Searcy County, Arkansas

Founding: 1839
Parent county: Marion

Namesake: Richard Searcy, Arkansas judge
Seat: Lebanon (1840–1856); Marshall (1856–)

Land area: 666 square miles

Population (2020): 7,828

Population (historic): 936 (1840); 5,271 (1860); 7,278 (1880); 11,988 (1900); 11,056 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1910; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three towns

National Register listings: 52

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 450 (9.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 34.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $270
Average outbuilding value (1930): $142
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,175
Average farm size (1920): 36.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee and Missouri
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Marshall

Namesake: John Marshall, Supreme Court chief justice

Founding: 1856 (platting as Burrowville); 1867 (post office); 1884 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,329

Population (historic): 160 (1880); 260 (1900); 638 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900–1920; 1930–1950; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 49 (5.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Benjamin Henley House (c. 1870/1876). State Route 374, northeast of County Road 29. Razed.