Searcy

Searcy, city, seat (1837) of White county, east-central Arkansas, U.S., near the Little Red River, 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Little Rock. It originated as White Sulphur Springs, a spa popular in the 19th century until the springs ran dry. Incorporated in 1835, it was renamed for Richard Searcy, an Arkansas circuit judge. Initial development was based on cotton, farm produce, timber, and river traffic. After the 1930s cotton production declined (although livestock, poultry,...