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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Augusta N...