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White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,076.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/05/05145.html )〕 The county seat is Searcy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 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. White County comprises the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR Combined Statistical Area. The 45th and current White County Judge is Michael Lincoln of Searcy, who assumed office in January 2007. ==History== On May 17, 1862, White County was the site of the Little Red Skirmish between Union Major General Samule J Curtis and a force of about 100 loosely organized rebels, followed by the Action at Whitney Lane in June.,〔http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=6647〕 also known as The Skirmish at Searcy Landing. 〔http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2794〕 In 1958, Odell Pollard, a since retired attorney from Searcy, exposed corrupt election practices at Bald Knob, a small city in White County. Election workers cast "absentee ballots" for some thirty pipeline construction workers and their spouses. However, these workers were outside of Arkansas at the time of the election, which had a prohibition measure on the ballot. These voters never cast absentee votes, according to their affidavits presented by Pollard to the White County prosecutor. No action was taken until after the statute of limitations had expired, at which time the charges were rendered moot. Pollard said the fraud case cause him to switch his partisan affiliaton from Democrat to Republican. From 1966-1970, Pollard was the state party chairman, and from 1973-1976 was the Arkansas Republican National Committeeman.〔Statement of Odell Pollard, Searcy attorney, December 30, 2009〕 In 1988, White County elected virtually an entire slate of Republicans to county offices. Though such Republican sweeps had frequently occurred in northern and northwestern Arkansas, White County was the first in the Little Rock area to turn to the GOP, as the party steadily made inroads toward a two-party system.〔Osro Cobb, ''Osro Cobb of Arkansas: Memoirs of Historical Significance'', Carol Griffee, ed. (Little Rock, Arkansas: Rose Publishing Company, 1989), p. 114〕 A portion of White County is represented in the Arkansas State Senate by the Republican Ronald R. Caldwell, a real estate businessman from Wynne in Cross County. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「White County, Arkansas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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