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History · Acorn

Acorn’s post office opened in 1892, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Acorn was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2003. Below: maps from 1958 on.

1892first post office
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How Acorn began

When was Acorn founded?

1892

The Acorn post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 376134 years
Founding year: the first Acorn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Acorn’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Acorn are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Acorn, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Acorn yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Acorn, Arkansas is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Polk County, Arkansas, United States, approximately 6 miles north of Mena. The town is located at the junction of U.S. Route 59, U.S. Route 71 and U.S. Route 270 in the northern part of the county. Though Acorn is only a three-way junction, it marks the end of three separate U.S. highway concurrencies: U.S. 59 & 71 from Texarkana, U.S. 59 & 270 from Heavener, Oklahoma, and U.S. 71 & 270 from "Y" City. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 376.

Its first post office opened in 1892.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Acorn, 1892 to 1958

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Acorn post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1915Post officeThe Acorn post office closes
  5. 1958On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Acorn on the map, 1958 to 1975

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Acorn. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Acorn on the 1958 USGS mapAcorn on the 1975 USGS map1958Acorn sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Acorn.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Acorn

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Old U.S. 71 Ouachita River Bridges
Old U.S. 71 Ouachita River Bridges
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Old U.S. 71 Ouachita River BridgesDistrict · listed 2025

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Acorn

Nobody well known was born in Acorn itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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James FarleyAmerican actor · b. 1882
Norris GoffRadio and film comedian · b. 1906
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T. Texas TylerAmerican musician · b. 1916
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Boyd Anderson TackettAmerican politician · b. 1911
Herbert A. LittletonUnited States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recip… · b. 1930
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Jack DavisAmerican gridiron football player and sports co… · b. 1933
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Acorn had its own post office from 1892 to 1915.

Acorn
1892–1915
18901960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Acorn’s history

What year was Acorn founded?

The Acorn post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Acorn?

One place: the Old U.S. 71 Ouachita River Bridges (listed 2025).

Memory lane

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.