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Phillips County, Arkansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
59historic places
—earliest paper
1820formed
16,568pop. 2020
61cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 59 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Helena, Helena-West Helena, West Helena.

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 Phillips titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

43 of 59 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

59 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allin HouseHelenaBuilding1973
Almer StoreHelenaBuilding1974
Altman HouseHelenaBuilding1988
Battery A Site, Battle of HelenaHelenaSite1992
Battery B Site, Battle of HelenaHelenaSite1992
Battery C SiteHelenaSite1978
Battery DHelenaSite1974
Battery D (Boundary Increase)Helena-West HelenaSite2009
Beech Street Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1987
Berger, Dr. Alfred A. and Adele, HouseHelena-West HelenaBuilding2021
Centennial Baptist Church NHLHelenaBuilding2003
Centennial Baptist ChurchHelenaBuilding1987
Cherry Street Historic DistrictHelenaDistrict1987
Cherry Street Historic District Boundary IncreaseHelena-West HelenaDistrict2010
Chicago Mill Company Office BuildingWest HelenaBuilding1996
Coolidge HouseHelenaBuilding1983
Denison HouseWest HelenaBuilding1996
Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High SchoolHelena-West HelenaDistrict2024
Estevan HallHelenaBuilding1974
Faust HouseWest HelenaBuilding1996
Federal Building-United States Post Office and Court HouseHelenaBuilding2015
First Baptist ChurchMarvellBuilding1991
First Presbyterian ChurchHelena-West HelenaBuilding2022
Ford, Henry and Cornelia, FarmLexaBuilding2006
Gemmill-Faust HouseWest HelenaBuilding1996
Grey, William H., GravesiteHelena-West HelenaSite2019
Helena Aero Tech HangarsWest HelenaBuilding2021
Helena Confederate CemeteryHelenaObject1996
Helena DepotHelenaBuilding1987
Helena Library and MuseumHelenaBuilding1975
Helena National Guard ArmoryHelena--West HelenaBuilding2007
Helena World BuildingHelena-West HelenaBuilding2021
Horner, Sidney H., HouseHelenaBuilding1975
Keesee HouseHelenaBuilding1983
Kitchens, Richard L., Post No. 41HelenaBuilding1976
Lakeview Resettlement Project Historic DistrictLake ViewDistrict2019
Lee Grocery StoreElaineBuilding2020
Maple Hill CemeteryHelenaDistrict2000
Mayo HouseMarvellBuilding1997
Moore-Hornor HouseHelenaBuilding1973
Myers HouseWest HelenaBuilding1996
Nelson HouseWest HelenaBuilding1996
Perry Street Historic DistrictHelenaBuilding1986
Phillips County CourthouseHelenaBuilding1977
Phillips County Penal Farm Historic DistrictPoplar GroveDistrict2007
Pillow, Jerome Bonaparte, HouseHelenaBuilding1973
Ready, E. S., HouseHelenaBuilding1976
Richardson-Turner HouseLexaBuilding1998
Short, William A., HouseHelenaBuilding1985
Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument-HelenaHelenaObject1997
St. Mary's Catholic ChurchHelena--West HelenaBuilding2007
Straub, William Nicholas, HouseHelenaBuilding1985
Tappan, James C., HouseHelenaBuilding1973
Tappan, Maj. James Alexander, HouseHelenaBuilding1974
Temple Beth El CemeteryHelenaSite2019
Turner Historic DistrictCypertDistrict2006
Warrens BridgeLambrookStructure1995
West HouseHelenaBuilding1983
White HouseHelenaBuilding1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Phillips was formed in 1820 (1820-06-01) from Arkansas.

PHILLIPS created by Arkansas Territory from ARKANSAS and Non-County Area 1; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. Act passed 1 May 1820; took effect 1 Jun 1820.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Phillips County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

46k24k1,1521820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,2013,54714,87721,26226,56144,53045,97046,25443,99734,77226,44516,568

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

61 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 61 of 61 listed
NameLatLon
Ashberry Cemetery34.54065-90.90094
Bethel Cemetery34.54624-90.58974
Billingsley Cemetery34.60232-90.71566
Brown Cemetery34.46371-90.62982
Busby Cemetery34.59871-90.70177
Cedar Grove Cemetery34.55732-90.59093
Central Cemetery34.58398-90.79566
Coffee Creek Cemetery34.45926-90.91039
Cooper Cemetery34.45899-90.6276
Friendship Cemetery34.63037-90.81761
Gilbert Hill Cemetery34.63482-90.7301
Gill Cemetery34.58537-90.87511
Hell Cemetery34.53009-90.83566
Honor Hill Cemetery34.6412-90.68177
Jackson Chapel Cemetery34.58315-90.69816
Jones Cemetery34.3076-90.77371
Lightfoot Cemetery34.45621-90.98733
Lone Valley Cemetery34.55204-90.92789
Magnolia Cemetery34.54136-90.59584
Maney Cemetery34.39426-90.7076
Maple Hill Cemetery34.54291-90.59006
Morning Grove Cemetery34.44732-90.72594
Mount Gilean Cemetery34.55563-90.7768
Mount Mariah Cemetery34.58454-90.96317
Mount Olive Cemetery34.47815-90.7501
Mount Olive Cemetery34.51176-90.93344
Mount Olive Cemetery34.47843-90.75066
Mount Pleasant Cemetery34.40871-90.77733
Mount Pleasant Cemetery34.61843-90.7226
Mount Shavery Cemetery34.50704-90.99178
Mount Zion Cemetery34.46176-90.97928
New Jerusalem Cemetery34.37343-90.80483
New Life Cemetery34.63537-91.01539
New Zion Cemetery34.54426-90.67538
O'Shield Cemetery34.57009-90.66177
Oak Grove Garden Cemetery34.54009-90.66102
Odd Fellows Cemetery34.54087-90.66188
Pastel Cemetery34.56759-90.92816
Polly Dots Cemetery34.52754-90.64699
Postelle Cemetery34.58593-91.01539
Rehoboth Cemetery34.62954-90.85177
Rindy Grove Cemetery34.59095-90.74093
Rindy Grove Cemetery34.59093-90.74094
Saint Claire Cemetery34.30649-90.77704
Saint James Cemetery34.60676-90.82983
Saint Johns Cemetery34.48176-90.77733
Saint Johns Cemetery34.61398-90.78511
Saint Marks Cemetery34.57621-90.6451
Saint Marys Cemetery34.48232-90.71177
Saint Pauls Cemetery34.54093-90.72066
Saint Peter Cemetery34.28175-90.86345
Salem Cemetery34.41621-90.75844
Schaffhauser Cemetery34.5787-90.96317
Section Cemetery34.52537-90.794
Spring Lake Cemetery34.58343-90.70955
Stephens Cemetery34.5126-90.63427
Sunset Memorial Park34.55285-90.76354
Taylor Cemetery34.43871-90.92261
Tucker Grove Cemetery34.56093-90.87177
Turner Cemetery34.47037-91.00955
Wilson Cemetery34.64287-90.89289
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Belser34.54705-90.694
Harbis34.50732-90.774
Hugo34.39621-90.82761
New Hope34.18288-90.92178
North Creek34.58427-90.80511
Tyner34.62982-90.8565

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.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Saint Charles6,02123.8 kmAR002
Helena7,25527.2 kmAR008

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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