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Chicot County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- October 25, 1823
- Seat
- Lake Village
- Largest city
- Dermott
- Sheriff
- Ronald Nichols
- Total
- 691 sq mi (1,790 km )
- Land
- 644 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Water
- 47 sq mi (120 km ) 6.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,107
- Density
- 15.9/sq mi (6.12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .arcounties .org /counties /chicot /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lake Chicot
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Contains
- Lake Village
- Capital
- Lake Village
- Population
- 10208
- Area
- 1789
- Shares border with
- Desha County
- Official website
- chicotcounty.arkansas.gov/index
- Image
- Chicot County Courthouse 001.jpg
- Households
- 4052
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- topic's main category
- Category:Chicot County, Arkansas
- Commons category
- Chicot County, Arkansas
- inception
- 1823-10-25
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chicot County, Arkansas
- water as percent of area
- 6.7
- native label
- Chicot County
- per capita income
- 21418
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Encyclopedic overview
Chicot County (/ˈʃiːkoʊ/ SHEE-koh) is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,208. The county seat is Lake Village. Chicot County is Arkansas's 10th county, formed on October 25, 1823, and named after Point Chicot on the Mississippi River. It is part of the Arkansas Delta, lowlands along the river that have been historically important as an area for large-scale cotton cultivation. Landmarks around the county include Lake Chicot, Arkansas, North America's largest oxbow lake and Arkansas's largest natural lake; the site of Charles Lindbergh's first night-time flight; and the legendary burial site of Hernando De Soto, near Lake Village.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chicot County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.