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Searcy County, Arkansas

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
53historic places
—earliest paper
1839formed
7,828pop. 2020
55cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 53 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Marshall, Leslie, St. Joe.

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 Searcy titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

46 of 53 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

53 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
3SE33Silver HillSite1976
Aday-Stephenson HouseMarshallBuilding1993
American Legion Post No. 131LeslieBuilding1993
Bank of Marshall BuildingMarshallBuilding1993
Bartley, Guy, HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Bates Tourist CourtMarshallBuilding1993
Bromley-Mills-Treece HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Brush Creek BridgeMarshallStructure2025
Bryan, Noah, StoreMarshallBuilding1993
Campbell Post Office-Kuykendall General StoreOxleyBuilding1993
Clay, Dr., HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Cooper's BluffSnowballsSite1982
Cotton, Dr. J. O., HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Cove Creek BridgeLeslieStructure2024
Daniel, Dr. Sam G., HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Farmers Bank BuildingLeslieBuilding1993
Fendley, Bud, HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Ferguson Gas StationMarshallBuilding1993
Ferguson, T. M., HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Ferguson, Zeb, HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Gates-Helm FarmSnowballBuilding1993
Greenhaw, Mary, Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church SouthMarshallBuilding2012
Hatchett, Columbus, HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Henley HotelSt. JoeBuilding2011
Henley, Benjamin Franklin, HouseSt. JoeBuilding1985
Hollabaugh, Dr. Cleveland, HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Lay, S. A., HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Leslie Commercial Historic DistrictLeslieDistrict2017
Leslie-Rolen HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Luna, Anthony, HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Lynch, Thomas, HouseMorning StarBuilding1993
Marshall, Sam, HouseMorning StarBuilding1993
Martin, William P. and Rosa Lee, FarmMarshallBuilding2011
Mays General StoreGilbertBuilding1983
McCall, J. M., HouseMarshallBuilding1993
McCall, Vinie, HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Meek BuildingLeslieBuilding2000
Miller, J. C., HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Missouri and North Arkansas Depot-LeslieLeslieBuilding1992
Oak Hill School HouseMarshallBuilding2019
Old Searcy County JailMarshallBuilding2010
Passmore, Charley, HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Redman, Oscar, BuildingMarshallBuilding1993
Reeves, W. F., HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Robinson, Dr., HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Sanders-Hollabaugh HouseMarshallBuilding1993
Searcy County CourthouseMarshallBuilding1976
Snowball GymnasiumSnowballBuilding2020
St. Joe Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad DepotSt. JoeBuilding1993
Thomas, Greene, HouseLeslieBuilding1993
Treat Commercial BuildingLeslieBuilding1993
Treece, Jasper E., BuildingBakerBuilding1993
Willmering Tourist Cabins Historic DistrictSilver HillDistrict2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Searcy was formed in 1839 (1839-02-01) from Marion.

SEARCY created from MARION. Northern boundary with MARION not clearly defined in act, and was in dispute until 20 Jan 1855. 1855 line used here, although MARION claimed some territory south of that line. Act passed 13 Dec 1838; took effect 1 Feb 1839.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

15k7,8809361840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9365,2717,27811,98814,59011,94210,4248,1248,8478,2617,828

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.
buffPark unit24.5 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

55 cemeteries and 12 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 55 of 55 listed
NameLatLon
Arnold Cemetery35.97745-92.79027
Baldwin Hill Cemetery35.86108-92.57308
Bear Creek Cemetery35.85395-92.76098
Caid Cemetery35.82674-92.6221
Canaan Cemetery35.88948-92.69656
Cash Cemetery35.90483-92.90869
Chinquapin Cemetery35.80451-92.75155
Christy Cemetery35.96618-92.86315
Crider Cemetery35.96535-92.68432
Cypert Cemetery35.94574-92.55864
DePriest Cemetery35.94812-92.75044
East Lawn Cemetery35.91729-92.61432
Elberta Cemetery35.84485-92.52316
Glencoe Cemetery36.08988-92.896
Hall Cemetery35.92424-92.88877
Hamilton Cemetery35.97428-92.8951
Hendrix Cemetery35.91084-92.89962
Henley Cemetery36.03778-92.78582
Hensley Cemetery35.97868-92.936
Horn Cemetery35.87048-92.60736
Horton Cemetery35.99479-92.69516
Kilburn Cemetery36.04647-92.90367
Kuykendall Cemetery35.83854-92.476
Landis Cemetery35.93868-92.44099
Lane Bend Cemetery35.99233-92.73438
Lawrence Cemetery35.96165-92.8576
Leslie Cemetery35.83729-92.56265
Mabrey Cemetery35.87412-92.47165
McDaniel Cemetery35.91188-92.79759
Nars Cemetery35.9713-92.89775
Nichols Cemetery36.04445-92.90801
Oak Hill Cemetery35.81834-92.73067
Old Arnold Cemetery35.97687-92.77908
Parks Cemetery35.90659-92.70081
Parks Cemetery35.74618-92.75321
Passmore Cemetery35.88894-92.42649
Red Hill Cemetery35.93146-92.57266
Rock Creek Cemetery36.02887-92.54628
Sanders Cemetery35.88133-92.61351
Sanders Cemetery36.03506-92.62622
Scribner Cemetery35.88978-92.47831
Shady Grove Cemetery35.75785-92.64793
Shiloh Cemetery35.90479-92.52492
Shipman Cemetery36.02801-92.59516
Silver Hill Cemetery35.96118-92.74405
Slay Cemetery35.95878-92.83834
Sulphur Springs Cemetery35.86381-92.59126
Thompson Cemetery35.81609-92.65492
Tomahawk Cemetery36.04896-92.73155
Trammell Cemetery36.06701-92.89488
Treat Cemetery35.96868-92.42738
Watts Cemetery35.89271-92.56604
Whisenant Cemetery35.94729-92.82933
White / Mays Cemetery35.98454-92.77554
Wilson Cemetery35.92005-92.60771
Historical populated places — 12 of 12
NameLatLon
Begley35.88563-92.53377
Clutes36.04313-92.8835
Dry Creek35.8973-92.90128
Dugger36.1148-92.85961
Hall35.92563-92.8885
Horn Mountain35.9273-92.9385
Jameson35.91535-92.6585
Lebanon35.91619-92.71544
Leigo35.84174-92.94045
Shilo35.90313-92.52794
Slicker35.87702-92.83489
Zeb35.93896-92.76822

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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