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The Little River County Courthouse is a courthouse at Main and 2nd Streets in
Ashdown, Arkansas Ashdown (formerly Turkey Flats and Keller) is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. The community was incorporated in 1892 and has been the county seat since 1906. Located within the Arkansas Timberlands between the Little R ...
, United States, the
county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...
of Little River County. Built in 1907, it is a roughly square red brick structure with Classical Revival styling and a dome rising from the center of its hipped roof. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1976.


History

Little River County was cut from Sevier County and established in 1867. The county seat was established in Alleene in 1867 and was moved to
Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...
in 1880. The courthouse burned in 1882 and citizens of Richmond rebuilt the courthouse for free in hopes of keeping county administration in town, where it remained until moving to Rocky Comfort in 1902. Another election moved the courthouse to Ashdown in 1906 and the present structure was built the following year.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Little River County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Little River County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Little River C ...


References

{{National Register of Historic Places Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1907 County courthouses in Arkansas Buildings and structures in Little River County, Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Little River County, Arkansas