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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- County
- White
- Mayor
- Mat Faulkner
- Total
- 18.41 sq mi (47.69 km )
- Land
- 18.32 sq mi (47.44 km )
- Water
- 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km )
- Elevation
- 245 ft (75 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 24,351
- Density
- 1,252/sq mi (483.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 72143, 72145, 72149
- Fips code
- 05-63020
- Website
- www .cityofsearcy .org
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Encyclopedic overview
Searcy (/ˈsɜːrsi/ SUR-see) is the largest city in and the county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2024 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 23,997. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County. The city takes its name from Richard Searcy, a judge for the Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory. A college town, Searcy is the home of Harding University and ASU-Searcy.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Searcy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.