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Established 1862

Woodruff County is Arkansas's 54th county, formed on November 26, 1862. Woodruff County got the name from William E. Woodruff, Founder of the state's first newspaper, the Arkansas Gazette. The county seat is currently located in Augusta.

Woodruff County Courthouse Placard.Woodruff County Courthouse.

Woodruff County is located in the Arkansas Delta in North-central Arkansas. In the 2017 census, the population was 6,571. There are five incorporated cities within Woodruff County. The county seat is in Augusta, which is the largest city. Cotton Plant, Hunter, McCrory, and Patterson are the other incorporated areas. Gregory, Morton, Pumpkin Bend, Howell, and Hilleman are some of the other communities in the county.

Woodruff County Arkansas Memorial Wall.A train truss.

The Union Pacific Railroad crosses the county in an east-west corridor in the northern part of the county and also in a north-south corridor across the southeast corner of the county. U.S. Highway 64 is a major east-west corridor for automobile traffic while U.S. Highway 49 on the east side of the county provides easy north-south travel. Woodruff County is only 22 miles north U.S. Interstate 40, a major national east-west corridor and only 50 miles west of U.S. Interstate 55, a major national north-south corridor. The county is halfway between Little Rock and Memphis and about an hour's drive south of Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Our county is blessed with great natural resources, including rich agriculture land and abundant water. Three rivers provide many recreational opportunities and help replenish our underground water supplies. The White River runs along the western boundary, the Cache River runs through the middle of the county and Bayou DeView is in the eastern part of the county. These natural resources, along with abundant public hunting lands and wooded areas, draw hundreds of visitors to our county annually.

Source: Wild & Wonderful Woodruff County Magazine- Miranda Reynolds

Sheriff E.T. Ramsey (seated) and Deputy Blalock in 1942 in the Sheriff’s office.Courthouse full of people from a 1941 murder trial that ended in an execution.Woodruff County Courthouse during winter with snow.

Schools

County Library System

  • Augusta Location:
    ​201 Mulberry Street
    Augusta, AR 72006
    Phone: 870.347.5331
    Fax: 870.347.8808
    Hours:
    Monday 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
    Tuesday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • McCrory Location:
    ​115 North Edmonds Ave
    McCrory, AR 72101
    Phone: 870.731.0150
    Fax: 870.731.0116
    Hours:
    Monday-Thursday 12:30 pm-5:00 pm