Arkansas County has the largest land area of any county in Arkansas.  

It was also the first county formed in the state. 

Stuttgart, one of the two county seats, was settled in 1878 by a

German Lutheran congregation headed by Rev. Adam Buerkle.  Stuttgart

was named in honor of Buerkle's birthplace in Germany.

DeWitt, incorporated in 1876, is one of the two seats of Arkansas

County. DeWitt is located in the center of Arkansas’s rice industry and is

a minor center of rice milling and processing. The town got its start as a

compromise and its name out of a hat.

To read more about Arkansas County history click on the state map.