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History · Alleene

Alleene’s post office opened in 1893, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Alleene was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Its Register listing is the Will Reed Farm House. Below: maps from 1951 on.

1893first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Alleene began

When was Alleene founded?

1893

The Alleene post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Minneola (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 97133 years
Founding year: the first Alleene post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Alleene’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 Alleene are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alleene’s history is told.

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The story so far

Alleene, in brief

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

Alleene (also Aleene, Allene, Lawrenceville, Mineola, and Minneola) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 97. The Will Reed Farm House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located in Alleene.

Its first post office opened in 1893.

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

Timeline

Alleene, 1872 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1872Post officeThe Minneola post office opens
  3. 1893Post officeThe Alleene post office opens
  4. 1894Post officeThe Minneola post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Alleene, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Will Reed Farm House2016Will Reed Farm House
On the map

Alleene on the map, 1951 to 1975

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

Alleene on the 1951 USGS mapAlleene on the 1975 USGS map1951Winthrop 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 Alleene.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Alleene

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
Will Reed Farm House
Will Reed Farm House
Buildings
Will Reed Farm HouseBuilding

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Alleene’s post office has been open since 1893. Another post office, Minneola, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Minneola
1872–1894
Alleene
1893–today
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Alleene Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Alleene
Alleene

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

Questions about Alleene’s history

What year was Alleene founded?

The Alleene post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Alleene?

One place: the Will Reed Farm House (listed 1978).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.