File:Prescott,_AR_006.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Nevada County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nevada County, Arkansas, Nevada County, AR
county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- March 20, 1871
- Named after
- state of Nevada
- Seat
- Prescott
- Largest city
- Prescott
- Total
- 621 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Land
- 618 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,942
- Density
- 13.4/sq mi (5.19/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- nevadacounty .arkansas .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
~9 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Nevada County (/nəˈveɪ.də/ nə-VAY-də) is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,310, less than half of its peak in 1920. The county seat is Prescott. Nevada County is Arkansas's 63rd county, formed during the Reconstruction era on March 20, 1871, from portions of Hempstead, Ouachita and Columbia counties. It was named after the state of Nevada because of the perceived similarity between their physical shapes; the Arkansas county's shape, inverted, roughly follows the same outline as the state's boundary. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nevada County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.