Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Blevins, AR

Blevins is a second-class city in the northeastern corner of Hempstead County, Arkansas, on U.S. Highway 371.

The city bears the name of the Blevins family; Hugh A. Blevins acquired several parcels of land in northeastern Hempstead County around 1837, and he and his wife Sarah had eleven children.

The first courthouse of Hempstead County was established about two miles south of present-day Blevins, where the county government met in 1819 in the log house of John English on the bank of Marlbrook Creek.

Blevins became a stop on the Prescott and Northwestern Railroad during the 1890s.

The community received a post office in 1901 but did not incorporate until September 10, 1914.

Blevins covers just under one square mile and is part of the Hope micropolitan statistical area.

The decline of the area's lumber industry and changes in farming caused Blevins's population to swing over the decades, sometimes dipping below 200 and at other times exceeding 350.

The 2020 census counted 288 people in Blevins, down from 315 in 2010; the 2000 census recorded 365 people in 131 households.

The Blevins School District runs the town's elementary school and Blevins High School, home of the Hornets, which together enrolled more than 500 students in 2013.