Runs county government day to day — roads, county property and the budget the quorum court adopts.
Budget: County Judge $125,337
Voter registration and early voting, marriage licenses, and county records and minutes.
421 N. Main St, Room 10, Nashville · 870-845-7502
Budget: County Clerk $256,563
Court records and filings; in many counties also records deeds and other land records.
Budget: Circuit Clerk $261,790
Values property for taxes; where you assess your personal property each year.
Budget: County Assessor $465,788 · Assessor's PTR Cost Fund $32,731 · Assessor's Late Assessment Fee $2,479
Collects property taxes.
Budget: Collector's Auto Fund $570,739 · County Collector $324,577
Holds and pays out county money.
Budget: County Treasurer $144,438 · Treasurer's Auto Fund $21,533
Law enforcement outside city limits, the county jail, and court security.
Budget: Jail $1.5 million · County Sheriff $1 million · Sheriff's Reserve $8,558
Investigates deaths that are sudden or unexplained.
Budget: Coroner $15,125
Brings criminal cases for the state (one office often serves several counties).
Budget: Prosecuting Attorney $45,540 · Deputy Prosecuting Atty $30,000
Disaster planning and the 911 dispatch center.
Budget: 911 $272,176
Free help for veterans and families with VA benefits.
Budget: Veterans Office $16,680
County roads and bridges.
Budget: Road $3.5 million
The county library system.
Budget: Library $241,657 · Law Library $53,032
The county’s share of the cooperative extension office (farm, 4-H, food and family programs).
Budget: Extension Office $87,742
Amounts add up the 2026 budget lines whose names match each office. An office can also be paid from lines named differently, so treat these as a floor — open each line to see its source page, or walk the whole money trail.
Apply for or get help with SNAP food benefits, Medicaid, ARKids, TEA cash help, and child care help.
Howard County DHS office · 534 North Main · Nashville 71852-1740 · 870-845-4334 · office page
Source: Arkansas Department of Human Services, County Offices Map
Get vehicle tags, titles, and registration, and get or renew a driver's license or state ID.
Dierks Revenue Office · 205 West 3rd Street · Dierks 71833 · 870-286-2499
Nashville Revenue Office · 421 North Main Street, Room 3 · Nashville 71852-2008 · 870-845-7514
Source: Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office Locations (Revenue Office)
Free help from the U of A Cooperative Extension Service with farming, gardening, soil tests, 4-H, food safety, and family money skills.
Howard County Extension office · 421 N. Main · Nashville 71852 · (870) 845-7517 · office page
Source: University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, County Offices
Shots, WIC, family planning, birth and death certificates, TB and STD testing, and septic and well-water permits.
Howard County Health Unit - Nashville · 201 E Hempstead, Suite 2 · Nashville 71852 · 870-845-2208
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