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1880 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Arkansas:

Arkansas Grant Ouachita
Ashley Greene Perry
Baxter Hempstead Phillips
Benton Hot Spring Pike
Boone Howard Poinsett
Bradley Independence Polk
Calhoun Izard Pope
Carroll Jackson Prairie
Chicot Jefferson Pulaski
Clark Johnson Randolph
Clay La Fayette Saint Francis
Columbia Lawrence Saline
Conway Lee Scott
Craighead Lincoln Searcy
Crawford Little River Sebastian
Crittenden Logan Sevier
Cross Lonoke Sharp
Dallas Madison Stone
Desha Marion Union
Dorsey Miller Van Buren
Drew Mississippi Washington
Faulkner Monroe White
Franklin Montgomery Woodruff
Fulton Nevada Yell
Garland Newton

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.