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1860 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 Hempstead Pike
Ashley Hot Spring Poinsett
Benton Independence Polk
Bradley Indian Lands Pope
Calhoun Izard Prairie
Carroll Jackson Pulaski
Chicot Jefferson Randolph
Clark Johnson Saline
Columbia Lafayette Scott
Conway Lawrence Searcy
Craighead Madison Sebastian
Crawford Marion Sevier
Crittenden Mississippi St Francis
Dallas Monroe Union
Desha Montgomery Van Buren
Drew Newton Washington
Franklin Ouachita White
Fulton Perry Yell
Greene Phillips

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.