Pope County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Pope County

Guide to Pope County Arkansas genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Pope County Courthouse 100 W Main Street Russellville, AR 72801 Phone: 501.968.6064

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1831, county court records from 1857, voter and divorce records from 1965; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, land and military and court records


 * 1) 1829-1830 -- A temporary county seat was established at the home of John Balinger on the Arkansas River.
 * 2) 1830 -- The county seat was established at old Norristown. No county buildings were built there.
 * 3) 1840 -- The first Courthouse was built in Dover. It was built of logs and lasted until it was burned with no loss of records during the Civil War.
 * 4) After the log Courthouse burned, court was held in churches until a brick Courthouse was constructed on the Dover town square.
 * 5) May 16, 1888 -- The county seat was moved to Russellville, and Russellville's first couthouse was built in 1888. The present Pope County Courthouse was built in 1931.

Parent County

 * 1829--Pope County was created 2 November 1829 from Crawford County. County seat: Russellville

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Pope County boundary changes.

Record Loss
There has been no record loss in Pope County.

Populated Places
Appleton · Atkins · Boiling Springs · Caglesville · Diamond · Dover · Freeman Springs · Gabriel Glass Village · Granny's Gap · Gravel Hill · Gunter Mountain · Hector · Leta · Lost Corner · London · Moccasin Gap · Moreland Point · Remove Creek · Pottsville · Pisgah · Rock Springs · Russellville · Scottsvile · Treat · Walnut Grove

Neighboring Counties

 * Conway
 * Johnson
 * Logan
 * Newton
 * Searcy
 * Van Buren
 * Yell

Civil War

 * Men from this county served in the 3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union),1 and the 31st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), Company E.2

1Allen, Desmond Walls. The Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union) Infantry (Arkansas Research: Conway, Arkansas,1987).

2. Bass, Ronald R. History of the Thirty-first Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, 1996) p. 12.

Marriage

 * 1830-1952 - Pope County Marriage Books A-Z and AA Index 1830-1952 in at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1830-1922 - Pope County Marriage Books A-M Index 1830-1922 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Russellville Arkansas Family History Center
 * Russelville, Arkansas

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Pope County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Pope County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)