Townships of Marion County, AR
(Time Line of formation of county listed below table)
Reprinted from the Marion Co, AR
Bramble Bush, July 1997 Issue
Printed here with permission of Marion Co Historical Society
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Township |
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Formed From |
Part Given To; |
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Barren Creek |
1858 |
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Annexed to Baxer Co 1873 |
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Bearden |
1870s |
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Big Creek |
1890s |
Buffalo |
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Big Springs |
1910s |
Hampton, Liberty, Union, Water Creek |
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Blythe |
1838 |
Original township |
Dodd City 1890s, Summit 1905 |
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Buffalo |
1840 |
Original Township |
Big Creek 1890s |
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Cedar Creek |
1890s |
Franklin, North Fork |
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Crockett |
1888 |
Franklin |
Kessee 1890s |
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Crooked Creek |
1890s |
Bearden, Union, White River |
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DeSoto |
1888 |
Bearden, Water Creek |
Jefferson 1904 |
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Dodd City |
1890s |
Blythe, Sugarloaf |
Joe Burleson 1905, Summit 1905 |
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Flippen Barren |
1860s |
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Name changed from White River |
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Flippen Barren |
1870s |
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Name changed back to White River |
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Franklin |
1870s |
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Crockett 1888, Cedar Creek 1890s |
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Hampton |
1854 |
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Tomahawk 1890s, Liberty 1890s, Independence 1908, Big Springs 1910s |
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Independence |
1862 |
Rapps Barren, Whiteville 1862 |
Annexed to Baxter Co 1873 |
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Independence |
1908 |
Hampton, Prairie 1908 |
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James Creek |
1856 |
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Keeter 1906 |
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Jefferson |
1904 |
Bearden, DeSoto |
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Joe Burleson |
1905 |
Dodd City, Union, White River |
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Kessee |
1890s |
Crockett |
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Keeter |
1906 |
James Creek, North Fork |
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Liberty |
1890s |
Hampton, Water Creek |
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Little North Fork |
1840 |
Original township |
Renamed "North Fork" in 1880s |
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North Fork |
1880s |
Little North Fork Renamed |
Cedar Creek 1890s, Keeter 1906 |
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Prairie |
1850 |
Blythe |
Annexed to Boone Co 1869 |
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Prairie |
1870 |
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Recreated 1870 |
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Rapps Barren |
1858 |
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Independence 1869, Annexed to Baxter Co 1873 |
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Sugarloaf |
Before 1836 |
Original township |
Dodd City 1890s |
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Summit |
1905 |
Blythe, Dodd City, Union, White River |
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Tomahawk |
1870s |
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Annexed to Hampton Twp 1890s |
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Union |
Before 1836 |
Original township |
Crooked Creek 1890s, Joe Burleson Summit 1905, Big Springs 1910 |
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Water Creek |
1870s |
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DeSoto 1888, Liberty 1890s, Big Springs 1910 |
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White River |
1837 |
Original township |
Crooked Creek 1890s, Joe Burleson 1905, Called Flippen Barren 1860s |
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Whiteville |
1856 |
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Independence 1862, Annexed to Baxter Co 1873 |
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Formation of Marion County, AR |
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Created out of Lawrence County, 3 Nov 1835, under name of Searcy County Name changed from Searcy County to Marion County 29 Sep 1836 West boundary defined 11 Jan 1843 and again 20 Jan 1843 and again 18 Dec 1846 Line between Carroll County defined 18 Dec 1846 Part of Fulton county attached 18 Jan 1855 Line between Van Buren County and Searcy County defined 29 Jan 1855; act March 1873 Line between Boone county defined 9 Dec 1875 Line between Baxter County changed 9 Mar 1881 (Thanks to Mysty McPherson for the above information) |
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