Grant County, Arkansas
| Grant County, Arkansas | |
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| County | |
| County of Grant | |
Grant County Courthouse in Sheridan
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 Location in the U.S. state of Arkansas |
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 Arkansas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | February 4, 1869 |
| Named for | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Seat | Sheridan |
| Largest city | Sheridan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 633 sq mi (1,639 km2) |
| • Land | 632 sq mi (1,637 km2) |
| • Water | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2), 0.2% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 18,102 |
| • Density | 28/sq mi (11/km²) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 17,853 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Sheridan.
Grant County is included in the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Formed on February 4, 1869, Grant County is named for former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
Robert W. Glover, a Missionary Baptist pastor who served in both houses of the Arkansas Legislature (1905-1912) from Sheridan, introduced in 1909 the resolution calling for the establishment of four state agricultural colleges. His brother, David Delano Glover, a Methodist, was a state representative in the 1907 session and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1935, having been unseated in 1934 by Grant County native John Little McClellan who at the time was practicing law in Camden. McClellan later went on to become Arkansas's longest serving U.S. senator.
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