Garland County was established in 1873 from portions of Hot Spring, Montgomery, and Saline counties. The county was named for Augustus Garland, who served as governor, U.S. senator, and U.S. Attorney General. Hot Springs is the county seat.

A list of the Garland 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 “Garland 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.

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Submissions from 2020

Akin, Mrs. Mary

Buckville Baptist Church Records

Byrd, Lydia A.

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Campaign handbill, Garland County

Carter, Joshua M.

Churches: New Hope Missionary Baptist, Garland County

Churches: Red Oak Missionary Baptist, Garland County

Churches: White Plains Baptist, Garland County

Evening Shade, Whittington and Center Hill Missionary Baptist Church Records, Garland County, AR

Farris, R.M.

Garland County

Garland county land ownership maps

Garnett, W.R.

Hooe, James

Hot Springs National Park: Museum Guide

Huston, Maria M.

Keller Family: Garland County

Masters, Amos

McElroy, Scott

Minutes of the annual session of the Garland County Baptist Association

Minutes of the Buckville Baptist Association

Museums: Mid-America Museum, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

Palmer, William C.

Plat of Township 3 South, Range 20 West in Garland County, Arkansas

Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church Records, Garland County, Arkansas

Warren, Jospeh

White Plains Baptist Church Records, Garland County, Arkansas

White Plains School records

Submissions from 2019

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Garland County

Submissions from 2003

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Garland County

Submissions from 1998

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Garland County records, 1906-1998

This collection contains check registers, treasurer's ledgers for school accounts and general accounts, registers for county and school warrants, county bond registers, the sheriff's municipal court records, and revenue sharing records for Garland County, Arkansas. The second record group contains ledgers on improvement districts, personal and real estate taxes, and other miscellaneous financial ledgers.

Submissions from 1988

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Garland County

Submissions from 1984

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Garland County Historical Society: Anatomy of a Local Historical Organization report, 1984

This collection contains a project report on the Garland County Historical Society which includes its history, organization, programs, officers, and other information. The project was funded in part by a grant from the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities. The project director was former Arkansas State Archives Director, Dr. Wendy Richter.

Submissions from 1974

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Garland County

General Highway Map Garland County, sheet 2 of 1 map sheet and 1 supplemental sheet (missing), 1 print with handwritten notation, 1974

Submissions from 1973

Andrews, Alice Jane

Submissions from 1971

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Garland County (Ark.) postmaster lists, 1833-1971

This collection contains lists of postmasters of each post office in Garland County, including their dates of service, from 1833 to 1971.

Submissions from 1967

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Garland County

Submissions from 1962

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Garland County

Images from 1954

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Garland County, 1952-1954

Submissions from 1949

Boaters on Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Garland County

Motorboating on Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Garland County

Sail boat on Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Garland County

Sail boat on Lake Hamilton, Hot Springs, Garland County

Shoreline of Lake Hamilton at sunset, Hot Springs, Garland County

Submissions from 1948

Warwick, Mrs. Roxie

Submissions from 1940

Parrott, Mrs. Ida L.

Submissions from 1939

Garland County

Submissions from 1938

Richardson, Mrs. Dora Moore

Submissions from 1937

Kelley, Mary J.

Submissions from 1936

Soil map of Garland County

Terry, William Josiah

Submissions from 1935

Bird, Mrs. S. I.

Submissions from 1933

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Smith Creek Missionary Baptist Church records, 1886-1933

This collections consists of two books of church records, minutes of meetings, membership lists, deeds, and a photograph.

Submissions from 1932

Map of the Hot Springs National Park

May, W.M.

Images from 1930

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Garland County townships map, 1930

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Playing Golf in Garland County

Submissions from 1927

Hargis, Gaston S.

Steed, W.B.

Submissions from 1923

Bailey, Richard Jesse

Cotton, John M.

Lane, Mrs. Oscar B.

Submissions from 1921

Hogue, B.F.

Squires, William

Tackett, Mrs. L.

Tackett, S.

Submissions from 1920

Burnette, Seth

Sanders, Henry C.

Santmires, H.

Submissions from 1919

Tucker, Horace

Submissions from 1916

Cole, L.L.

Submissions from 1884

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Otto Patterson land patent, 1884

The land patent in this collection is dated June 30, 1884.

Submissions from 1878

Map of the Hot Springs Reservation

Map of the Hot Springs Reservation

Submissions from 1877

Map of the Hot Springs Reservation

Plat of Hot Springs Mountain

Submissions from 1875

Map of claims upon the Hot Springs Reservation