Randolph County, Arkansas
Founding: October 29, 1835
Parent county: Lawrence
Namesake: John Randolph (1773–1833), Virginia congressman
Seat: Pocahontas (1835–)
Seat: Pocahontas (1835–)
Land area: 652 square miles
Population (2010): 17,448
Population (historic): 2,196 (1840); 11,724 (1880); 16,871 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1840–1910; 1970s; 1990s
Subdivisions: Two cities; four villages; 28 townships
National Register listings: 15
Income (per capita): $20,059
Income (median household): $36,318
Business establishments: 325 (53.7 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 465 (5.5%)
Vacant houses: 1,225 (14.4%)
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Germany
Business establishments: 325 (53.7 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 465 (5.5%)
Vacant houses: 1,225 (14.4%)
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Germany
Pocahontas
Founding: ca. 1829 (founding, as Bettis Bluff); ca. 1835 (platting); 1836 (post office)
Population (2010): 6,608
Population (historic): 325 (1880); 1,896 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1880–1920; 1930–1950; 1960–1980
Typology: Grid (with central courthouse square)
Typology: Grid (with central courthouse square)
First Courthouse
Location: Public Square (Pocahontas)
Construction: 1837–1839
Years of service: 1839–1870
Typology: Unknown; frame
Style: Unknown
Builder: Thomas Marr
Cost: $2,400 ($56,084 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Razed (collapsed in 1870)
Features of note: Appearance unknown.
Second Courthouse
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| Photo by Natalie Maynor. |
Location: 107 East Everett Street (Pocahontas)
Construction: 1872–1875
Years of service: 1875–1940
Typology: Axial; brick; two-story
Style: Italianate
Builder: John McKay
Cost: Unknown
Status: Extant (houses the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce)
Features of note: Central louvered cupola; five-by-four bay arrangement; projecting central bay; denticulate cornice; cornice returns; paired cornice brackets; brick quoins; round-arched windows (four-over-four) with brick hoodmolds.
Third Courthouse
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| Photo from the United States Department of Agriculture collection. |
Location: 107 West Broadway Street (Pocahontas)
Construction: 1940
Years of service: 1940–
Typology: Monumental; stone and brick; two-story
Style: International
Builder: Eugene Stern
Cost: $68,764 ($1,222,207 in 2017 dollars)
Status: Extant; functional
Features of note: Fluted pillars; inset entrance.
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau; Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
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