Monroe County, Arkansas
Monroe County · Clarendon is the seat · Brinkley is larger and is not the hall · Monroe County, Alabama is Monroeville · Little Rock is the capital of Arkansas
Clarendon is the hall. Brinkley is larger. This is not Monroeville, Alabama.
Monroe County, Arkansas, was erected 2 November 1829 from Arkansas and Phillips and named for James Monroe. Lawrenceville was the first seat; the hall moved to Clarendon in 1857 and has stayed. Clarendon is the seat. It is not the capital of Arkansas. Little Rock is. Brinkley is the large city on this map — it is not the hall. Holly Grove and Roe are towns in this county — they are not the hall. This is not Monroe County, Alabama. Monroeville is that hall — already unique. This is not Monroe County, Florida (the Keys). This is not Monroe, Louisiana. I-40 at Brinkley is a highway, not 123 Madison.
Places include Clarendon, Brinkley, Holly Grove, and Roe. 2020 census: 6,799. This page is Side One for the place. The Sheriff’s job — remainder patrol and a house this badge still holds on South Main — is taught at Office of the Sheriff — Monroe County.
Nine Justices at 123 Madison. They fund. They do not hire the Sheriff.
Monroe is a County Judge plus a nine-member Quorum Court. They fund roads, South Main detention, and the Sheriff’s budget. They do not hire the Sheriff. The people do. Clarendon City Council is a city body. Brinkley City Council is a city body. The Alabama Legislature sits in Montgomery. The Arkansas General Assembly sits in Little Rock. None of those is this Quorum Court.
The courthouse lists at 123 Madison Street — 1911 Italian Renaissance Revival (Charles L. Thompson), clock tower, National Register 1976, 1st Circuit. County Clerk and Circuit Clerk are separate desks in that hall. Confirm live doors before you drive; the Sheriff’s site is the thickest official door at monroecountysheriffar.com. Monroeville is Alabama. Key West is Florida. Little Rock is Pulaski.
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.
White River, Cache River, I-40 at Brinkley. Little Rock is the capital.
East-central Arkansas Delta. The White River and the Cache River sit on this map. I-40 crosses the north at Brinkley — that highway is not this hall. U.S. 79 is a through road. Arkansas County is south — DeWitt / Stuttgart are those halls. Prairie is west. Woodruff is north. St. Francis is northeast. Lee is east — Marianna is that hall. Phillips is southeast. Staff who paste Monroeville onto Madison, or treat Brinkley as this oval, or file the Florida Keys as this seat, or file Little Rock as this hall, are on the wrong county.
How a Clarendon public finds Madison Street and South Main
Courthouse / County Clerk / Circuit Clerk: 123 Madison Street, Clarendon, AR 72029. Sheriff HQ / Detention: 200 South Main Street, Clarendon, AR 72029 — (870) 747-3811. Confirm live doors at monroecountysheriffar.com before you drive. A student who only knows an I-40 interchange photograph, or a Monroeville postcard, or a Florida Keys marina, has not found this campus.
South Main still jails. Brinkley PD does not. Monroeville does not.
Crime in unincorporated Monroe — Brinkley remainder, Holly Grove remainder, Roe country — is this Sheriff. Crime in Clarendon is often Clarendon Police. Crime in Brinkley is often Brinkley Police. This Sheriff is not those badges. ASA lists a 34-bed house; Sheriff pages print a 40-bed male house finished 1988 at 200 South Main. Confirm live female housing before you travel. That house is this badge’s shop. It is not ADC. Do not send a family looking for a county booking to Brinkley, to Monroeville, or to the Florida Keys.
Civil process and court security at 123 Madison are the Sheriff. Rights do not change at an I-40 interchange. Remedy for Brinkley Police is the City. Remedy for a Sheriff’s paper is the Sheriff. Relief when the White River rises is this count first.
What this White River Delta county actually watches from Clarendon
Court calendars at 123 Madison. A wreck on I-40 at Brinkley. High water on the White River or the Cache. A night road toward Holly Grove. Coordination with Clarendon Police, Brinkley, and ASP without becoming those departments. Coordination with Arkansas County’s Sheriff or Lee’s Sheriff is mutual aid between two offices, not a merger, and not a reason to file DeWitt or Marianna as this hall. An I-40 photograph does not steal the seat. Little Rock remains the capital. Clarendon remains the hall.
Clarendon snapshot (verify official sources)
- Seat: Clarendon · Large city (not this hall): Brinkley · Capital (not this seat): Little Rock
- Government: County Judge + nine Justices of the Peace · court 123 Madison · combined Treasurer-Collector · separate County Clerk and Circuit Clerk
- Sheriff: four years · 2026 · remainder patrol and a house this Sheriff still holds · HQ/jail 200 South Main
- Neighbors: Arkansas · Prairie · Woodruff · St. Francis · Lee · Phillips
- Not Monroeville, Alabama · Not the Florida Keys · Not Brinkley as this hall
What Clarendon is not — not Monroeville, not the Florida Keys
- Not Little Rock as this seat. Little Rock is the capital. Clarendon is the seat.
- Not Monroe County, Alabama. Not Monroeville. Not Monroe County, Florida.
- Not Brinkley as the county hall. Not I-40 as this oval.
- Not Clarendon PD as this Sheriff. Not Brinkley PD as this oval. Not ASP as this oval.
- Not a campaign flyer.