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Greene County, Arkansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
18historic places
—earliest paper
1834formed
45,736pop. 2020
48cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 18 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Paragould, Walcott.

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 Greene titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 18 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

18 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Beisel-Mitchell HouseParagouldBuilding1996
Crowley's Ridge State Park-BathhouseWalcottBuilding1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-BridgeWalcottStructure1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Comfort StationWalcottBuilding1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Dining HallWalcottBuilding1992
George Ray's DragstripParagouldSite2006
Greene County CourthouseParagouldBuilding1976
Gulf Oil Company Service StationParagouldBuilding1994
Highfill-McClure HouseParagouldBuilding2002
Jackson-Herget HouseParagouldBuilding1992
Linwood MausoleumParagouldBuilding2007
National Bank of Commerce BuildingParagouldBuilding1993
Old Bethel Methodist ChurchParagouldBuilding1978
Paragould Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictParagouldDistrict2003
Paragould War MemorialParagouldObject1997
St. Mary's Catholic ChurchParagouldBuilding2015
Standard Oil Company Oil Station Garage BuildingParagouldBuilding2022
Texaco Station No. 1ParagouldBuilding2001

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greene was formed in 1834 (1834-11-01) from Lawrence.

GREENE (spelled GREEN here) created by Arkansas Territory from LAWRENCE. Act passed 5 Nov 1833; took effect 1 Nov 1834.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Greene County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

46k24k1,5861840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,5865,8437,48016,97926,10530,20429,14925,19830,74437,33145,736

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

48 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 48 of 48 listed
NameLatLon
Albrite Cemetery36.26311-90.74844
Beech Grove Cemetery36.16475-90.62334
Bertig Cemetery36.07404-90.32719
Bethel Cemetery36.00229-90.53621
Bethel Cemetery36.01256-90.65816
Bonds Cemetery36.18879-90.71353
Browns Chapel Cemetery36.01701-90.5501
Center Hill Cemetery36.06034-90.53955
Clarks Cemetery35.98003-90.61867
Coffman Cemetery36.02744-90.40142
Crockett Cemetery35.97923-90.42343
Croft Cemetery36.0884-90.64677
Cross Roads Cemetery35.97816-90.73867
Cudd Cemetery36.22008-90.39495
Fairview Cemetery36.08429-90.56539
Finch Cemetery36.01033-90.62425
Gainesville Cemetery36.15228-90.51927
Hartsoe Cemetery36.18337-90.43704
Harvey's Chapel Cemetery36.21314-90.3904
Jones Ridge Cemetery36.23023-90.69799
Lafe Cemetery36.19347-90.51448
Liberty Cemetery35.99952-90.61082
Linwood Cemetery36.04993-90.50291
Lorado Cemetery35.98895-90.72511
Memorial Gardens Cemetery36.09022-90.5003
Moore Cemetery36.09367-90.64566
Morrow Cemetery36.12451-90.64483
Mount Zion Cemetery36.02312-90.68288
Mountain Home Cemetery36.09923-90.59538
New Friendship Cemetery36.14145-90.47454
Old Liberty Cemetery36.14339-90.44788
Owen's Chapel Cemetery36.09083-90.62617
Parsons Cemetery35.98673-90.40343
Pine Knot Cemetery36.02844-90.5991
Pleasant Grove Cemetery36.25431-90.36395
Pleasant Hill Cemetery35.99784-90.71788
Providence Cemetery36.20109-90.47116
Pruets Chapel Cemetery36.0334-90.52788
Reddick Cemetery36.13229-90.31656
Saint Johns Cemetery36.20784-90.51343
Saint Marys Cemetery36.04509-90.51069
Shady Grove Cemetery36.00024-90.8076
Shiloh Cemetery36.06673-90.56232
Toelken Cemetery36.23117-90.49121
Union Grove Cemetery36.10001-90.61544
Warren Cemetery36.06084-90.65166
Woods Cemetery35.98479-90.56788
Wright Cemetery36.20772-90.45952
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Case36.22173-90.74289
Commissary36.1084-90.64289
Hillside36.1834-90.51427
Mollus36.2534-90.69789
Paris36.18007-90.45566

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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