Izard County, Arkansas

Founding: 1826
Parent county: Independence
Namesake: George Izard, Arkansas governor
Seat: Norfork (1826–1830); Athens (1830–1836); Mount Olive (1836–1875); Melbourne (1875–)
Land area: 581 square miles
Population (2020): 13,577
Population (historic): 1,266 (1830); 7,215 (1860); 10,857 (1880); 13,506 (1900); 12,872 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870–1910; 1960–2010
Subdivisions: Four cities; four towns; two CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 336 (4.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $358
Average outbuilding value (1930): $158

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,549
Average farm size (1920): 47.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Missouri, and Georgia
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Melbourne

 
Namesake: Unknown—perhaps a reference to the aristocratic Melbourne family
Founding: 1875 (platting); 1876 (post office); 1878 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,830
Population (historic): 149 (1880); 256 (1900); 380 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 37 (3.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Augustus Jeffery House (c. 1848). 684 Jeffery Lane.
2. Samuel Bigham House (1857). Jennings Lane.

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