Government
As an unincorporated community, local government of Romance is part of the jurisdiction of the county judge of White County, the county's chief executive, and subject to county-wide ordinances. The current County Judge is Michael Lincoln of Searcy. The community is represented legislatively in the county's quorum court in Searcy, the county seat, during monthly and special meetings by the quorum court district's justice of the peace. The current JP for the area is Cameron Cooper of nearby Gravel Hill. Local law enforcement, similarly, is provided directly from the county level by deputies of the White County Sheriff's Department, as well as township constables for Marshall and Kentucky townships. The current Sheriff is Ricky Shourd and the current Constable is Curtis Elliot. Judicial enforcement is the responsibility of the circuit court judge and prosecuting attorney.
A small southern portion of the Romance area is federally-controlled territory used as a parachute drop zone for Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville; the base is approximately 33 miles (53 km) south of the territory. The drop zone was first established in the early 1990s.
Additionally, Romance is represented legislatively on the state level in the Arkansas General Assembly as part of Senate District 12 and House District 49; the community is part of Arkansas's 2nd Congressional District on the federal level.
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