Woodruff County, Arkansas

Woodruff County
County
Woodruff County courthouse in Augusta
Location within the U.S. state of Arkansas
Arkansas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 35°11′42″N 91°13′17″W / 35.195°N 91.2214°W / 35.195; -91.2214
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Founded	November 26, 1862
Named for	William E. Woodruff
Seat	Augusta
Largest city	Augusta
Area
• Total	594 sq mi (1,540 km2)
• Land	587 sq mi (1,520 km2)
• Water	7.2 sq mi (19 km2)  1.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	6,269
• Density	11/sq mi (4.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	woodruffcounty.arkansas.gov

Woodruff County is located in the Arkansas Delta in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The county is named for William E. Woodruff, founder of the state's first newspaper, the Arkansas Gazette. Created as Arkansas's 54th county in 1862, Woodruff County is home to one incorporated town and four incorporated cities, including Augusta, the county seat. The county is also the site of numerous unincorporated communities and ghost towns. Occupying only 587 square miles (152,000 ha), Woodruff County is the 13th smallest county in Arkansas. As of the 2020 Census, the county's population was 6,269.^[1] Based on population, the county is the second-smallest county of the 75 in Arkansas.^[2] Located in the Arkansas Delta, the county is largely flat with fertile soils. Historically covered in forest, bayous and swamps, the area was cleared for agriculture by early settlers. It is drained by the Cache River and the White River. Along the Cache River, the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) runs north–south across the county, preserving bottomland forest, sloughs and wildlife habitat.

Although no Interstate highways are located in Woodruff County, two United States highways (US 49 and US 64) and twelve Arkansas state highways run in the county. Two Union Pacific Railroad lines cross the county.^[3]