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WELCOME TO SEBASTIAN COUNTY, ARKANSAS
Sebastian County is named for United States Senator and Judge William K. Sebastian. The county has two county seats. One is at Fort Smith and the other is at Greenwood. The county is in the west central part of the state and is in the Arkansas River Valley. It was created by a legislative act on January 6, 1851 from Crawford, Scott and Polk counties. It is home to the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, which was established in 1928. The Fort Smith National Historic site encompasses the remains of the first Fort Smith (1817-1824), which was established to keep peace between the settlers and the Cherokee arriving from relocation from the Appalachian Mountain regions to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. THIS COUNTY NEEDS A HOST! If you love history and genealogy and you want to be a part of Arkansas Genealogy Trails, you can volunteer by contacting Kim after reading our volunteer page. We are in need of State and County Coordinators. The information on this site is for the free personal use of researchers, but please do not take the information and put it on other websites. The placement of information on this site is copyrighted to Arkansas Genealogy Trails and the host of each county. Each individual contributor retains the rights to their contributions. We regret that we are unable to do personal research for individuals. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists. INDEX If you
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