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Randolph County Courthouse

Pocahontas, Randolph County

Photograph of Randolph County Courthouse
Photo: Brandonrush, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

Randolph County voters approved a new courthouse in 1940, and with a $49,250 WPA grant it went up across the street from the old one. Construction began in February 1940 and finished in 1941. Look for the reddish rock on the east walk, said to be a meteorite.

Kind of place
Courthouses, post offices and city halls
Built by
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
When
1940 to 1941
Where
Pocahontas, Randolph County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.