Community Information for Howard County Arkansas

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History

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 name 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.

Howard County was formed in 1873 from parts of Hemstead, Sevier, Polk and Pike Counties. 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

The total number of county employees, County Road Department with 20 and Sanitation has 20 employees.

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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Data and Statistics
Date Formed 4/171873 Land Area 588 Square Miles
Named for James H. Howard County Seat Nashville, Arkansas
Persons per square mile 24.3 Homeownership Rate 72.2%
Persons per household 2.55 2000 Census Population 14,300

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Towns and Cities and Populated Places
City/Town Zip Code/Local Area City/Town Zip Code/Local Area
Athens 71971 Okay 71859
Dierks 71833 Saratoga 71859
Mineral Springs 71851 Umpire 71971
Nashville (County Seat) 71852    
       
Allbrook Mineral Springs South Henry Athens
Atwood Dierks Midway Mineral Springs North
Baker Springs Baker Springs Mineola Umpire
Bethany Dierks Mineral Springs Mineral Springs North
Blue Bayou Mineral Springs North Mount Carmel Dierks
Briar Nathan Muddy Fork Newhope
Buck Range Columbus Nashville Nashville
Burg Dierks Dam Okay Mineral Springs South
Center Point Center Point Perkins Nathan
Chapel Hill Nashville Reed Nathan
Corinth Nathan Saratoga Mineral Springs South
Davis Ford Dierks Dam Schaal Mineral Springs South
Duckett Baker Springs Schooley Columbus
Duckett Ford Baker Springs Shiloh Ben Lomond
Euclid Dierks Dam Temperanceville Mineral Springs North
Faulkner Springs Umpire Tollette Mineral Springs South
Galena Umpire Unity Nashville
Green Plains Newhope    

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Historical Towns and Cities

City/Town

 Zip Code/Local Area City/Town Zip Code/Local Area
Amity Mineral Springs North New Thompson Athens
Antimony Mineral Springs North Oak Hill Dierks
Battle Hill Umpire Old Euclid Dierks Dam
Bethel Umpire Old Thompson Athens
Bissell Newhope Old Union Umpire
Bluff Springs Umpire Oreb Dierks Dam
Brushy Athens Pates Athens
Cedar Glade Gillham Dam Pryor Ridge Baker Springs
Cedar Hill Umpire Pump Springs Nathan
Dial Umpire Rosedale Silver Ridge
Forgy Mineral Springs North Rough Edge Dierks Dam
Harper Springs Umpire Saline Umpire
Hattie Newhope Slip-Up and Hitch Newhope
Martha Dierks Smyrna Gillham Dam
Midway Umpire Sunshine Dierks
Mount Olive Mineral Springs North Valley Ridge Gillham Dam
Mourton Umpire Wakefield Mineral Springs North
New Moon Umpire    

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Elected Officials
421 North Main St Phone 870-845-7500
Howard County Nashville, AR 71852 Fax 870-845-7505
Position Elected Official Phone Number E-mail
County Judge Max Tackett 870-845-7500 Howard Judge
Justice of the Peace Douglas Dildy    
Justice of the Peace Martha Hobbs    
Justice of the Peace Gerald Nutt    
Justice of the Peace Brent Pinkerton    
Justice of the Peace Louis Smith    
Justice of the Peace Kerry Strasner    
Justice of the Peace J. D. Tomerlin    
Justice of the Peace Bobby Don Turner    
County Coroner Charles R. Miller 870-845-1398
870-845-1399		  
County Sheriff/Collector Randall "Butch" Morris 870-845-2626
870-845-7542 (Fax)		 Howard Collector
County Treasurer Diana Shaw 870-845-7504 Howard Treasurer
County Assessor Debbie Teague 870-845-7511 Howard Assessor
County Clerk Janice Huffman 870-845-7505 Howard Clerk
Circuit Clerk Bobbie Jo Green 870-845-7506 Circuit Clerk

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Arkansas State Local Numbers servicing Scott County Arkansas Trade Area
Office Location Phone Number E-mail
Employment Security      
Forestry Commission Dierks 870-286-2137 870-286-2119
Highway Department      
Adult Abuse Hotline   800-482-8049  
Child Abuse Hotline   800-482-5964  
Rape Crisis   800-813-5433  
Revenue Office   870-286-3346  

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US Government Numbers servicing local area of Scott County Arkansas
Office Location Phone Number E-mail
Corps of Engineers      
Social Security Admin   800-772-1213  
Forest Service      
USDA Service Center      
Soil Survey Office      
IRS Info and Forms   1-800-829-1040  
IRS Problems Resolution   1-800-829-1040  
Veterans Administration   1-800-827-1000  
FBI   501-221-9100  

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Post Offices servicing local area of Scott County Arkansas
Office Location Phone Number E-mail
Athens 71971    
Dierks 71833 870-286-3256  
Mineral Springs 71851    
Nashville (County Seat) 71852    
Okay 71859    
Saratoga 71859    
Umpire 71971 870-583-6726  

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Schools
Name Local Area Name Local Area
Brushy School Athens Mineral Springs Elementary Mineral Springs North
Dierks Elementary School Dierks Mineral Springs High School Mineral Springs North
Dierks High School Dierks Nashville Elementary Nashville
Henry School Athens Umpire Elementary Umpire
    Umpire High School Umpire

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Nashville School District
Grade African American Male African American Female Asian Male Asian Female Hispanic Male Hispanic Female Native American Male Native American Female White Male White Female Total
01 11 22 1 0 9 9 1 0 48 31 132
02 14 16 1 0 6 8 0 0 41 51 137
03 18 24 1 0 10 7 0 0 38 37 135
04 6 16 3 0 10 8 0 0 47 31 121
05 18 21 0 0 6 7 0 1 32 33 118
06 18 14 2 0 4 7 0 0 48 48 141
07 16 19 0 1 5 3 0 0 49 34 127
08 23 26 0 1 9 6 0 0 59 42 166
09 25 25 1 0 2 4 0 0 64 47 168
10 16 18 0 1 5 6 1 0 54 61 162
11 10 16 2 1 1 3 0 0 50 50 133
12 15 12 0 0 3 5 0 0 40 40 115
K 34 18 0 0 15 11 0 0 37 45 160
Total 224 247 11 4 85 84 2 1 607 550 1815

Mineral Springs School District
Grade African American Male African American Female Asian Male Asian Female Hispanic Male Hispanic Female Native American Male Native American Female White Male White Female Total
01 11 10 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 3 32
02 7 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 3 27
03 10 11 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 5 34
04 10 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 2 33
05 10 9 0 0 1 3 0 0 7 10 40
06 10 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 12 40
07 14 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 10 46
08 4 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 9 34
09 19 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 6 49
10 11 11 0 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 36
11 10 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 7 40
12 8 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 5 29
K 5 10 0 0 3 5 0 0 4 3 30
Total 129 137 0 0 17 30 0 0 82 75 470

Dierks School District
Grade African American Male African American Female Asian Male Asian Female Hispanic Male Hispanic Female Native American Male Native American Female White Male White Female Total
01 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 27 16 46
02 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 27 15 44
03 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 21 40
04 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 19 31
05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 18 39
06 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 26 47
07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 22 45
08 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 21 45
09 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 15 35
10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 28 61
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 16 39
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 22 39
K 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19 17 39
Total 0 1 0 0 5 10 0 0 278 256 550

Umpire School District
Grade African American Male African American Female Asian Male Asian Female Hispanic Male Hispanic Female Native American Male Native American Female White Male White Female Total
01 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 8
02 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 8 14
03 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 8
04 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
05 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 10
06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8
07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
08 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 10
09 0