Woodruff County, Arkansas

Founding: 1862
Parent counties: Jackson and St. Francis
Namesake: William Woodruff, Arkansas politician
Seat: Augusta (1862–)
Land area: 587 square miles
Population (2020): 6,269
Population (historic): 6,891 (1870); 14,009 (1890); 20,049 (1910); 22,682 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1930

Subdivisions: Four cities; one town
National Register listings: 18
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 190 (4.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 6.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 48.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $339
Average outbuilding value (1930): $136

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,853
Average farm size (1920): 36.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina
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Augusta

 
Namesake: A niece of the city's founder
Founding: 1848 (platting); 1850 (post office); 1861 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,998
Population (historic): 702 (1880); 1,040 (1900); 2,243 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1930; 1940s; 1960–1980

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 78 (6.7%)
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