Hempstead County is a county located in the U.S. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,609.[1] The county seat is Hope.[2] Hempstead County is Arkansas's fourth county, formed on December 15, 1818, alongside Clark and Pulaski counties. The county is named for Edward Hempstead,[3] a delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Missouri Territory, which included present-day Arkansas at the time. It
is an alcohol prohibition or dry county. Historic Washington State Park is located in Hempstead County some nine miles northwest of Hope in the historic village of Washington, Arkansas. The state park opened in 1973 as "Old Washington Historic State Park", but the "Old" was dropped from the name in 2006. The park offers walking tours of the historic village, which contains more than a dozen historic structures from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Major highways[edit]
I-30 (AR). U.S. Highway 67
U.S. Highway 278
U.S. Highway 371
Highway 27
Highway 29
Highway 32
Adjacent counties
Pike County (north)
Nevada County (east)
Lafayette County (south)
Miller County (southwest)
Little River County (west)
Howard County (northwest)
Cities
Blevins
Hope
Washington
Towns
Fulton
McNab
McCaskill
Oakhaven
Ozan
Patmos
Perrytown
Unincorporated communities
Clow
Spring Hill
Townships
Bodcaw (Patmos)
Bois d'Arc (Fulton, McNab)
De Roan (Hope, Perrytown)
Garland
Mine Creek (part of Ozan)
Noland (small part of Emmet)
Ozan (Oakhaven, Washington, most of Ozan)
Redland (McCaskill)
Saline
Spring Hill
Wallaceburg (Blevins)
Water Creek
