Lincoln County, Arkansas
Lincoln County · Star City, Arkansas, is the seat · Cummins and Varner are ADC · Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas
Star City is the hall. Cummins is ADC. Varner is ADC. Little Rock is the capital.
Lincoln County, Arkansas, was erected 28 March 1871 from Arkansas, Bradley, Desha, Drew, and Jefferson and named for Abraham Lincoln. Star City is the seat. It is not the capital of Arkansas. Little Rock is. Gould and Grady are cities in this county — they are not the hall. Cummins Unit and Varner Unit sit in this county near Grady. They are Arkansas Department of Corrections. They are not the county hall. They are not this Sheriff. This is not Lincoln, Nebraska. Not Lincoln County, other states. Not Pulaski County. Bayou Bartholomew cuts the map — timber and poultry west, rice and cotton east.
Places include Star City, Gould, and Grady. 2020 census: 12,941 — that count includes people housed at Cummins and Varner. They are not this Sheriff’s jail count. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — Bayou Bartholomew remainder patrol and a small males-only house this badge still holds — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Lincoln County.
Nine Justices. Judge at 300 South Drew Room 100. They fund. They do not hire the Sheriff.
Lincoln is a County Judge plus a nine-member Quorum Court. The Judge lists at 300 South Drew Street, Room 100, Star City, AR 71667. They fund roads, the detention house, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. Star City Council is a city body. ADC does not sit as this Quorum Court. The Arkansas General Assembly sits in Little Rock.
The courthouse lists at 300 South Drew Street — 1943 Art Deco, National Register. Confirm at arcounties.org. Pine Bluff is Jefferson. DeWitt and Stuttgart are Arkansas County. Arkansas City is Desha. Monticello is Drew. Rison is Cleveland.
The Sheriff is four years, Article 7, § 46 / 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.
Bayou Bartholomew, Highway 11, two ADC units. This is not Nebraska. This is not Pulaski.
Southeast Arkansas. Rolling hills west, Delta east. Bayou Bartholomew divides the map. Highway 11, U.S. 425, and U.S. 65 are the spines. Jefferson is north — Pine Bluff is that hall. Arkansas County is northeast — DeWitt and Stuttgart are that hall. Desha is east — Arkansas City is that hall; Dumas is not that hall. Drew is south — Monticello is that hall. Cleveland is west — Rison is that hall. Staff who paste a prison-complex photograph onto Drew Street as this hall, or treat Nebraska as this oval, or file Pine Bluff as this seat, are on the wrong county.
How a Lincoln public finds 300 South Drew — and not Cummins
Courthouse / County Judge / County Clerk / Circuit Clerk: 300 South Drew Street, Star City, AR 71667. Judge (870) 628-4147. Sheriff: AAC 300 South Drew · ASA 30270 State Highway 11 South · (870) 628-4271. Confirm the live Sheriff door before you drive. A student who only knows a Cummins photograph, or a Nebraska postcard, has not found this campus.
This Sheriff still holds a small male house. Cummins does not. Varner does not.
Crime in unincorporated Lincoln — Gould remainder, Grady remainder, Cane Creek country — is this Sheriff. Crime in Star City is often Star City Police. This Sheriff is not that badge. ASA lists a males-only house, capacity 22. Confirm the live street and live female housing. Cummins is ADC. Varner is ADC. They are not this jail. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Cummins, to Varner, to Lincoln, Nebraska, or to Little Rock.
Civil process and court security at 300 South Drew are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at a prison gate. Remedy for Star City Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when Bayou Bartholomew floods is this count first. A question about a state inmate is ADC.
What southeast Arkansas actually watches from Star City
Court calendars at 300 South Drew. A wreck on Highway 11. High water on Bayou Bartholomew. A night road outside Gould. Coordination with Star City Police and ASP without becoming those departments. Coordination with Jefferson’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger, and not a reason to file Pine Bluff as this hall. A prison-complex photograph does not steal the seat. Little Rock remains the capital. Star City remains the hall. Cummins remains ADC.
Star City snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Star City · Capital (not this seat): Little Rock
- Government: County Judge + nine Justices of the Peace · court 300 South Drew · ASA Sheriff 30270 Highway 11 South (confirm live)
- Sheriff: four years · 2026 · remainder patrol and a males-only house this Sheriff still holds · ASA 22 · Cummins / Varner are ADC
- Neighbors: Jefferson · Arkansas County · Desha · Drew · Cleveland
- Not Lincoln, Nebraska · Not Pulaski · Not a prison-complex postcard as this hall
What Star City is not — not Cummins as this hall, not Nebraska, not the capital
- Not Little Rock as this seat. Little Rock is the capital. Star City is the seat.
- Not Cummins Unit as the county hall. Not Varner Unit. Not ADC as this county jailer.
- Not Lincoln, Nebraska. Not Pulaski. Not Pine Bluff as this hall.
- Not Gould as the hall. Not Grady as the hall. Not Monticello. Not Arkansas City.
- Not Star City PD as this Sheriff. Not ASP as this oval.
- Not a campaign flyer.