Greene County, Arkansas Genealogy

United States Arkansas  Greene County

This page adopted by Sandy Hardin, P. R. Massey, and Venus Allen. Greene County ARGenWebCounty Coordinator

County Courthouse
Greene County Courthouse PO Box 62 Paragould, AR 72451-0364 Phone: 870.239.6311 County Clerk has marriage, probate, court and land records from 1876; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records

Parent County

 * 1833--Greene County was created 5 November 1833 from Lawrence County. County seat: Paragould

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Greene County boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss
Prior to 1883 the county courthouse was burned twice.

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Craighead
 * Dunklin County, Missouri
 * Lawrence
 * Randolph

Civil War

 * Men from this county served in the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate), 25th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate) and Kuykendall's Company, Arkansas Infantry (Confederate).

Societies and Libraries
Greene County Arkansas Historical and Genealogical Society 212 W Court Street (7 room research center open 9-4 Monday through Friday) P.O. Box 121 Paragould, AR 72451 Phone: (870) 240-8944

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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