Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
PHILIPS COUNTY, situated on the eastern boundary of Arkansas, with the Mississippi river on the east, and traversed by the St. Francis. Area, 730 square miles. Seat of justice, Helena. Pop. in 1820, 1,201; in 1830, 1,153; in 1840, 3,547; in 1850, 6,935. (Fanning's, 1853)