Counties

Baxter County

Baxter County was formed on March 24, 1873, from parts of Fulton, Izard, Marion, and Searcy counties. It was named for Elisha Baxter, then governor of Arkansas. Mountain Home is the county seat. The landscape of Baxter County is rugged and mountainous. The county courthouse sits between two of the state’s largest lakes, Bull Shoals and Norfolk. The third-floor rooms of the courthouse were added between 1908 and 1912; the previous courthouse only had two stories. In the early 1900s another thriving town in Baxter County was trying to be the county seat. Therefore, the Arkansas Legislature passed an act requiring the courthouse to have three stories; thus, a third story was built in a hurry. The courthouse is located 14 miles from the oldest courthouse in Arkansas, the log house of Major Wolfe, built in 1809 and still standing at the town of Norfolk. Over the past three decades, the population of Baxter County has boomed. Much of the county’s growth and more than half its tax dollars can be traced to tourism and retirement. Visitors often return to take up residence. Other resources include a technical campus of Arkansas State University and a fine regional medical center located in Mountain Home. The county has a large water-base recreation such as the White River, North Fork River, Lake Norfork, Bull Shoals Lake and the Buffalo National River. The population of Baxter County is 41,627 (2020 Census).

#1 E. Seventh St.
Mountain Home 72653

(870) 425-2755
www.baxtercounty.org

County Judge
Kevin Litty
Phone: (870) 425-2755
Fax: (870) 425-8633
Address: #1 East 7th St., Suite 303, Mountain Home, 72653

County Clerk
Canda Reese
Phone: (870) 425-3475
Fax: (870) 424-5105
Address: #1 East 7th St., Suite 103, Mountain Home, 72653

County Circuit Clerk
Canda Reese
Phone: (870) 425-3475
Fax: (870) 424-5105
Address: #1 East 7th St., Suite 103, Mountain Home, 72653

County Sheriff
John Montgomery
Phone: (870) 425-7000
Fax: (870) 424-4048
Address: 904 Hwy 62 SW, Mountain Home, 72653

County Treasurer
Jenay Mize
Phone: (870) 425-3444
Fax: (870) 424-4415
Address: #1 East 7th St., Suite 101, Mountain Home, 72653

County Collector
Teresa Smith
Phone: (870) 425-8300
Fax: (870) 425-3565
Address: #8 East 7th St., Mountain Home, 72653

County Assessor
Jayme Nicholson
Phone: (870) 425-3453
Fax: (870) 425-2527
Address: #6 East 7th St., Mountain Home, 72653

County Coroner
Brad Hays
Phone: (870) 782-0569
Fax: (870) 782-0569
Address: 904 Highway 62 W., Mountain Home, 72653

Justices of the Peace
Dennis M. Frank, Angela DeGroote, Rick Steiner, Dirk Waldrop, Maryanne Edge, Rhonda Tink Albright, Charles Osgood, Roger D. Steele, Cameron Davis, Shannon Walker, Ty Chapman

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