Chicot County was established in 1823 from part of Arkansas County. It was named for Point Chicot in the Mississippi River; the name probably comes from the French noun chicot, or stump, a reference to the presence of many cypress knees in the area. The county seat is Lake Village.
A list of the Chicot County records microfilm available at the Arkansas State Archives can be found in our County records microfilm collection.
The results below are automatically collected from materials on this site that have been tagged with the Geographical Area of “Chicot County (Ark.)” This list does not include all of the Arkansas State Archives’ materials regarding this county, but provides a starting point for research. Please click on each title below to learn more about it and the collection to which it belongs.
Submissions from 2021
Ditch Bayou Battle manuscript, undated
This collection contains a manuscript about the Battle of Ditch Bayou in Chicot County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 2020
Early Arkansas tax records [Chicot County]
Map of Chicot County, Arkansas, land plats
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chicot County
Submissions from 1986
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chicot County
General Highway Map Chicot County. 1 print, 1986
Submissions from 1980
General Highway Map Chicot County. 1 print, 1980
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chicot County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chicot County
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chicot County
Submissions from 1958
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Chicot County
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1953
Submissions from 1949
Submissions from 1941
Map of Chicot County, Arkansas, topography from U.S. Corps of Engineers Quadrangle
Images from 1930
Chicot County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1922
Map of Chicot County, Arkansas, showing routes of tall pole lines
Submissions from 1916
Map of Chicot County, Arkansas
Submissions from 1911
Submissions from 1901
Assessor's notice (Chicot County), 1901 [May]
The broadside in this collection is dated [May] 1901.
Books from 1887
Gertrude P. Johnson diary, 1881 and 1887
Submissions from 1884
Charlton land tax redemption certificate, 1884
The land tax redemption certificate in this collection is dated May 28, 1884.
Notice of commissioner's sale of real estate, 1884 June 30
The broadside in this collection is dated June 30, 1884.
Submissions from 1882
Chicot County Commissioner's sale notice, 1882
This collection contains one notice for commissioner's sale of Walter Sessions' estate, Chicot County, Arkansas, dated December 20, 1882.
Submissions from 1877
Chicot County (Ark.) land sale notice, 1877
This collection contains one notice for the sale of land in Chicot County by commissioner Mark Valentine, dated June 2, 1877.
Submissions from 1872
James Forbes Robinson papers, 1862-1872
This collection contains correspondence and printed material.
Books from 1868
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Chicot County
Submissions from 1862
William H. Davis cotton destruction voucher, 1862
This collection contains a voucher to William H. Davis of Chicot County, Arkansas, for six bales cotton, weighing twenty four hundred pounds.
Submissions from 1860
Submissions from 1859
William Porter account with A. Wilkins and Company, 1859
The account in this collection is dated December 31, 1859.
Submissions from 1829
Chicot County (Ark.) sheriff's census, 1829
This collection contains a census conducted by the Chicot County, Arkansas, sheriff in 1829.