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Sevier County, Arkansas

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Date: 17 Oct 1828
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Welcome to the Sevier County, Arkansas!

Sevier County is Arkansas's sixteenth county, formed on October 17, 1828, and named for Ambrose Sevier, U.S. Senator from Arkansas.

Maps and Boundaries

Transportation

  • Future I-49 (AR)
  • US 59
  • US 70
  • US 71
  • US 371
  • Arkansas 24
  • Arkansas 27
  • Arkansas 41

Communities

Cities

  • De Queen (county seat)
  • Horatio
  • Lockesburg

Towns

  • Ben Lomond
  • Gillham

Townships:

  • Bear Creek (contains most of De Queen)
  • Ben Lomond (contains Ben Lomond)
  • Buckhorn
  • Clear Creek (contains Horatio)
  • Jefferson
  • Mill Creek
  • Mineral (contains Gillham)
  • Monroe (contains small part of De Queen)
  • Paraclifta
  • Red Colony (contains Lockesburg)
  • Saline
  • Washington

Historical Landmarks

National Protected Areas

  • Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge a 27,500-acre protected wetland, was established in 1994 to preserve one of the last remaining bottomland hardwood tracts in the Red River Basin. It provides habitat for a variety of wildlife and migratory birds and a place for visitors to observe them.

Notables

Ongoing Projects for Sevier County

  1. Sevier County Cemeteries need to be photographed and the categories added to profiles on WikiTree. See the Arkansas Cemeteries Project
  2. Sevier County Homesteaders Add profiles for those who obtained land grants and homesteaded in Arkansas. See the Homesteaders Project
  3. Help develop the Native Americans Project with information about Arkansas state tribes.
Work on Arkansas'
  1. unconnected and unsourced profiles.
  2. Add profiles for the men who died in World War I, serving from Arkansas for the Arkansas in the Great War project and for the Roll of Honor project.
  3. Errors on profiles from Arkansas, as reported by the Database Errors Project.
Additional projects:
  1. Arkansas' participation in all Military actions
  2. Census Indexing and linking profiles
  3. Arkansas Disasters

This county or any segment is available for adoption. If you are interested in Sevier County please contact Lynette Jester

Records and Resources





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Arkansas Territorial Map
Arkansas Territorial Map
Sevier County, Arkansas
Sevier County, Arkansas
Sevier County Courthouse, DeQueen, Arkansas
Sevier County Courthouse, DeQueen, Arkansas
DeQueen PO Art by Henry Simon
DeQueen PO Art by Henry Simon
De Queen Post Office
De Queen Post Office
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