Where Does The Duggar Family Live And How Big Is Their House?

For more than a decade, America has watched the Duggar family grow and evolve through our television screens. We've followed them through thick and thin — from when the reality TV show first began as 17 Kids and Counting in 2008, to its rebranding as 19 Kids and Counting after mama Michelle and patriarch Jim Bob continued counting, to even now as the family is branching out into a new generation in Counting On.

While they're ever-present in fans' daily lives, where exactly did the Duggar family establish the roots of their expanding family tree?

We've seen them go from the cradle to the wedding altar from the comfort of our living room couches, and it turns out the ever-growing family is just as established in real life as they are on the small screen. The Duggars are based out of a small town in Arkansas, where the show began in 2008 shortly after father Jim Bob planned for a custom family home in the state, according to Cheat Sheet.

Michelle, Jim Bob, and their 16 kids (at the time) moved into a 7,000-square-foot home in Tontitown, Arkansas in 2006, two years before the show piloted, according to the Daily Mail. Their home base is located just outside of Springdale and Fayetteville. The couple — who now has 19 children and a handful of grandkids — moved into the home a few years after eldest son Josh Duggar confessed to molesting young girls, which included his sisters Jessa and Jill. (Josh told People in May 2015, "Twelve years ago, as a young teenager, I acted inexcusably for which I am extremely sorry and deeply regret. I hurt others, including my family and close friends.")

According to the June 2015 Daily Mail report, the family home was reportedly designed so that the girls' quarters were intentionally separated from the boys' rooms, with the master bedroom and office in between the two areas of the home. The layout ensured no one could access the girls' bedroom without crossing the parents' master suite and its unique construction took nearly four years to complete, per the U.K. publication.

While the family began in one home, many of the 19 children are now married and settling into their own lives outside the nest, but they still stay close by in Arkansas for the most part.