[2] Sebastian County is part of the Fort Smith, AR-OK Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Politics Whereas most of Arkansas was overwhelmingly blue up to the mid-2000s, Sebastian has been a solidly Republican county at the presidential level since Dwight Eisenhower won it in 1952.

Since that election, no Democrat has ever again carried this county, though native son Bill Clinton came within less than 1,000 votes of doing so during both of his campaigns.

However, Democrats continued to split most local offices and state legislative seats with Republicans well into the 1990s.

Public education is provided by several school districts (listed below from largest to smallest): Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county.

Each township includes unincorporated areas; some may have incorporated cities or towns within part of their boundaries.

However, the United States census does list Arkansas population based on townships (sometimes referred to as "county subdivisions" or "minor civil divisions").

Each town or city is within one or more townships in an Arkansas county based on census maps and publications.