Lewisville in Lafayette County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

Lafayette County Court House

Lafayette County Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 15, 2021

1. Lafayette County Marker

Inscription. The first court house in Lafayette County erected in 1828, was built of logs on Chickaninny Prairie. In 1840 a new town site for the county seat was laid off at the place to which was given the name of Lewisville.

Erected 1936 by Arkansas Centennial Commission and Arkansas History Commission. (Marker Number C-18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Political Subdivisions. In addition, it is included in the Arkansas Centennial Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1828.

Location. 33° 21.441′ N, 93° 34.651′ W. Marker is in Lewisville, Arkansas, in Lafayette County. It is at the intersection of East 3rd Street and Spruce Street, on the left when traveling east on East 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 114 E 3rd St, Lewisville AR 71845, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Gulf Coastal Plain.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In Memory of Confederate Soldiers of Lafayette County (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lafayette County Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away); Old Lafayette County Jail (approx. 0.7 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Pioneering Legislators (was approx. 4.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, March 15, 2021

2. Lafayette County Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 4, 2021. This page has been viewed 601 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 4, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.