Baxter County, Arkansas

Baxter County is a county in Arkansas.

Baxter County, Arkansas
Map
Location in the state of Arkansas
Map of the USA highlighting Arkansas Arkansas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	March 24, 1873
Seat	Mountain Home
Largest City	Mountain Home
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	586.74 sq mi (1,520 km²) 554.36 sq mi (1,436 km²) 32.38 sq mi (84 km²), 5.5
Population  -  Density
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Elisha Baxter

Baxter County, Arkansas Media

• Norfork Tailwater.jpg

  Norfork Tailwater, known for trout fishing

• Donald W Reynolds Library.jpg

  Donald W. Reynolds Library

• Cotter, Ark PA240383.jpg

  Completion of the Cotter Bridge brought transportation to an insular area of the Ozark Mountains

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  Quorum court meets in the second floor courtroom at the Baxter County Courthouse

• Baxter County Arkansas 2010 Township Map large.jpg

  Townships in Baxter County, Arkansas, as of 2010

• US 62 and US 412 in Mountain Home.jpg

  US 62/US 412 serves Mountain Home between two winding, rural segments through the Ozark Mountains

• Cotter Water Tower.JPG

  Historic Cotter Water Tower listed on the National Register of Historic Places

• C D Wright by David Shankbone.jpg

  Carolyn D. Wright, poet