Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Garner, AR

Garner is a town in southern White County on Highway 367, not far from Highway 67.

The Garner area was first settled around 1850 and became a stop on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad in the nineteenth century, but the town did not incorporate until May 20, 1971, so it could provide services such as water and sewer lines.

William Brown Walker received title to land in the area in 1841 and by 1850 had built a house and established a cotton farm; his homestead, with several houses added over the years, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Local lore records that Joseph Garner obtained the wood concession for the railroad — the white oaks near the homestead were potential fuel for steam locomotives — and gave his name to the new community.

A post office was established at Garner in 1889, although it was variously called Paxson, Clifton, Garner Station, and New Garner before the name Garner won out in 1891.

Strawberries were grown around Garner and shipped from its depot in the late nineteenth century, and by the early twentieth century Garner had several stores, a boarding house, a service station and garage, and a train depot.

Garner once had Methodist, Baptist, and Church of God churches and a public school, but its school was consolidated into the Beebe school district in 1949.

The 2020 census counted 211 people in Garner, down from 284 in both 2010 and 2000, and the 2000 census counted those 284 people in 103 households.