Perry County was founded in 1840 from land in Conway County, and was named for War of 1812 hero Oliver Hazard Perry. Almost one-half of the county’s land is a part of the Ouachita National Forest. The county seat is Perryville.
A list of the Perry 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 “Perry 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 2023
Perry County's Flatside Wilderness Area
Submissions from 2020
Minutes of the Perry County Missionary Baptist Association
Nimrod Dam and Reservoir, Fourche Le Fave River
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Submissions from 2001
South Fourche LaFave River Bridge photograph collection, 1933-2001
This collections contains six photographs of the construction of the South Fourche LaFave River Bridge.
Submissions from 1993
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Submissions from 1984
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Submissions from 1972
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Images from 1954
Submissions from 1949
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Perry County
Submissions from 1943
Submissions from 1934
Submissions from 1930
Perry County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1925
Submissions from 1924
Submissions from 1923
Submissions from 1922
Watson, Mrs. Benjamin Franklin
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1880
Map of part of Perry County, Arkansas, showing railroad lands
Submissions from 1874
Antioch Baptist Church deed [photocopy], 1874
This collection contains a photocopy of the April 17, 1874 deed for the Antioch Baptist Church in Perry County, Arkansas.
Books from 1868
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Perry County
Books from 1867
Index to Register of Legal Voters of Perry County
Perry County Maimed Soldiers list
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Perry County
Submissions from 1863
Perry County (Ark.) certification of sale of town lots, 1863
This collection contains one certification of sale of town lots located in Perry County, Arkansas, (land of John E. Manley purchased by T.E. Holmes) dated May 11, 1863.
