Johnson County

Johnson County was formed in November 1833, from Pope County and was named for Benjamin Johnson, one of Arkansas’ early jurists. Clarksville is the county seat, which was the location for the state’s first school for deaf children in 1851, the same site of today’s University of the Ozarks. The landscape is rugged terrain in the northern half and rolling farmlands, forested ridges, isolated mountains, and lakes in the southern half. The entire northern half of Johnson County is Ozark National Forest that has two wildlife management areas. Little and Big Piney Creeks in the northeast corner and White Rock in the northwest offers hunting, fishing, canoeing, hiking and camping. The southern half of the county is river valley farm country where peaches, cattle, vegetables, soybeans, and grains are grown. Diversified industry is scattered over the county. Johnson County has an annual Peach Festival that started back in 1936, that attracts visitors from all over the country. Johnson County with its Mountains, Rivers and Forest provide scenic beauty for every season.

215 West Main Street
Clarksville 72830

4797542175

County Officials   Phone   Fax   E-Mail
County Judge   Mike Jacobs   (479) 754-2175   (479) 754-6098   jcjudge@cswnet.com
County Clerk   Michelle Frost   (479) 754-3967   (479) 754-2286   johnsonclerk@arkansasclerks.com
Circuit Clerk   Jane Houston   (479) 754-2977   (479) 754-4235  
County Sheriff   Jimmy Dorney   (479) 754-7724   (479) 754-2210  
County Collector   Leta Willis   (479) 754-3371   (479) 754-4730   jocotreascoll2@yahoo.com
County Treasurer   Leta Willis   (479) 754-3056   (479) 754-4730   jocotreascoll2@yahoo.com
County Assessor   Don R. Hurst, Jr.   (479) 754-3863/8839   (479) 754-5705  
County Coroner   Albert D. Davis, Jr.   (479) 754-3562   (479) 754-3566  
Justice of the Peace   David Chronister      
Justice of the Peace   Keith Eichenberger      
Justice of the Peace   Jeanette Hemmer      
Justice of the Peace   Larry Holben      
Justice of the Peace   Herman H. Houston      
Justice of the Peace   Ken Medeiros      
Justice of the Peace   Steve Morgan      
Justice of the Peace   Harold Parker      
Justice of the Peace   Bruce Phillips      
Justice of the Peace   Larry Plugge      
Justice of the Peace   Gene Raible