White County Court House

Searcy's court square exists because of a Quaker surveyor. Israel Merrick Moore, a Pennsylvanian, laid out the town in 1850, after a dispute over the site that went to the U.S. Supreme Court had held up its growth. He named the streets after Philadelphia's and donated land for churches, Spring Park and the square. The county court had first met in 1836 at David Crise's home, and the present courthouse went up in 1872. It is on the National Register and is called the oldest functioning courthouse in Arkansas.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Greers Ferry Dam and Lake — 24 mi
  The Corps of Engineers dam on the Little Red River that President Kennedy dedicated on October 3, 1963, with a visitor center, a trout hatchery below the dam and a lake of 340 miles of shoreline.

More markers nearby

• Guerrilla War on the Little Red — 2.4 mi
• Searcy Landing in the Civil War — 2.4 mi
• Action at Whitney's Lane — 3.5 mi
• Naval Combat at West Point — 7.7 mi