Arkansas County, Arkansas
Arkansas County · a county named Arkansas · two districts · DeWitt is the southern hall · Stuttgart is the northern hall · Little Rock is the capital
Two halls: DeWitt south, Stuttgart north. This is a county named Arkansas — not the State.
Arkansas County, Arkansas, was erected 13 December 1813 — the first of the present seventy-five counties. The name is the county. It is not the State of Arkansas. Little Rock is the capital. Little Rock sits in Pulaski County. Pulaski is later. This county has two districts and two courthouses. DeWitt is the southern district seat. Stuttgart is the northern district seat. Both are county seats. Stuttgart is the large city. Stuttgart is not the only hall. The Sheriff’s headquarters and the county jail list at 1000 Ricebelt Avenue in DeWitt. The northern Sheriff door lists at 312 South College Street in Stuttgart. Arkansas Post National Memorial at Gillett is National Park Service land. It was a territorial capital. It is not this county hall. Little Rock is the capital now. This is not Pulaski. This is not the Governor’s office. Humphrey straddles a line — confirm which county before you file.
Places include DeWitt, Stuttgart, Gillett, St. Charles, Almyra, and the Grand Prairie remainder. 2020 census: 17,149. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — two-district remainder patrol and the jail at 1000 Ricebelt Avenue this badge still holds — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Arkansas County.
Nine Justices at the Quorum Court. They fund. They do not hire the Sheriff.
Arkansas County is a County Judge plus a nine-member Quorum Court of Justices of the Peace. Amendment 55 made the Judge the executive and the Quorum Court the legislature. They meet in DeWitt — a December 2025 session sat at the DeWitt Courthouse Annex. They fund roads, the detention house, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. DeWitt City Council is a city body. Stuttgart City Council is a city body. The Arkansas General Assembly sits in Little Rock. None of those is this Quorum Court.
The southern courthouse is 101 Court Square, DeWitt, AR 72042. The northern courthouse is 312 South College Street, Stuttgart, AR 72160. District Court also lists 120 Court Square, DeWitt and 304 South Maple Street, Stuttgart. Confirm at the Association of Arkansas Counties — Arkansas and arcourts.gov. Pine Bluff is Jefferson. Stuttgart PD is a city badge.
The Sheriff is four years, Arkansas Constitution Article 7, § 46 as amended by Amendment 95, on the gubernatorial table. Last regular Tuesday, 8 November 2022. Next regular Tuesday, 3 November 2026. Preferential primary Tuesday, 3 March 2026 (already sat). Take office 1 January 2027 (A.C.A. § 21-1-102). The Governor is 2026. That is a different desk in Little Rock. Justices of the Peace are two years — a different desk.
White River east, Arkansas River south. Little Rock is the capital and it is not here.
Grand Prairie rice and duck country. The White River is the eastern line. The Arkansas River and Lock and Dam No. 2 sit on the southern edge. U.S. 165 and U.S. 79 are through roads. Prairie County is north. Monroe is northeast. Phillips is east. Desha is south. Lincoln is southwest. Jefferson is west — Pine Bluff is that hall. Staff who paste the State Capitol onto Court Square, or treat Stuttgart as the whole State, or file Little Rock as this seat, are on the wrong county.
How a public finds Ricebelt, Court Square, and College Street
Southern courthouse / County Clerk mailing: 101 Court Square, DeWitt. Northern courthouse: 312 South College Street, Stuttgart. Sheriff headquarters and county jail: 1000 Ricebelt Avenue, DeWitt, AR 72042 — office (870) 659-2060, jail listing (870) 659-2064. Northern Sheriff door: 312 South College Street, Stuttgart — (870) 659-2066. Confirm live doors at arcosheriff.org and arcounties.org/counties/arkansas before you drive. A student who only knows a Little Rock photograph, or treats Arkansas Post as this hall, has not found this campus.
Ricebelt still jails. Stuttgart PD does not. Cummins is Lincoln.
Crime in unincorporated Arkansas County — Almyra country, St. Charles remainder, the Grand Prairie outside the two cities — is this Sheriff. Crime in DeWitt is often DeWitt Police. Crime in Stuttgart is often Stuttgart Police. This Sheriff is not those badges. The Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association and the county Sheriff site list the adult detention house at 1000 Ricebelt Avenue, DeWitt. That house is this badge’s shop. A juvenile listing at 1010 Ricebelt Avenue sits next door — confirm the live juvenile door before you drive. Cummins Unit and Varner Unit are Arkansas Division of Correction in Lincoln County. They are not this jail. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Cummins, to Little Rock, or to Stuttgart City Hall as this jailer.
Civil process and court security at 101 Court Square and 312 South College are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at a rice-bin parking lot. Remedy for Stuttgart Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when the White River leaves the banks is this count first.
What this dual-seat Delta actually watches
Court calendars on two squares. A wreck on U.S. 165. High water on the White. A night road outside Almyra. Coordination with DeWitt Police, Stuttgart Police, and Arkansas State Police without becoming those departments. Coordination with Jefferson’s Sheriff or Desha’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger, and not a reason to file Pine Bluff as this hall. A Little Rock photograph does not steal the seat. Little Rock remains the capital. This remains a county named Arkansas.
Dual-seat snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seats: DeWitt (southern district) · Stuttgart (northern district) · Large city (not the only hall): Stuttgart
- Government: County Judge + nine Justices of the Peace · court 101 Court Square and 312 South College
- Sheriff: four years · 2026 · remainder patrol and jail this Sheriff still holds · jail 1000 Ricebelt Avenue, DeWitt
- Neighbors: Prairie · Monroe · Phillips · Desha · Lincoln · Jefferson
- Not the State of Arkansas · Not Little Rock as this seat · Not Pulaski · Not Stuttgart PD as this oval
What Arkansas County is not — not the State
- Not the State of Arkansas. Not the Governor. Not the Capitol.
- Not Little Rock as this seat. Not Pulaski. Pulaski is later.
- Not Arkansas Post as this county hall. That memorial is NPS. Little Rock is the capital now.
- Not Stuttgart Police as this Sheriff. Not DeWitt Police as this oval. Not ASP as this oval.
- Not Cummins. Not Varner. Those are ADC in Lincoln.
- Not a campaign flyer.