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Howard County was created on April 17,1873.  Howard County emerged from the midst of Hempstead, Sevier, Polk and Pike Counties.  A re-constructionist state government in the Nineteenth General assembly passed Act 57, April 17, 1873, taking townships from these four counties to construct Howard County.

Howard County was named for a James H. Howard, senator from the Seventeenth District which then included Pike, Sevier, and Clark Counties.  He had won office with the backing of Governor Powell Clayton as the "Radical Republicans" came to power in Arkansas in 1867.

Howard was the son of James H. Howard, born in Tennessee about 1838, who emigrated to Arkansas about 1853 and settled at Center Point.  James Howard learned a shoemaker's trade and married Rebecca J. Dossey in Madison Township.

Center Point was the original county seat.  In 1905 the county seat was moved to Nashville.  The Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad ran from Hope to Nashville.  The present day courthouse was built in 1938.

Howard County Arkansas is made up of 384,000 acres of which Weyerhaeuser Company owners 189,000 acres.  There are four incorporated cities in Howard County.

• Dierks (originally called Hardscramble)

• Mineral Springs (originally known as Saline)

• Nashville (known earlier as Mine Creek and Hell's Valley)

• Tollette (known as Blackland Township)

Smaller unincorporated communities:

• Saratoga (known as Crackers Neck)

• Umpire was named for a baseball game between Galens & Bethel.  Billy Faulkner, from Mena, was the "Umpire".

• Athens (first known as Athens, then Venetia Grove, Ft Logan and then Athens)

Farming was the main source of income, the major crops were cotton, corn, peaches and cattle.  Now, Howard County has several large industries that provide approximately 4,500 jobs.  The major industries are:

• Frigidare Home Products

• James Hardy Gypsum

• Jan-Eze Planting

• Mission Plastics

• Pilgrims Pride

• Tyson

• Trucking Industries

• Weyerhaeuser Company

• Oxbodies

Sources:  National Association of Counties, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Census, Wikipedia (the free encyclopedia), and public records of Scott County Arkansas.

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Historical Towns and Cities

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Townships

Howard County Township Map.pdf

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Historical

Howard County Millage Rates

We appreciate your patience while this area is developed.

We would appreciate any information which would be furnished by the citizens of Howard County, Arkansas.

We are seeking the following information:

• Rural Volunteer Fire Departments

• Schools

• Utility and Communication Companies

• Elected Officials for County, Cities and Towns, School Boards

• Churches to include pastors names, church addresses, etc.

• Clubs and organizations with contact information and meeting times and places.

• Restaurants to include addresses and phone numbers.

• Lodging facilities to include addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

• Pictures are welcome, i.e., court houses, parks, public recreational facilities, lodging facilities, restaurants, etc.

Some of the communities that are listed here are known locally by the people of the area; however, many no longer have a town sign recognizing that the area existed as a community.  We have linked to pages of the communities that are recognized today with the standard green and white town sign. 
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