
| Arkansas County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1813 | 1815 | 1817 | 1818 | 1819 | 1820 | 1823 | 1824 | 1825 | 1827 | 1828 | 1829 | 1833 | 1835 | 1836 |
| 1837 | 1838 | 1840 | 1842 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1848 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1859 | 1862 | 1867 | 1868 |
| 1869 | 1871 | 1873 | 1874 | 1883 | 1885 | 1895 | 1905 | 1915 | 1925 | |||||
| Arkansas Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | |||
| Arkansas Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Ar - Arkansas As - Ashley Ba - Baxter Be - Benton Bo - Boone Br - Bradley Cal - Calhoun |
Car - Carroll Cbn - Cleburne Cfd - Crawford Ch - Chicot Chd - Craighead Clk - Clark Cly - Clay Cnd - Cleveland Col - Columbia Con - Conway Crs - Cross Ctn - Crittenden Da - Dallas De - Desha Dr - Drew Fa - Faulkner Fr - Franklin |
Fu - Fulton Ga - Garland Gnt - Grant Grn - Greene He - Hempstead HS - Hot Spring Hwd - Howard In - Independence Iz - Izard Ja - Jackson Je - Jefferson Jo - Johnson Laf - Lafayette Law - Lawrence Lee - Lee Lin - Lincoln Log - Logan |
Lon - Lonoke LR - Little River Mad - Madison Mar - Marion Mil - Miller Mis - Mississippi Mro - Monroe Mty - Montgomery Nev - Nevada New - Newton Ou - Ouachita Pe - Perry Ph - Phillips Pi - Pike Poi - Poinsett Pol - Polk Pop - Pope |
Pr - Prairie Pu - Pulaski Ra - Randolph Sal - Saline Sc - Scott Sea - Searcy Seb - Sebastian Sev - Sevier SF - St. Francis Sh - Sharp St - Stone Un - Union VB - Van Buren Wa - Washington Wh - White Wo - Woodruff Ye - Yell |
These are scanned from the original copies so you can see the Arkansas and Arkansas counties as our ancestors saw them over a hundred years ago. Some Arkansas maps years (not all) have cities, railroads, P.O. locations, township outlines and other features useful to the avid genealogist in Arkansas.
Images are between 1 meg and 5 megs in size so allow a few moments to load if you are using a dial-up connection. Disclaimer: All Arkansas maps are free to use for your own genealogical purposes and may not be reproduced for resale or distribution.
Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Arkansas Maps
Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers - Maps are an invaluable part of family history research, especially if you live far from where your ancestor lived. Because political boundaries often changed, historic maps are critical in helping you discover the precise location of your ancestor's hometown, what land they owned, who their neighbors were, and more.
The Arkansas Highway Department has prepared a series of county road maps. These maps contain more detailed information about man-made features than the geological survey maps. In addition to roads and boundaries, these maps include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
To View the Arkansas Map: Just click the Image to view the map online. In order to make the Image size as small as possible they were save on the lowest resolution. If you order an image they are printed at the highest resolution. (Images are between 500k and 1.5 meg so loading may be slow if using a dial-up connection). PLEASE READ!! These maps are downloadable and are in PDF format. The main use of these are the locations of all known cemeteries in a county and of course the various roads and church locations. These Arkansas Maps are Free to Download
Below is a list of online resources for Arkansas Maps. Email us with websites containing Arkansas Maps by clicking the link below:
On-Site County Court Records Search - Find nearly any Arkansas court record online!