Lonoke County is located in the Central Arkansas region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,015, making it the 10th-most populous of Arkansas’s 75 counties. The county seat is Lonoke and largest city is Cabot. Lonoke County was formed on April 16, 1873, from Pulaski County and Prairie County, and was named as a corruption of “lone oak”, after a large red oak in the area that had been used by a surveyor to lay out the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad.
Located within Central Arkansas, the county’s varied geography can be roughly broken into thirds horizontally. The top third has rolling hills at the edge of the Ozarks, including the Cabot area. The middle third, including the Lonoke area, contains portions of the Grand Prairie, a flat native grassland today known for rice farming, an important part of the culture, economy and history of Lonoke County. The southern third, including the Scott area, is home to the alluvial soils of the Arkansas Delta. Historically, a military road and a railroad brought settlers to the area, and cotton cultivation was very profitable. In 1904, a demonstration that rice could grow well on the same land coupled with sinking cotton prices drove the area into rice cultivation. During World War I, a United States Army World War I Flight Training airfield, Eberts Field, was constructed.
Lonoke County is included in the Central Arkansas metro area, with Little Rock as the principal city. In addition to agriculture, the county’s economy sees tourists at the Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery, Joe Hogan Fish Hatchery and Toltec Mounds State Park, Lonoke County is an alcohol prohibition or dry county.
| Name: | Lonoke County |
|---|---|
| FIPS code: | 05-085 |
| State: | Arkansas |
| Founded: | April 16, 1874 |
| Seat: | Lonoke |
| Largest city: | Cabot |
| Total Area: | 803 sq mi (2,080 km²) |
| Land Area: | 771 sq mi (2,000 km²) |
| Total Population: | 74,015 |
| Population Density: | 92/sq mi (36/km²) |
| Time zone: | UTC−6 (Central) |
| Summer Time Zone (DST): | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Lonoke County location map. Where is Lonoke County?
Lonoke County Road Map
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 803 square miles (2,080 km), of which 771 square miles (2,000 km) is land and 32 square miles (83 km) (4.0%) is water.
State nature
Toltec Mounds Plantation Agri. Mus. State Park Bayou Meto
Major highways
- Interstate 40
- Future Interstate 57
- U.S. Highway 67
- U.S. Highway 70
- U.S. Highway 165
- U.S. Highway 167
- Highway 5
- Highway 13
- Highway 15
- Highway 31
- Highway 38
- Highway 89
Adjacent counties
- White County (north)
- Prairie County (east)
- Arkansas County (southeast)
- Jefferson County (south)
- Pulaski County (west)
- Faulkner County (northwest)
Lonoke County Topographic Map
Lonoke County Satellite Map
Lonoke County Outline Map
