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Lee County, Arkansas

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11historic places

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1873formed

8,600pop. 2020

52cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Marianna, Blackton.

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

8 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Elks Club	Marianna	Building	1979
Gen. Robert E. Lee Monument	Marianna	Object	1996
Lee County Courthouse	Marianna	Building	1995
Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker NHL	Blackton	Site	1972
Marianna Commercial Historic District	Marianna	District	2001
Marianna Missouri-Pacific Depot	Marianna	Building	1994
Marianna National Guard Armory	Marianna	Building	2007
Marianna Waterworks	Marianna	Building	2007
McClintock House	Marianna	Building	1977
McClintock House	Marianna	Building	1982
Plummer, John A., House	Marianna	Building	1998

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lee was formed in 1873 (1873-04-17) from Crittenden, Monroe, Phillips, St.

LEE created from CRITTENDEN, MONROE, PHILLIPS, and ST. FRANCIS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,288	19,409	28,852	26,810	24,322	21,001	15,539	12,580	8,600

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

52 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 52 of 52 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Andrews Cemetery	34.85981	-90.77177
Antioch Cemetery	34.70537	-90.89233
Bethlehem Cemetery	34.87537	-90.56899
Casteel Cemetery	34.90203	-90.70066
Clay Hill Cemetery	34.87731	-90.72871
Dansby Cemetery	34.88509	-90.64316
Garrett Cemetery	34.84703	-91.01095
Gassett Cemetery	34.87453	-90.56815
Gill Cemetery	34.88092	-90.90705
Greater Jerusalem Cemetery	34.83176	-90.54315
Hawkins Chapel Cemetery	34.76077	-90.96497
Haynie Cemetery	34.86231	-90.76511
Higgins Cemetery	34.70787	-90.69066
Holland Cemetery	34.73648	-90.90011
Hopewell Cemetery	34.87648	-90.88261
Jackson Cemetery	34.84232	-90.56955
Jeffersonville Cemetery	34.73343	-90.6826
Jersalem Cemetery	34.82454	-90.5301
Johnson Cemetery	34.84297	-90.56952
LaGrange Cemetery	34.6487	-90.72899
Lackie Cemetery	34.73259	-90.7301
Long Cane Cemetery	34.79815	-91.03206
Marianna Memorial Park Cemetery	34.77537	-90.79288
Mars Hill Cemetery	34.89342	-90.92761
Mars Hill Church	34.89259	-90.92705
Martin Cemetery	34.8812	-90.99733
Morning Star Cemetery	34.69509	-90.66899
Mound Cemetery	34.87398	-90.54538
Mound City Cemetery	34.84787	-90.844
Mount Moriah Cemetery	34.79731	-90.90705
Mount Zion Cemetery	34.71537	-90.81538
New Hope Cemetery	34.7462	-90.92622
Oak Grove Cemetery	34.77537	-90.97011
Paradise Cemetery	34.68481	-90.80566
Peters Cemetery	34.83148	-90.49704
Pilgrim Cemetery	34.68815	-90.76816
Possum Trot Cemetery	34.67204	-90.82705
Prospect Cemetery	34.80481	-91.02817
Saint Marks Cemetery	34.6912	-90.88316
Saint Marks Cemetery	34.66481	-90.87816
Saint Marys Cemetery	34.89287	-90.48315
Saint Paul Cemetery	34.76406	-91.06188
Shady Grove Cemetery	34.76009	-90.5551
Shepherd Grove Cemetery	34.86453	-90.51815
Soudan Cemetery	34.82898	-90.66121
Spring Creek Cemetery	34.69055	-90.89781
Spring Lake Cemetery	34.67009	-90.96261
Taylor Cemetery	34.85453	-91.02234
Terrell Cemetery	34.81898	-90.56954
Thompson Cemetery	34.68731	-90.94539
Trinity Cemetery	34.73108	-90.73116
Ward Farm Cemetery	34.83926	-90.60927

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Askew	34.77454	-90.55094
Chappelle	34.69954	-90.87456
Kincade Bayou	34.75177	-90.56344
Little Prairie	34.81843	-91.01429

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
Helena	7,255	32.1 km	AR008

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

Historical markers

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