Hot Spring County was founded in 1829 with land from Clark County. The county was named for the thermal waters located within its boundaries; however, those hot springs sit within Garland County today. Malvern is the county seat.
A list of the Hot Spring 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 “Hot Spring 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 2020
Baker Family: Hot Spring County
Byrd - Bailey Family: Hot Spring County
Cates Family: Hot Spring County
Cemeteries: Fitzhugh Family, Hot Spring County
Cemeteries: Ouachita, Hot Spring County
Clear Creek Methodist Episcopal Church South records, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Early Arkansas tax records [Hot Spring County]
Edmonson-Freeman Family, Hot Spring County
Finley Family: Hot Spring County
Johnson - Ottis Family: Hot Spring County
McCoy-Shuffield Family: Hot Spring County
Midway Baptist Chapel Order of Service
Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church Records, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Records, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Smith Family: Hot Spring County
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 1991
General Highway Map Hot Spring County. 1 print, 1991
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hot Spring County
General Highway Map Hot Spring County. 1 print, 1968, revised 1974
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hot Spring County
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Hot Spring County
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1950
Submissions from 1949
Submissions from 1946
Submissions from 1936
Submissions from 1933
Submissions from 1932
Key Map of Remmel Dam Reservoir
Images from 1930
Hot Spring County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1926
Submissions from 1923
Submissions from 1922
Submissions from 1918
Submissions from 1917
Submissions from 1916
Hot Spring County poll tax list, 1916
This collection contains one list of poll tax payers of Hot Spring County, Arkansas, dated July 1, 1916.
Submissions from 1912
Submissions from 1911
Submissions from 1871
Republican ticket for Congress, 3rd district, 1871
This collection contains a ballot for the Conservative and Republican ticket for Hot Springs, Montgomery, Polk and Scott Counties, Arkansas around 1871.
Submissions from 1870
Belle McLean Morrison diary [photocopy], 1865-1870
This collection contains one photocopy of a hand-written diary of Belle McLean Morrison written between 1865 and 1870. In the diary, Morrison describes her daily life, activities, and the activities of others on the plantation. At the beginning of the diary, she states that she has been married for three years. The collection also includes a partial transcription of the diary from 1865 to 1868 completed by Cliff Jackson, a Hot Springs attorney and Rhodes Scholar.
Books from 1868
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Hot Spring County
Images from 1867
Hot Spring County Maimed Soldiers list
Register of the Legal Voters of Hot Spring County
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Hot Spring County
Submissions from 1858
Ben F. Scull sheet music [photocopy], 1858
This collection contains two photocopies of sheet music for the song, "I Am Near Thee," with words by J.E. Knight and music by Ben F. Scull.
Submissions from 1857
Guest-Toller land record, 1857
This collection contains one deed from Hot Spring County, Arkansas executed between John and Delilah Guest and Thomas Toller.
