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St. Francis County, Arkansas

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
16historic places
—earliest paper
1827formed
23,090pop. 2020
38cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 16 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near Forrest City, Madison, New Shady Grove.

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 St. Francis titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

9 of 16 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

16 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Blackfish Lake Ferry SiteNew Shady GroveSite2003
Bond, Scott, Family PlotMadisonSite2002
Campbell HouseForrest CityBuilding2006
First United Methodist ChurchForrest CityBuilding1994
Forrest City City HallForrest CityBuilding2022
Forrest City Colored CemeteryForrestSite2021
Forrest City High SchoolForrest CityBuilding1992
Forrest City Public LibraryForrest CityBuilding2022
Highway A-1. Forrest City SegmentForrest CityStructure2026
Highway B-1, Little Telico Creek BridgeCaldwellStructure2009
Hughes Water TowerHughesStructure2006
Mann HouseForrest CityBuilding1982
Smith HouseWheatlyBuilding1982
St. Francis River BridgeMadisonStructure1990
Stone, William, HouseColtBuilding1992
Stuart SpringsForrest CitySite1977

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Francis was formed in 1827 (1827-12-01) from Phillips.

ST. FRANCIS created by Arkansas Territory from PHILLIPS. Act passed 13 Oct 1827; took effect 1 Dec 1827.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Francis County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

37k19k1,50518301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,5052,4998,6728,38917,15728,38536,04336,84133,30330,85829,32923,090

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

38 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 38 of 38 listed
NameLatLon
Barnishaw Cemetery35.12314-90.93344
Beazley Cemetery35.06786-90.75816
Bell Cemetery35.0012-90.90706
Brown Cemetery35.05575-90.76432
Dorriss Cemetery35.10286-90.73483
Elcana Cemetery34.92092-90.85261
Forrest City Cemetery35.00481-90.78067
Forrest Park Cemetery34.97759-90.78317
Freedonia Cemetery34.97925-90.86928
Gaston Cemetery35.01703-90.969
Goodwin Cemeteries34.93175-91.01761
Harris Cemetery35.06286-90.75205
Henderson Cemetery34.98093-90.77233
Hodge Cemetery34.93537-90.82456
Johnson Cemetery34.91037-91.11345
Kinsey Cemetery35.14006-90.42753
Linden Cemetery34.92648-90.69177
Locust Grove Cemetery34.95425-90.56538
McDonald Cemetery34.94981-90.76455
Mount Vernon Cemetery34.92676-90.81845
Mount Vernon Cemetery35.02511-90.78267
Mount Zion Cemetery34.96759-90.73205
Mount Zion Cemetery35.01759-90.41898
New Hebron Cemetery35.05597-90.73638
New Sardis Cemetery35.10318-90.71171
New Shady Grove Cemetery35.13475-90.44524
Pilgrim Rest Cemetery34.91814-91.11706
Saint John Cemetery34.98397-90.68594
Shady Grove Cemetery34.93398-90.73594
Shady Grove Cemetery35.13476-90.44577
Stanley Grove Cemetery35.07508-90.88678
Thomas Cemetery34.98739-90.84152
Union Hill Cemetery34.91453-90.92428
Waldrop Cemetery34.91588-91.0995
Westley Cemetery34.9612-90.91983
Whitmore Cemetery35.05342-90.57038
Wyles Cemetery34.94731-90.71205
Yarbo Cemetery35.13647-90.76011
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Bailes35.13481-90.56399
Linders Mill34.99315-90.58538
Mount Vernon35.02509-90.78761
Nickey34.98898-90.41954
Patterson35.14176-90.55288
Rollinson34.92509-90.62788
Telico35.05259-90.84373
Wadell35.0862-90.95706
Wyles34.95982-90.70678

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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