Searcy is the largest city in and the county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2024 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 23,997. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County. The city takes its name from Richard Searcy, a judge for the Superior Court of the Arkansas Territory. A college town, Searcy is the home of Harding University and ASU-Searcy.
Southeast
Searcy
White County, AR
Population
22,961
Walk Score
73 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$821
Median home value
$174,600
Founded
1838
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Searcy Commercial Historic District
- Searcy Commercial Historic District · listed 2024
Notable landmarks
- American Legion Hall · listed 1991
- Baldock House · listed 1991
- Bank of Searcy · listed 1991
- Bell House · listed 1991
- Black, Benjamin Clayton, House · listed 1974
- Bloom House · listed 1991
- Booth, Green, House · listed 1991
- Brooks House · listed 1992
- Burnett House · listed 1992
- Carmichael, Leslie and Anamiece, House · listed 2022
- Cobb, Pattie, Hall · listed 1991
- Cumberland Presbyterian Church · listed 1992
- Cypert, Jesse N., Law Office · listed 1992
- Deener House · listed 1982
- Department of Labor Employment Security Division Office · listed 2022
- First United Methodist Church · listed 1992
- Freeman, Wood, House No. 1 · listed 1991
- Freeman, Wood, House No. 2 · listed 1991
- Hammond, Mary Alice, House · listed 1992
- Hassell House · listed 1991
- Hicks-Dugan-Deener House · listed 1985
- Hoofman Farmstead Barn · listed 1992
- Hoofman, Arthur W., House · listed 1992
- Hunt House · listed 1991
- James, Dr., House · listed 1991
- …and 25 more
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