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Van Buren County, Arkansas
Map
Location in the state of Arkansas
Location of Arkansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 11, 1833
County Seat	Clinton
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Van Buren County Courthouse
Main & Briggs;
Clinton, AR 72031
Phone: 501.745.4140

County Clerk has marriage, court and land records from 1859,
divorce records from 1874 and probate records from 1860^[1]

History

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The county is named after President Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) who was serving as United States Vice President at the time of the county's formation.^[2]

Parent County

• 1833--Van Buren County was created 11 November 1833 from Independence, Conway, and Izard  Counties.

County seat: Clinton ^[3]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Van Buren County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cleburne
• Conway
• Faulkner
• Pope
• Searcy
• Stone

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

•      Men from this county served in the 31th Regiment, Arkansas Confederate Infantry, Companies B, D, and F .*
  

     ^{*Bass, Ronald R. History of the Thirty-first Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, 1996) p. 12}

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Van Buren County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 71.
2. ↑ "Martin Van Buren," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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