Scott County was founded in 1833 from parts of Crawford and Pope counties. It was named for Andrew Scott, a judge and delegate to the 1836 Arkansas Constitutional Convention. Waldron serves as the county seat.
A list of the Scott 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 “Scott 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 2021
Margaret Torbett Civil War reminiscences, undated
This collection contains the Civil War reminiscences of Margaret Torbett, "An Incident of the Civil War."
Submissions from 2020
Edwards-Stinson Family, Scott County
Plat of Fraction al Township 3 N., Range 32 W., located in Scott County
Poteau Baptist Church Records, Scott County, Arkansas
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2003
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Scott County
Submissions from 1982
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Scott County
Submissions from 1973
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Scott County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Scott County
Submissions from 1961
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Scott County
Submissions from 1950
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Scott County
Images from 1930
Scott County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1925
Map of boundary changes of Scott County, Arkansas
Submissions from 1923
George Scott family Bible, 1914-1923
This Bible belonged to the George Scott family of Saline County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1911
McCammack (or McCormack), William (A) Elexander
Submissions from 1892
Mill Creek Mining District records, 1884-1892
This collection contains organizational records of the Mill Creek Mining District in Scott County, Arkansas, in 1892.
Scott County (Ark.) list of jurors, 1892
This collection contains one broadside, a list of jurors, Scott County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1885
Waldron Dramatic Club charter, 1885
This collection contains an agreement to form the Waldron Dramatic Club in Scott County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1884
Submissions from 1883
This collection contains notes written by members of the Ku Klux Klan to or about two black men, Joshua Aynes and W.H. Johnson, from Scott County, Arkansas. Aynes and Johnson were threatened with violence or death if they did not leave the area.
Books from 1874
Submissions from 1868
Forester-Featherston deed, 1868
This deed from 1868 is for land in Scott County, Arkansas.
Update to the Register of Legal Voters of Scott County
Books from 1867
Register of the Legal Voters of Pulaski County
