Phillips County, Arkansas Genealogy and History

Phillips County, Arkansas

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Phillips County
Phillips County is located in the southeast central part of the state bordering the Mississippi River.
It was named for the first white settler and representative to the first Territorial Legislature of the Arkansas Territory, Sylvanus Phillips.

The county was organized May 1, 1820 and was the seventh county in Arkansas.

The county seat is at Helena.

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Cities, Towns and Other Populated Places

Cities: Elaine * Helena-West Helena * Lake View * Marvell
Town: Lexa
Unincorporated places: Modoc * Poplar Grove

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Phillips County Data

Biographies	Birth Records
Cemeteries	Census Records
Church Records	County Records
Death Records	Family Records
History Topics	Marriage Records
Military Records	Miscellaneous Data
Newspaper Gleanings	Obituaries and Death Notices
School Records	Wills/ Probate Records
WEBSITE UPDATES: Jan 2025: Marriage News: ECKFORD, JOHNSON KIZER, HACKLER, BROWN, CAVENS, CARTER, BULLARD, MILLER, SKINNER, BURRIS, GOODWIN, DYE, KEEL, GRACE, STACY, HUNTER, FEARING, SHELL, GOODALL, SIMPSON, MANLY, ROBARDS, GRANGER, JONES; Death News: RECTOR; Ads: PALMAR, SANDERS, OTEY, BENHAMN, THRELKELD, LINEBAUGH, MUTH, THOMPSON, DEPUTY, SEBASTIAN, ADAMS, PRESTON, RINGO, Arkansas Hotel, SKINNER; Census: 1850 Mortality Schedule Nov 2024: Death News: CLARK Oct 2024: County: 1874 County Officers; Ads: WATERS, OTEY, THWEATT, ROBINSON, CRACRAFT, STEPHENSON, PALMER, SANDERS, O'CONNOR, TAPPAR, HORNOR, STONE, PREWITT, BLACKWOOD, EDWARDS, Lafayette Hall, GRINDIER, Hooker House, HOOKER, BENDER, WATKINS, ARNOLD, JEFFRIES, Phil's Restaurant, LEWIS, OLIGER, KOPP, DUNCAN, COOK, GRANT, KNOX Sept 2024: Marriage News: PHILLIPS, BLANN; News: Newspapers of Phillips County May 2024: Marriage News: LEVY, MEYERS, ARCHEAS, McCABE, SHINAULT, PILLOW, TERRY, BELSHA; Military: Korean War Casualties Jan 2024: News: Elaine & Helena Race Riot War of 1919 Jun 2023: Military: Vietnam War Casualties Jan 2023: Marriage Announcements; Obits: CARTER, DAVIS, HARTSFIELD, SHELTON, THOMPSON, TOLES, WALLACE Jan 2021: Marriage news: BENNETT, JONES, PILLOW, HOMER, TURNER, CARTER, HARGRAVE, POLK, AGEE, KEARNEY, LAUDER; Crime news: HOLWERK, BLOOM, SOLOMON; Obit: HANLEY

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