White County is a
county located in the
U.S. state of
Arkansas. As of the
2010 census, the population was 77,076. The
county seat is
Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of
Independence,
Jackson, and
Pulaski counties and named for
Hugh Lawson White, a
Whig candidate for
President of the United States. It is an alcohol prohibition or
dry county, though a few private establishments (such as the
Searcy Country Club, and
Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Searcy and
Beebe) can sell alcohol.