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Woodruff County, Arkansas

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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...