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1850 United States Federal Census

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This database contains images of original records.

Sample Forms
Download blank Census forms
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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The examples should help you read the text on the original images more easily.

Please choose a county in Arkansas:

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

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.