List of Arkansas townships

This list of Arkansas Townships is based on the U. S. Census (2020) list of places in Arkansas. There are also former townships that have been combined with others or absorbed by urban expansion.

CategoryLower-level administrative division

LocationArkansas

CreatedbyLand Ordinance of 1785

Created

• May 20, 1785

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Arkansas townships
Map of the 1,270 townships in Arkansas
Category	Lower-level administrative division
Location	Arkansas
Created by	Land Ordinance of 1785
Created	May 20, 1785
Number	1,270
Populations	0 (Cobb Township)[1] (Brown Township)[2] – 228,376 (Big Rock township)[3]
Areas	0.96 square miles (2.5 km2) (Tollette Township) – 833 square miles (2,160 km2) (Caddo Township)
Government	Township government

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Arkansas counties are divided into townships. Each township includes unincorporated space and some may have one or more incorporated towns or cities. Incorporated municipalities can and often do straddle township (and sometimes even county) lines.

Townships in Arkansas have very limited functions. They are used as electoral districts for a Constable.^[4] Most counties have now designated districts for these offices, which may ignore township boundaries. Nevertheless, the names are of considerable use to genealogists and historians because the United States Census is enumerated by township. This allows researchers to see the numbers of people in a specific section of a county based on the US Census.