Friday, March 13, 2009

Dual County Seats

Blytheville, AR  ( built 1919)


Osceola, AR  built (1912)

Upon moving to Mississippi County, AR , I soon learned the county had two county seats and two courthouses.  I thought this was strange, and when I mentioned it, I was told Mississippi county was the largest county in Arkansas, and two were required.  In the early 1900 hundreds roads were poor and travel was difficult.  Since then I have learned that nine other counties share dual county seats.  
I'm still curious.  

2 comments:

Patsy said...

That is very interesting. I remember the Blytheville
Court House as a child.
And thanks for the info on Dell.
Patsy

Winifred said...

Now the roads are easier for travelling wonder why they still need two.

Nice photos.

 

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