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List of Counties carved from original Lawrence County

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30 COUNTIES CARVED FROM LAWRENCE
BENTON WASHINGTON CRAWFORD STONE BAXTER POPE IZARD
RANDOLPH VAN BUREN JOHNSON FRANKLIN MADISON CLEBURNE
JACKSON CONWAY MARION INDEPENDENCE FULTON SHARP
GREENS CLAY NEWTON CARROLL BOONE SEARCY
PART OF CRAIGHEAD FAULKNER POINSETT WHITE WOODRUFF
LAWRENCE COUNTY HERITAGE FESTIVAL
AUGUST 13,14,15 1964
Shawnee Hills Medalists

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The “Mother of Counties,” Lawrence County once covered a majority of north Arkansas, an enormous stretch of land ultimately forming thirty-one counties. Present-day Lawrence County straddles the Black River, a natural boundary separating the lowlands of the Mississippi Delta from the foothills of the Ozark Plateau. Long dominated by cotton production, this agricultural county now produces rice, soybeans, corn, and peanuts. Named for War of 1812 naval hero Captain James Lawrence, the county was created in 1815 as part of Missouri Territory and was the second of five large counties in what became Arkansas Territory in 1819, preceding the creation of Arkansas Territory by four years.