White County, Arkansas
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White County Courthouse in Searcy
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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 | October 23, 1835 | ||
| Named for | Hugh Lawson White | ||
| Seat | Searcy | ||
| Largest city | Searcy | ||
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| • Total | 1,042 sq mi (2,699 km2) | ||
| • Land | 1,035 sq mi (2,681 km2) | ||
| • Water | 7.1 sq mi (18 km2), 0.7% | ||
| Population (est.) | |||
| • (2015) | 79,161 | ||
| • Density | 75/sq mi (29/km²) | ||
| Congressional district | 2nd | ||
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 | ||
| Website | www |
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White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,076. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a Whig candidate for President of the United States. It is an alcohol prohibition or dry county, though a few private establishments (such as the Searcy Country Club, and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Searcy and Beebe) can sell alcohol.
White County comprises the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area.
The 45th and current White County Judge is Michael Lincoln of Searcy, who assumed office in January 2007.
On May 17, 1862, White County was the site of the Little Red Skirmish between Union Major General Samule J Curtis and a force of about 100 loosely organized rebels, followed by the Action at Whitney Lane in June., also known as The Skirmish at Searcy Landing.
In 1958, Odell Pollard, a since retired attorney from Searcy, exposed corrupt election practices at Bald Knob, a small city in White County. Election workers cast "absentee ballots" for some thirty pipeline construction workers and their spouses. However, these workers were outside of Arkansas at the time of the election, which had a prohibition measure on the ballot. These voters never cast absentee votes, according to their affidavits presented by Pollard to the White County prosecutor. No action was taken until after the statute of limitations had expired, at which time the charges were rendered moot. Pollard said the fraud case cause him to switch his partisan affiliation from Democrat to Republican. From 1966-1970, Pollard was the state party chairman, and from 1973-1976 was the Arkansas Republican National Committeeman.
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