White County
Also known as White County, Arkansas, White County, AR
county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- October 23, 1835
- Named after
- Hugh Lawson White
- Seat
- Searcy
- Largest city
- Searcy
- Total
- 1,042 sq mi (2,700 km )
- Land
- 1,035 sq mi (2,680 km )
- Water
- 7.1 sq mi (18 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 80,085
- Density
- 74.22/sq mi (28.66/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,822. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a Whig candidate for President of the United States. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county, though a few private establishments (such as the Searcy Country Club, and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Searcy and Beebe) can serve alcohol. White County comprises the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area.
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