White County was founded in 1835 from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties. It was named for Tennessee senator and presidential candidate Hugh Lawson White. Searcy serves as the county seat.
A list of the White 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 “White 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
African American History: White County
Center Baptist Church Minutes, White County, Arkansas
Churches: Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church, White County
Churches: Indian Creek Christian Church, White County
Churches: Providence Baptist Church, White County
Churches: Smyrna Methodist Church, White County
Churches: Stevens Creek Baptism, White County
County school supervisors annual reports: White county, 1940-1941
Critz-Wells Family, White County
Early Arkansas tax records [White County]
Gum Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records, White County, Arkansas
Heard - White Family: White County
Index to Map Sheets, White County, Arkansas. 1 print, undated
Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church Records, White County, Arkansas
Sara E. Whitworth: White County
White County Missionary Baptist Association Minutes
White - Looper Family: White County
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2007
The Lost Black History of White County, Arkansas, 2000-2007
The collection contains manuscript writings, digital photographs, oral history interviews and research related to the African American history of White County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1991
General Highway Map White County. 1 print, 1991
Submissions from 1981
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1974
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1967
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1963
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1961
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1959
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1953
Submissions from 1952
Submissions from 1949
A strawberry pickers' camp near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
People working in a roadside strawberry stand near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Roadside stand by a strawberry field near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Roadside stand by a strawberry field near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Strawberry pickers on a truck near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Strawberry trucks at the railway loading platform near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Workers transplanting strawberries in a field near Bald Knob, White County, Arkansas
Submissions from 1948
Harty Curtis Brimmage papers, 1918-1948
This collection contains teachers licenses, justice of the peace certificates, and other items related to the career of Harty C. Brimmage of White County, Arkansas between 1918 and 1948.
Submissions from 1947
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, White County
Submissions from 1943
Hammons Chapel Methodist Church register, 1876-1943
This collection contains a church register from Hammons Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South, White River Conference, White County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1942
Thomas-Jones family papers, 1868-1942
This collection consists of deed and tax records, cards, and legal documents of the Jones and Thomas families of White County, Arkansas.
Submissions from 1941
A woman picking strawberries in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas
A woman picking strawberries in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas
Strawberry pickers in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas
Strawberry pickers in a field near McRae, White County, Arkansas
Submissions from 1937
Submissions from 1936
Submissions from 1935
Submissions from 1933
Submissions from 1932
Submissions from 1931
Images from 1930
White County townships map, 1930
Submissions from 1927
Submissions from 1925
Submissions from 1923
Submissions from 1922
Submissions from 1921
Submissions from 1920
Submissions from 1919
Submissions from 1918
Submissions from 1917
White County (Ark.) assessor's notice, 1917 April 30
This collection contains one assessor's notice from White County, Arkansas.