Searcy, AR news and local guide

The town was first called White Sulphur Springs, and as early as 1834 its springs, said to have therapeutic properties, drew visitors much as Hot Springs did. White County was created in 1835, and in 1837 the state renamed the county seat to honor Richard Searcy, a prominent Arkansas legislator who had died in 1832. Israel Moore, who had come west from Philadelphia, laid out the original streets and named them for those of old Philadelphia near Independence Hall, including Race, Arch, Market, Vine, Cherry, Spruce, Locust and Pine. In 1957 the city named Moore Street for him. Spring Street and Spring Park recall the town's origins as White Sulphur Springs.

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Searcy was incorporated on August 6, 1851. The Smyrna Methodist Church just west of town, built in 1856, is described as the oldest known church building still standing in Arkansas. During the Civil War the Battle of Whitney's Lane was fought near Searcy, though its exact site is disputed, and some Union soldiers are buried at Searcy Landing on the Little Red River. Sources Wikipedia: Searcy, Arkansas