Hempstead County was established in 1818 and was one of the five counties in existence when Arkansas Territory was created in 1819. It was named for Missouri Territory’s delegate to Congress, Edward Hempstead. Hope serves as the county seat.
A list of the Hempstead 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 “Hempstead 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.
Books from 2021
1843 February 11: Bond, "Trustees of the real estate bank to Thomas T. Williamson"
Undated: Voucher, fragment; shows partial list of inventory of the estate of Allen Dick
Submissions from 2020
Baird's Chapel School Registers, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Ballot, Hempstead County Democratic primary
Ballot, Hempstead County Democratic primary election
B. L. Sanders: Hempstead County
Bostic Family: Hempstead County
Caldwell Family: Hempstead County
Cemeteries: Flowers Cemetery, Hempstead County
Cemeteries: Merrell, Nashville, Hempstead County
Conway Family: Hempstead County
Hempstead County Historical Society
Hempstead County Records: Indigent Families' Accounts
Jacob Watkins Family: Hempstead County
Jennings - Block Family: Hempstead County
Map of Arkansas State Forestry Commission Ranger District No. 10-6
Marlbrook Presbyterian Church, Hempstead County, Arkansas
McFadden Family: Hempstead County
Springhill Presbyterian Church, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Wells Family: Hempstead County
William Jacob Hinton: Hempstead County
William R. Long: Hempstead County
Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 1989
General Highway Map Hempstead County. 1 print, 1989
Submissions from 1981
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hempstead County
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hempstead County
Submissions from 1970
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Blevins #2 - Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - #1
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - #1
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - #1 - Washington #12
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hempstead County
Submissions from 1966
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Blevins #2
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Washington #12 - Hope #1-A
Submissions from 1964
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Blevins #2 - Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Washington #12
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hempstead County
Submissions from 1962
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Blevins #2
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Saratoga #11 - Hope #1-A
Submissions from 1960
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Guernesy #20 - Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Saratoga #11
Submissions from 1959
Hempstead County Records: Soldiers and Sailors Discharge Records, Book "A"
Submissions from 1958
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hempstead County
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Blevins #2 - Guernesy #20
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Patmos #9 - Hope #1-A
Submissions from 1956
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Columbia #3 - Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Patmos #9
Images from 1954
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Columbia #3 - Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Columbia #3
Submissions from 1953
Submissions from 1952
Hempstead County Records : Birth Records
Hempstead County Records : Death Records
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Columbia #3
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Spring Hill #10 - Hope #1-A
Submissions from 1950
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Blevins #2 - Spring Hill #10
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Hope #1-A - Blevins #2
Submissions from 1949
Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment Station near Hope, Hempstead County
Giant watermelons on display along a sidewalk in Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Marker for the Old Post Road to Rondo, Hempstead County
Recreation area of the Fruit and Truck Branch Experiment in Hope, Hempstead County
Watermelons in a field near Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Submissions from 1948
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Ozan #8 - Spring Hill #18
Hempstead County Records: School Census Records, Spring Hill #18 - Wesley Grove #78
Books from 1945
Southwestern Proving Ground ID badge
Submissions from 1941
Feeding sorghum cane into the mill near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Feeding sorghum cane into the mill near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Skimming froth from cooking syrup at a sorghum mill near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Sorghum mill at work near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Sorghum mill at work near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Unloading sorghum cane at a mill near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
View of a sorghum mill near Fulton, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Books from 1940
1821-circa 1940s: Hempstead County scrapbook
