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1870 United States Federal Census

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Sample Forms
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You can fill out the form with information on your ancestor, or just use it to better read the column headings.

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Please choose a county in Arkansas:

Arkansas Greene Poinsett
Ashley Hempstead Polk
Benton Hot Spring Pope
Boone Independence Prairie
Bradley Izard Pulaski
Calhoun Jackson Randolph
Carroll Jefferson Saline
Chicot Johnson Scott
Clark Lafayette Searcy
Columbia Lawrence Sebastian
Conway Little River Sevier
Craighead Madison Sharp
Crawford Marion St Francis
Crittenden Mississippi Union
Cross Monroe Van Buren
Dallas Montgomery Washington
Desha Newton White
Drew Ouachita Woodruff
Franklin Perry Yell
Fulton Phillips
Grant Pike

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.