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BRANCH OFFICES
1934-39: Issued by 75 counties or at Little Rock.
1940: Issued by agents in 5 cities and Little Rock. Applications
taken in 75 counties; plates mailed from Little Rock.
1941-43: All plates and stickers mailed from Little Rock.
1944-56: Issued by counties.
1950-56: County assigments believed to start with Pulaski, followed by
remaining 74 counties alphabetically, ending with Yell Co.
1950: Washington Co. displayed #301-401.
1950-56: Van Buren Co. 1950 #347-913, 1954 #349-094, 1956 #349-430
found with later Van Buren plates.
1956: Mississippi Co. began at #258-701.
1957: #6-1 - 6-14000 Fayetteville, 6-14001 - 6-17000 Springdale,
#12-1 - 12-8000 Bentonville, 12-8001 - 12-11300 Siloam Sprngs.
1968: #1 Pulaski Co. AAA 321, AAD 500, ABI 629, ACU 523
#3 Mississippi Co. AEF 123
#5 Washington Co. (Fayetteville) AFM 401 - AFY 999 (10,589)(No AFO)
(Springdale) AFZ 001 - AGE 999 (5,994)
#9 Garland Co. AHV 567
#10 Phillips Co. AII 249
#11 Benton Co. AIU 205
#15 Ouachita Co. AJX 001 - AKE 400 (7,393)
#33 Hempstead Co. ANO 201 - ANT 500 (4,296)
#38 Boone Co. AOI 234 - AOJ 321
#57 Baxter Co. ARN 118
#59 Madison Co. ARW - ARX
Pulaski Co. ATR 877
Washington Co. (Fayetteville) AWJ 801 - AWO 400 (4,595)
(Springdale) AWO 401 - AWR 400 (1,998)
Ouachita Co. AYR - AYT
Madison Co. (5/23/1968) BCN 101 - BCN 999 (899)
Columbia Co. (Magnolia) SSC 001 - SSC 999 (999)
Washington Co. (Fayetteville) UOA 001 - UOA 999 (999)
COLLEGE PREFIXES
In 1968, Arkansas instituted a practice of offering automobile owners the
choice of a 3-letter prefix representing one of several public and private
colleges around the state. This list only represents documented and/or
observed prefixes, along with additional potential prefixes in ( ).
(ABC? Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock)
(APC? Arkansas Polytechnic College, Russellville (now Arkansas Tech University))
(ASU? Arkansas State University, Jonesboro)
(CBC? Conway Baptist College (now Central Baptist College))
HCC (Hendrix College, Conway)
HSC Henderson State College, Arkadelphia (now Henderson State University))
JBU John Brown University, Siloam Springs
LRU Little Rock University (now University of Arkansas - Little Rock)
OBU Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia (reported)
(PCC? Phillips County Community College, Helena (now Phillips Community College))
PSC Philander Smith College, Little Rock
SBC Southern Baptist College, Walnut Ridge (now Williams Baptist University)
(SCA? State College of Arkansas, Conway (now University of Central Arkansas))
SSC Southern State College, Magnolia (now Southern Arkansas University)
(STI? Southwest Technical Institute, Camden (now S. A. U. Tech))
(UMC? University of Arkansas Medical Center (now U. of A. for Medical Sciences)
UOA University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
WJC Westark Junior College, Fort Smith (now U. of A. - Fort Smith)