Lawrence County, Arkansas

Overview

• Population: 17,774 (Change since 1990: +1.8%)
• Created: January 15, 1815
• County seat: Walnut Ridge
• Largest town: Walnut Ridge (Pop. 4,925)
• Name origin: James Lawrence

Populated Places

• Aa Junction (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°04'47" N, 90°56'23" W
  • Elevation: 269
  • Civil township: Campbell
  • USGS Quad: Walnut Ridge
• Alicia (Town)
  • Population: 145 (Change since 1990: -7.6%)
  • Located at intersection US 67 and AR 230 near the Jackson County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°53'35" N, 91°04'58" W
• Annieville (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 115 between Smithville and Imboden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°09'18" N, 91°14'25" W
  • Elevation: 610
  • Civil township: Annieville
  • USGS Quad: Imboden
• Arbor Grove (Unincorporated)
  • Located at junction CR 520 and CR 525 southwest of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°01'06" N, 91°02'51" W
  • Survey: T. 16 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 24
  • Elevation: 254
  • Civil township: Lawrence
  • USGS Quad: Black Rock
• Bessie (Unincorporated)
  • Located southeast of Minturn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°55'11" N, 90°58'13" W
  • Elevation: 255
  • Civil township: Dowell
  • USGS Quad: Podo Creek
  • Map: 1914
• Black Rock (City)
  • Population: 717 (Change since 1990: -2.6%)
  • Located near US 63 crossing of Black River northwest of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°06'30" N, 91°05'50" W
• Broom (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere northwest of Alicia
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°55'12" N, 91°07'17" W
  • Elevation: 255
  • Civil township: Marion
  • USGS Quad: Alicia
  • Map: 1914
• Calvin (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 67 between Alicia and Minturn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°55'48" N, 91°03'31" W
  • Elevation: 256
  • Civil township: Marion
  • USGS Quad: Alicia
• Clover Bend (Unincorporated)
  • Located near end of AR 228 southwest of Hoxie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°58'51" N, 91°05'35" W
  • Elevation: 247
  • Civil township: Lawrence
  • USGS Quad: Alicia
• Coffman (Unincorporated)
  • Located on CR 511 south of Portia
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°03'49" N, 91°04'42" W
  • Survey: T. 17 N., R. 1 W., Sec. 34
  • Elevation: 264
  • Civil township: Duty
  • USGS Quad: Black Rock
• College City (Town)
  • Population: 269 (Change since 1990: -20.6%)
  • Located just off US 67 north of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°07'31" N, 90°56'21" W
• Denton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 117 between Smithville and Powhatan
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'43" N, 91°12'28" W
  • Elevation: 330
  • Civil township: Flat Creek
  • USGS Quad: Eaton
• Dicus (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 34 just northeast of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'18" N, 90°55'40" W
  • Elevation: 269
  • Civil township: Campbell
  • USGS Quad: Walnut Ridge
• Driftwood (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 361 east of Strawberry
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°58'16" N, 91°15'07" W
  • Elevation: 272
  • Civil township: Morgan
  • USGS Quad: Strawberry
• Eaton (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 25 southwest of Black Rock
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°02'24" N, 91°12'58" W
  • Elevation: 300
  • Civil township: Eaton
  • USGS Quad: Eaton
• Frisbee (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere southwest of Imboden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°10'45" N, 91°19'30" W
  • Elevation: 660
  • Civil township: Spring River
  • USGS Quad: Ravenden
  • Map: 1914
• Hogan (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°09'28" N, 91°07'54" W
  • Elevation: 275
  • Civil township: Black Rock
  • USGS Quad: Imboden
• Hopewell (Unincorporated)
  • Located near end of AR 228 very near Clover Bend
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°58'42" N, 91°05'20" W
  • Elevation: 249
  • Civil township: Lawrence
  • USGS Quad: Alicia
• Hoxie (City)
  • Population: 2,817 (Change since 1990: +5.3%)
  • Located just southwest of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°03'01" N, 90°58'30" W
• Imboden (Town)
  • Population: 684 (Change since 1990: +11.0%)
  • Located at junction US 62 and US 63
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°12'09" N, 91°10'28" W
  • Name origin: Benjamin Imboden
  • Founded: 1883
• Jesup (Unincorporated)
  • Located near southern intersection of AR 115 and AR 117
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°01'01" N, 91°20'10" W
  • Elevation: 300
  • Civil township: Jesup
  • USGS Quad: Smithville
• Lauratown (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection CR 511 and CR 520 southwest of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°01'12" N, 91°05'18" W
  • Elevation: 260
  • Civil township: Lawrence
  • USGS Quad: Black Rock
• Lindsey (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 67 just north of Minturn
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°59'27" N, 91°00'59" W
  • Elevation: 260
  • Civil township: Boas
  • USGS Quad: Alicia
• Lynn (Town)
  • Population: 315 (Change since 1990: +5.4%)
  • Located at intersection AR 25 and AR 361
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°00'26" N, 91°15'08" W
• Minturn (Town)
  • Population: 114 (Change since 1990: -8.1%)
  • Located at junction US 67 and AR 228 southwest of Hoxie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°58'28" N, 91°01'39" W
• Murta (Unincorporated)
  • Located on AR 34 northeast of Walnut Ridge
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°06'48" N, 90°53'37" W
  • Elevation: 274
  • Civil township: Campbell
  • USGS Quad: Walnut Ridge
• Old Martin Mill Place (Unincorporated)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°56'24" N, 91°11'53" W
  • Elevation: 235
  • Civil township: Marion
  • USGS Quad: Strangers Home
• Opposition (Unincorporated)
  • Located somewhere in the far northern reach of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°13'43" N, 91°17'45" W
  • Elevation: 482
  • Civil township: Spring River
  • USGS Quad: Ravenden
  • Map: 1879 McNally
• Ponders (Unincorporated)
  • Located on US 63 southeast of Hoxie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°00'03" N, 90°53'49" W
  • Elevation: 260
  • Civil township: Promised Land
  • USGS Quad: Walnut Ridge
• Portia (Town)
  • Population: 483 (Change since 1990: -7.3%)
  • Located on US 63 between Black Rock and Hoxie
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°05'11" N, 91°04'02" W
• Powhatan (Town)
  • Population: 50 (Change since 1990: -2.0%)
  • Located just southwest of Black Rock on AR 25
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°04'56" N, 91°07'06" W
• Ravenden (Town)
  • Population: 511 (Change since 1990: +54.8%)
  • Located on US 63/US 412 northwest of Imboden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°13'60" N, 91°15'06" W
• Saffell (Unincorporated)
  • Located at southern intersection AR 25 and AR 361 south of Strawberry
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°55'11" N, 91°17'24" W
  • Elevation: 280
  • Civil township: Reeds Creek
  • USGS Quad: Strawberry
• Sedgwick (Town)
  • Population: 112 (Change since 1990: +30.2%)
  • Located at intersection US 63 and AR 228 between Hoxie and Jonesboro
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°58'40" N, 90°51'50" W
• Sloan (Unincorporated)
  • Located between Imboden and Black Rock
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°09'58" N, 91°08'39" W
  • Elevation: 270
  • Civil township: Dent
  • USGS Quad: Imboden
  • Map: 1914
• Smithville (Town)
  • Population: 73 (Change since 1990: -15.1%)
  • Located at northern intersection AR 115 and AR 117 southwest of Imboden
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°04'49" N, 91°18'13" W
• Strangers Home (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection CR 543 and CR 550 northwest of Alicia
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°55'13" N, 91°07'42" W
  • Elevation: 259
  • Civil township: Marion
  • USGS Quad: Strangers Home
• Strawberry (Town)
  • Population: 283 (Change since 1990: +3.7%)
  • Located at intersection AR 25, AR 117, and AR 230
  • Latitude & Longitude: 35°58'03" N, 91°19'16" W
• Walnut Ridge (City)
  • Population: 4,925 (Change since 1990: +12.2%)
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°04'06" N, 90°57'21" W
• Whiskerville (Unincorporated)
  • Located at intersection CR 603 and CR 604 in the northeast corner of the county
  • Latitude & Longitude: 36°07'11" N, 90°48'47" W
  • Elevation: 260
  • Civil township: Cache
  • USGS Quad: Walnut Ridge SE

History

Name origin

Named for James Lawrence, a naval captain killed in the War of 1812

Demographics