COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1867
COUNTY NAMED FOR:
The stream named Little River.
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Founded
as a small farming community, Ashdown was initially known as Turkey
Flats and later Keller before being renamed by Judge Lawrence Alexander
Byrne. Following his Keller mill being "burned down to ashes,"
Byrne vowed to rebuild. The town was incorporated on June 11, 1892
as Ashdown.
STANDING: 1907
Courthouse made of brick.
LOCATION: 351 N 2nd St, Ashdown, AR 71822 |