Hot Spring County
Also known as Hot Spring County, Arkansas, Hot Spring County, Ark., Hot Spring County, AR
county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Established
- November 2, 1829 , (196 years ago) ( 1829-11-02 )
- Named after
- hot springs at Hot Springs, Arkansas , which were formerly in the county.
- Seat
- Malvern
- Largest city
- Malvern
- Total
- 622.16 sq mi (1,611.4 km )
- Land
- 614.94 sq mi (1,592.7 km )
- Water
- 7.22 sq mi (18.7 km ) 1.16%
- Estimate 2025
- 33,451
- Density
- 53.73/sq mi (20.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
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Hot Spring County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,040. The county seat is Malvern. Established on November 2, 1829, in the Arkansas Territory from a part of Clark County; it was named after the hot springs at Hot Springs, Arkansas, which were formerly in the county. The creation of Garland County in 1873 detached the town of Hot Springs to the newly created county.
For nearly 80 years, Hot Spring County was an alcohol prohibition or dry county, though attempts in recent years to locate the county prohibition ordinance were unsuccessful. In November 2022, voters overturned the prohibition, approving a measure to allow countywide retail alcohol sales.