Hot Springs Confederate MonumentHot SpringsObject1996
Hot Springs High SchoolHot SpringsBuilding1988
Hot Springs Masonic TempleHot SpringsBuilding2022
Hot Springs National Guard ArmoryHot SpringsBuilding2017
Hot Springs Railroad Warehouse Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict1996
Humphrey's Dairy FarmHot SpringsDistrict2012
Humphreys-Ryan HouseHot SpringsBuilding2000
Interstate OrphanageHot SpringsBuilding1982
Iron Springs DamJessievilleStructure1993
Iron Springs Shelter No. 1JessievilleBuilding1993
Iron Springs Shelter No. 2JessievilleBuilding1993
Jack Tar Hotel and BathhouseHot SpringsBuilding2006
Jackson, Dr. Will W. and Helen B., HouseHot SpringsBuilding2021
Joers, Peter Dierks, HouseHot SpringsBuilding2009
Jones SchoolHot SpringsBuilding1988
Joplin, Peter, Commercial BlockHot SpringsBuilding2000
King-Neimeyer-Mathis HouseHot SpringsBuilding2002
Klein, George, Tourist Court Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict1993
Kraemer-Harman HouseHot SpringsBuilding1999
Langdon Filling StationHot SpringsBuilding2004
Little SwitzerlandShorewood HillsObject1986
Lyell, Van, HouseHot SpringsBuilding2004
Lynwood Tourist Court Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2004
Malco TheatreHot SpringsBuilding2010
Martin, William H., HouseHot SpringsBuilding1986
Medical Arts BuildingHot SpringsBuilding1978
Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot-Hot SpringsHot SpringsBuilding1992
Moore, W. H., HouseHot SpringsBuilding1990
Mountainaire Hotel Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2004
Old Post OfficeHot SpringsBuilding1990
Opal's Steak HouseHot SpringsBuilding2004
Orange Street Presbyterian ChurchHot SpringsBuilding2002
Ouachita Avenue Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2011
Park HotelHot SpringsBuilding1982
Parkway Courts Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2004
Passmore HouseHot SpringsBuilding1976
Perry Plaza Court Historic District (Additional Documentation)Hot SpringsDistrict2004
Plaza ApartmentsHot SpringsBuilding1999
Pleasant Street Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2003
Plunkett-Jarrell Grocer Co. BuildingHot SpringsBuilding2022
Quapaw-Prospect Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2002
Riviera HotelHot SpringsBuilding1982
Rix, Charles N., HouseHot SpringsBuilding1992
Robert E. Lee SchoolHot SpringsBuilding2026
Short-Dodson HouseHot SpringsBuilding1976
South Fork BridgeFountain LakeStructure1990
St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchHot SpringsBuilding1982
Stitt HouseHot SpringsBuilding1976
Taylor Rosamond Motel Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2004
Tribble, Dr. Albert H., HouseHot SpringsBuilding2019
Velda Rose Tower Motor HotelHot SpringsBuilding2024
Visitors Chapel AMEHot SpringsBuilding1995
Wade BuildingHot SpringsBuilding1982
Whittington Park Historic DistrictHot SpringsDistrict2012
WildwoodHot SpringsBuilding1976
Williams, Hamp, BuildingHot SpringsBuilding2007
Williams-Wootton HouseHot SpringsBuilding1978
Woodmen of Union BuildingHot SpringsBuilding1997

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Garland was formed in 1873 (1873-04-05) from Hot Spring, Montgomery, Saline.

GARLAND created from HOT SPRING, MONTGOMERY, and SALINE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

100k55k9,023188019201950196020002020
188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,02318,77325,78541,66447,10246,69770,53188,068100,180

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
hospPark unit11.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

47 cemeteries and 13 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 47 of 47 listed
NameLatLon
Aldrich Cemetery34.42609-93.20668
Avant Cemetery34.63842-93.34018
Avery Cemetery34.53105-93.17735
Bain Cemetery34.53863-93.11141
Beth Jacob Cemetery34.61092-92.92322
Brooks Cemetery34.6162-93.33907
Caldwell Cemetery34.73703-93.29212
Calvary Cemetery34.4937-93.06296
Coker Cemetery34.51016-93.13229
Cosby Cemetery34.70759-93.04323
Crabtree Cemetery34.52231-93.10118
Cross Roads Cemetery34.46259-93.33768
Cunningham Cemetery34.52951-93.22038
Daley Cemetery34.67175-93.34185
Files Cemetery34.45592-93.06851
Fleming Cemetery34.50912-93.15255
Friendship Cemetery34.48787-93.04629
Gibbons Cemetery34.5012-93.17935
Godwin Cemetery34.54453-93.15706
Greenwood Cemetery34.49259-93.06601
Hollywood Cemetery34.48564-93.04407
Irwin Cemetery34.48285-92.98485
Jewish Rest Cemetery34.49675-93.07055
Lowe Cemetery34.50953-93.28546
McClendon Cemetery34.50876-92.99398
McDowell Cemetery34.49203-93.29851
McGill Cemetery34.58814-93.0774
Medlock Cemetery34.6062-92.92683
Memorial Gardens Cemetery34.44647-93.1874
Mount Carmel Creek Cemetery34.40602-93.06479
Mount Tabor Cemetery34.71175-93.33213
Mountain Valley Cemetery34.62508-93.06267
New Cedar Glades Cemetery34.61451-93.34316
Newkirk Cemetery34.70314-93.00323
Oak Grove Cemetery34.48119-93.24074
Oakwood Cemetery34.7137-93.39268
Ozark Cemetery34.59342-93.00684
Price Cemetery34.46582-92.91908
Robbins Cemetery34.60535-93.12184
Rock Springs Cemetery34.68536-93.23379
Rush Fork Cemetery34.40664-93.17014
Scott Cemetery34.59659-93.13576
Shady Grove Cemetery34.47342-93.03935
Shiloh Cemetery34.66231-93.07045
Spurlin Cemetery34.45203-93.00573
Talley Cemetery34.70592-92.98823
Tranquil Cemetery34.45348-93.07965
Historical populated places — 13 of 13
NameLatLon
Beaudry34.71315-92.99184
Bonanza Springs34.55842-93.0849
Bucksville34.61231-93.34047
Cedar Glades34.61259-93.29741
Dripping Springs34.53481-92.98184
Gladstone34.74593-93.30435
Gulpha34.50842-92.93906
High Point34.5362-92.89545
Lena34.70759-93.11629
Meaford34.52481-92.86989
Oakwood34.71093-93.39324
Potash Sulphur Springs34.47509-92.96323
Spring Lake34.48203-92.99045

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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