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White County
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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 )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .whitecountyar .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home Page | White County, AR
Find information about White County's history, elected officials, county services, and more.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Hugh Lawson White
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Capital
- Searcy
- Population
- 76822
- Area
- 2700
- Shares border with
- Cleburne County
- Official website
- www.whitecounty.arkansas.gov
- Image
- WhiteCoARCourthouse.JPG
- Households
- 28903
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- topic has template
- Template:White County, Arkansas
- native label
- White County
- Commons category
- White County, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:White County, Arkansas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from White County, Arkansas
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- inception
- 1835-10-23
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in White County, Arkansas
- different from
- White County
- per capita income
- 23801
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.