Wilmot is a city in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census. In 1927, a young Black man named Wi…Wilmot is a city in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census. In 1927, a young Black man named Winston Pounds was tortured and hanged by a mob of some fifty armed white men, for allegedly having attempted to assault a white woman.