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COUNTY HISTORY
Columbia County Arkansas Genealogy Trails 1872 COUNTY DESCRIPTION POST OFFICES--PAST AND PRESENT  1872 COUNTY DESCRIPTION Contributed by Candi Horton COLUMBIA
lies in the extreme southern portion of the State; population, 11,397.
Magnolia is the county site. Timber, holly, beech, pine and oak; land level, with some ridges; soil rich, producing fine crops of cotton. The Shreveport, Little Rock and Memphis railroad will run through this county. Source:
Henry, James P.; Resources of the state of Arkansas,: with description
of counties, railroads, mines, and the city of Little Rock;.
Little Rock, Ark.: Price & McClure, 1872. POST OFFICES--PAST AND PRESENT A & M College Rur. Sta. (DPO) Ark (1851-1853) Atlanta (1870/1954) Bear Creek (1852-1855) Big Hickory (1892-1907) Box (1890-1890) Brister (1877/1918) Bussey (1910-1952) Calhoun (1849/1904) Carolina (1860-1861) Chalybeate Springs (1860-1860) Colleue Hill (1873-1912) Cotton Belt (1889-1896) Cypress Fork (1878-1905) Davis (1883-1884) Dempsey (1887-1891) Desoto (1902-1904) Dickson (1900-1904) Dorcheate (1851/1875) Eden (1872-1892) Emerson (1899-Date) Experiment (1907/1928) Hicksville (1858-1867) Hobson's Store (1859-1859) Horsehead (1884-1906) Keifer (1904-1906) Kerlin (1903/1933) Lamartine (1851/1884) Larnesville (1856-1857) Laughlin (1891-1905) Leakes Store (1848/1867) Liddesdale (1853/1884) Lumber (1891/1906) Macedonia (1888-1903) Magnesia (1898/1903) Magnolia (1854-Date) Marr (1892-1895) Marysville (1860-1866) McLure (1899-1901) McNeil (1883-Date) Millville (1852-1856) Milner (1886/1928) Mohawk (1910-1913) Moulton (1884-1905) Nalls (1880-1888) Noxube (1897-1904) Oak Grove (1852-1853) Palestine (1856/1870) Payne (1883-1884) Pickler (1884-1898) Plainfield (1884/1905) Sharkman (1879/1906) Smithland (1860/1879) Snipe (1893-1904) Southern State College Rur. Sta. (1951-1953) Spotville (1888-1907) Springfield (1853-Date) State Line (1870-1890) Sulphur Springs (1855-1866) Taylor (1897-Date) Troy (1887-1890) Unity (1888-1889) Village (1888-2002) Village Creek (1860-1866) Waldo (1884-Date) Walker's (1869-1872) Ware (1885-1907) Welcome (1886/1911) Wharton (1885-1886) Wise (1890/1907) Source: Used with permission from Jim Forte at http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp |