Known only as "opposite Little Rock" until the Civil War, North Little Rock grew as a crossroads that linked river and overland traffic. In 1866, surveyed and platted, an unincorporated town of mills, factories, hotels and saloons became known as the town of Argenta. In 1890, the community of Argenta filed papers to incorporate as a city. However, Argenta's southern neighbor, across the Arkansas River, quickly passed legislation to annex the little town and make it the eighth ward of that city. Years later a group of north side businessmen led by William C. Faucette (who was elected to the Arkansas state legislature) introduced a bill to allow a new city to be created by annexing the eighth ward of Little Rock. In 1903 North Little Rock and Argenta town residents voted to merge. Little Rock mounted a court challenge, but on February 6, 1904, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the 1903 merger of North Little Rock and Argenta (named for silver mines), with more than 8,000 residents. In January of 1906 North Little Rock changes its name to Argenta, but in October 1917 renamed itself back to North Little Rock.

City Officials

Position	Name
Mayor	Terry Hartwick
Clerk/Treasurer	Diane Whitbey
District Judge	Paula Jones
District Judge	Randy Morley
City Attorney	Amy Fields
Police Chief	Patrick Thessing
Fire Chief	Gerald Tucker
Loss Control Director	Kenny Stephens
Sanitation Superintendent	Condo Breedlove
Street Superintendent	Patrick Lane
Code Enforcement Officer	Felecia McHenry
Animal Control	Adam Tindall
Director Of Community Development	Bailey Noland
Grants Administrator	Bethany Baldwin
Information Technology Director	John Barber
Planning Director	Shawn Spencer
Librarian
Chief Of Staff	Mike Davis
Communications Director	Shara Brazear
Council Member	Steve Baxter
Council Member	Nathan Hamilton
Council Member	Ron Harris
Council Member	Charlie Hight
Council Member	Vince Insalaco III
Council Member	Linda Robinson
Council Member	Debi Ross
Council Member	Maurice Taylor
Finance Director	Ember Strange
Human Resources Director	Betty Anderson