{"id":2632,"date":"2017-04-04T11:43:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shct.wpengine.com\/springdale\/?page_id=2632"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:00:43","slug":"stone-county-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/county-2\/stone-county-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stone County is a county located in north central Arkansas. The county seat is Mountain View. The county was formed on April 21, 1873, and named for the natural stone formations in the area. Stone County is home to the famous Blanchard Springs Caverns, a three-level system of still-developing caves administered by the United States Forest Service. The area is also widely known \u2014 particularly in Mountain View \u2014 as a cultural center of music and crafts associated with the Ozark Mountains region. The Ozark Folk Center is a unique state park located in Mountain View that works to preserve the region&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<h2>Government (officials &amp; information)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.16thdistrictark.org\/officials.html#stone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stonecountysheriff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sheriff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/argis.ualr.edu\/DistrictFinder\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Representatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstates.org\/ar\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Legislation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Healthy Aging Resources (support entities)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaanwar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Area Agency on Aging of NWA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthy.arkansas.gov\/programsServices\/localPublicHealthOffices\/Pages\/huDetails.aspx?show=Baxter%20County%20Health%20Unit%20-%20Mt.%20Home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health Department<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Health Statistics (health rankings)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uams.edu\/phacs\/countyprofiles\/stonecounty.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PHACS Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countyhealthrankings.org\/app\/arkansas\/2016\/rankings\/stone\/county\/outcomes\/overall\/snapshot?preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RWJ Health Ranking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stone County is a county located in north central Arkansas. The county seat is Mountain View. The county was formed on April 21, 1873, and named for the natural stone formations in the area. Stone County is home to the famous Blanchard Springs Caverns, a three-level system of still-developing caves administered by the United States&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/county-2\/stone-county-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"parent":2506,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/365"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10360,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2632\/revisions\/10360"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uamscaregiving.org\/springdale\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}