List of Arkansas county name etymologies

This is a list of Arkansas county name etymologies.

Counties, alphabetically

A

*Arkansas County, Arkansas: Arkansas is named for the Arkansa Native American tribe.
*Ashley County, Arkansas: Ashley is named for Chester Ashley, an U.S. Senator and land speculator.

B

*Baxter County, Arkansas: Baxter is named for Elisha Baxter, the thirteenth governor of Arkansas.
*Benton County, Arkansas: Benton is named for Thomas Hart Benton, an U.S. Senator from Missouri.
*Boone County, Arkansas: Boone is named for Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman.
*Bradley County, Arkansas: Bradley is named for Hugh Bradley, a soldier in the War of 1812.

C

*Calhoun County, Arkansas: Calhoun is named for John Caldwell Calhoun, the U.S. statesman, seventh vice president of the United States, sixteenth Secretary of State, tenth Secretary of War, and U.S. congressman from South Carolina.
*Carroll County, Arkansas: Carroll is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from Maryland who was the last surviving and only Catholic signer:
*Chicot County, Arkansas: Chicot is named for Point Chicot on the Mississippi River.
*Clark County, Arkansas: Clark is named for William Clark, the famous explorer who was governor of the Missouri Territory at the time of the county's formation.
*Clay County, Arkansas: Clay is named for John Clayton, a member of the state senate.
*Cleburne County, Arkansas: Cleburne is named for Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, a Confederate general in the Civil War.
*Cleveland County, Arkansas: Cleveland is named for Stephen Grover Cleveland, the twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States.
*Columbia County, Arkansas: Columbia is named for Columbia, a female personification of the United States.
*Conway County, Arkansas: Conway is named for Henry Wharton Conway, a territorial delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
*Craighead County, Arkansas : Craighead is named for Senator Thomas Craighead, who ironically opposed the creation of the new county.
*Crawford County, Arkansas: Crawford is named for William Harris Crawford, the U. S. statesman and Secretary of War.
*Crittenden County, Arkansas: Crittenden is named for Robert Crittenden, the first secretary and an acting governor of the Arkansas Territory.
*Cross County, Arkansas: Cross is named for David C. Cross, a Confederate soldier and political leader in the region.

D

*Dallas County, Arkansas: Dallas is named for George Mifflin Dallas, the eleventh vice president of the United States.
*Desha County, Arkansas: Desha is named for Benjamin Desha, a soldier in the War of 1812.
*Drew County, Arkansas: Drew is named for Thomas Stevenson Drew, the third governor of Arkansas.

F

*Faulkner County, Arkansas: Faulkner is named for Sanford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner, a soldier in the American Civil War and the composer of the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveller".
*Franklin County, Arkansas: Franklin is named for Benjamin Franklin, the famous printer, scientist, diplomat, and Founding Father.
*Fulton County, Arkansas: Fulton is named for William Savin Fulton, the last territorial governor of Arkansas.

G

*Garland County, Arkansas: Garland is named for Augustus Hill Garland, the eighth governor of Arkansas.
*Grant County, Arkansas: Grant is named for Ulysses Simpson Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States.
*Greene County, Arkansas: Greene is named for supposedly Nathanael Greene, the American Revolutionary War general.

H

*Hempstead County, Arkansas: Hempstead is named for Edward Hempstead, a delegate to the United States Congress from the Missouri Territory.
*Hot Spring County, Arkansas: Hot Spring is named for the hot springs at the town of that name which were within the borders of the county at the time of its formation.
*Howard County, Arkansas: Howard is named for James H. Howard, an Arkansas state senator.

I

*Independence County, Arkansas: Independence is named for the United States Declaration of Independence.
*Izard County, Arkansas: Izard is named for George Izard, a governor of the Arkansas Territory and general in the War of 1812.

J

*Jackson County, Arkansas: Jackson is named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
*Jefferson County, Arkansas: Jefferson is named for Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States.
*Johnson County, Arkansas: Johnson is named for Benjamin Johnson, a judge in the Arkansas Territory.

L

*Lafayette County, Arkansas: Lafayette is named for Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, the French hero of the American Revolutionary War.
*Lawrence County, Arkansas: Lawrence is named for James Lawrence, the naval officer in the War of 1812 who originated the phrase "Don't give up the ship!"
*Lee County, Arkansas: Lee is named for Robert Edward Lee, the Confederate commander-in-chief.
*Lincoln County, Arkansas: Lincoln is named for Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States.
*Little River County, Arkansas: Little River is named for the Little River.
*Logan County, Arkansas: Logan is named for James Logan, a pioneer in the area.
*Lonoke County, Arkansas: Lonoke is named for a "lone oak" tree that stood on the site of the present county seat and was used as a local landmark.

M

*Madison County, Arkansas: Madison is named for James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.
*Marion County, Arkansas: Marion is named for Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War general who was nicknamed the "Swamp Fox".
*Miller County, Arkansas: Miller is named for James Miller, the first governor of the Arkansas Territory.
*Mississippi County, Arkansas: Mississippi is named for the Mississippi River.
*Monroe County, Arkansas: Monroe is named for James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.
*Montgomery County, Arkansas: Montgomery is named for Richard Montgomery, a general in the American Revolutionary War.

N

*Nevada County, Arkansas: Nevada is named for the State of Nevada due to the perceived similarity between their physical shapes.
*Newton County, Arkansas: Newton is named for Thomas W. Newton, a state senator.

O

*Ouachita County, Arkansas: Ouachita is named for the Ouachita River.

P

*Perry County, Arkansas: Perry is named for Oliver Hazard Perry, the naval officer in the War of 1812.
*Phillips County, Arkansas: Phillips is named for Sylvanus Phillips, a member of the territorial legislature.
*Pike County, Arkansas: Pike is named for Zebulon Pike, the explorer and discoverer of Pikes Peak.
*Poinsett County, Arkansas: Poinsett is named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, an United States Secretary of War and namesake of the poinsettia.
*Polk County, Arkansas: Polk is named for James Knox Polk, the eleventh president of the United States.
*Pope County, Arkansas: Pope is named for John Pope, a governor of the Arkansas Territory.
*Prairie County, Arkansas: Prairie is named for the Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas.
*Pulaski County, Arkansas: Pulaski is named for Kazimierz Pulaski, the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War.

R

*Randolph County, Arkansas: Randolph is named for John Randolph of Roanoke, a U.S. congressman from Virginia.

*St. Francis County, Arkansas: St. Francis is named for the St. Francis River.
*Saline County, Arkansas: Saline is named for the salt reserves found within its borders.
*Scott County, Arkansas: Scott is named for Andrew Scott, a Territorial judge.
*Searcy County, Arkansas: Searcy is named for Richard Searcy a judge in Lawrence County.
*Sebastian County, Arkansas: Sebastian is named for U.S. Circuit Court judge William K. Sebastian.
*Sevier County, Arkansas: Sevier is named for U.S. Senator from Arkansas Ambrose Sevier.
*Sharp County, Arkansas: Sharp is named for early settler Ephraim Sharp.
*Stone County, Arkansas: Stone is named for the many rocks and stones in the area.

U

*Union County, Arkansas: Union is named for the concept of Union which was threatened by the American Civil War.

V

*Van Buren County, Arkansas: Van Buren is named for U.S. president Martin Van Buren

W

*Washington County, Arkansas: Washington is named for George Washington, the first U.S. president.
*White County, Arkansas: White is named for U.S. presidential candidate Hugh L. White.
*Woodruff County, Arkansas: Woodruff is named for William Woodruff the first newspaper publisher in the state.

Y

*Yell County, Arkansas: Yell is named for Governor of Arkansas Archibald Yell.

ee also

*Arkansas
*List of Arkansas counties
*County (United States)
*Lists of U.S. county name etymologies

Reference

* [http://www.arkansasheritage.com/life_times/counties/ Counties from Arkansas Heritage]