Pope County was established in 1829 with land from Crawford County, and portions of Johnson, Van Buren, and Yell counties which were added later. The county was named for John C. Pope, Arkansas’s third territorial governor. Russellville serves as the county seat.
A list of the Pope 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 “Pope 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
Benjamin F. Coulter: Pope County
Castleberry - Cox Family: Pope County
Census: Pope County 1830 Index
Central Presbyterian Church Records, Pope County, Arkansas
Churches: Early Churches of Pope County
Churches: Sulpher Spring Presbyterian, Pope County
John Williamson Family: Pope County
Pope county school district plat books
Socializing Forces in the History of Pope County, Arkansas: William Marvin Hurley
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Pope County
Submissions from 1995
Submissions from 1993
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Pope County
Submissions from 1983
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Pope County
Submissions from 1979
Pope County Historical Association Quarterly
Submissions from 1977
Pope County Historical Association Quarterly
Submissions from 1974
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol. 2
Submissions from 1973
Submissions from 1972
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Pope County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Pope County
Submissions from 1956
Submissions from 1953
Pope County (Ark.) history, 1953
This collection contains a paper titled, "Pope County One Hundred Years Ago," by former Arkansas History Commission Director Ted Worley.
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Pope County
Hatfield, Mrs. Tennie Thompson
Submissions from 1943
Submissions from 1940
Images from 1936
May 13, Walter J. Lemke
Submissions from 1935
Submissions from 1934
Submissions from 1933
Clark Grange #232, Pope County (Ark.) records, 1872-1933
This collection contains correspondence, membership applications, reports, minutes, and miscellaneous materials produced by and for the Clark Grange #232 of Pope County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1932
Submissions from 1931
Images from 1930
Pope County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1929
Submissions from 1928
Submissions from 1927
Submissions from 1926
Submissions from 1924
Submissions from 1918
Submissions from 1913
Submissions from 1911
Submissions from 1908
Submissions from 1900
Smyrna Church records, 1887-1900
This collection contains church records.
Submissions from 1897
Pope County (Ark.) tax collector's notice, 1897 December 1
This collection contains one broadside, a notice by S.A. Henry, Pope County Sheriff and Collector, giving his schedule for collecting taxes.
Submissions from 1890
Galley Creek Baptist Church of Christ minutes, 1860-1890
This collection contains minutes from the Galley Creek Baptist Church of Christ in Pope County, Arkansas from 1860-1977 as well as a list of subscribers to rebuilt the parsonage.
Submissions from 1888
Pope County (Ark.) collector's notice, 1888 December 19
This collection contains a collector's notice from J.R. Young, Collector, Pope County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1883
Pope County (Ark.) notice to tax payers, 1883
This collection consists of a notice to tax payers from J.W. Quinn, sheriff and ex-officio collector for Pope County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1880
Map of Pope County, Arkansas, showing railroad lands
Submissions from 1876
Pope County (Ark.) school records, 1868-1876
This collection contains the record book of Pope County's Allen Township School District Number 3 from 1868 through 1878 and a transcription of the record book.
Submissions from 1873
Scott and Howell promissory notes, 1872-1873
This collection contains promissory notes for James W. Price and T.M. Vangardt with Scott and Howell.
Books from 1868
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Pope County
Images from 1867
Pope County Maimed Soldiers list
Submissions from 1866
Pope County Militia requisition, 1866
This collection contains a requisition for ordnance and ordnance stores, for a company of Pope County Militia under Captain James F. Clear.
Submissions from 1861
Methodist Episcopal Church South (Pope County, Ark.) deed, 1861
This collection contains a deed for land purchased by the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Pope County, Arkansas.
Books from 1839
Books from 1830
1830 June 18: Andrew Scott, Pope County, to Governor John Pope, Report of Cherokee Indians
Submissions from 1824
This letter was written by Andrew Scott to his wife, Eliza, a few days before he fought and killed Joseph Selden in a duel. Scott wrote the letter to be read upon his death, in the event he did not survive the duel.
