Pike County, Arkansas (Fanning's, 1853)
Gazetteer/Almanac
PIKE COUNTY, situated in the southwesterly part of Arkansas. Area, 500 square miles. Seat of justice, Murfreesborough. Pop. in 1840, 969; in 1850, 1,861.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 291.