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History · Aplin

Aplin’s post office opened in 1871, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Aplin was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Its Register listing is the Camp House. Below: maps from 1963 on.

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1on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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How Aplin began

When was Aplin founded?

1871

The Aplin post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 100155 years
Founding year: the first Aplin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Aplin’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 Aplin 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 Aplin’s history is told.

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The story so far

Aplin, in brief

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

Aplin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 100. The community is located along Arkansas Highway 60, 10.3 miles (16.6 km) west-southwest of Perryville.

Its first post office opened in 1871.

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

Timeline

Aplin, 1871 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Aplin post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1956Post officeThe Aplin post office closes
  5. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Aplin on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Aplin on the 1963 USGS mapAplin on the 1975 USGS mapAplin on the 1984 USGS map1963Aplin 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 Aplin.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Aplin

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Camp House
Camp House
Buildings
Camp HouseBuilding

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Aplin

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

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Tom CottonAmerican politician and army officer · b. 1977
Scott BradleyAmerican composer · b. 1891
Corliss WilliamsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1973
Steve WomackU.S. Representative from Arkansas · b. 1957
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Jimmy OliverAmerican basketball player · b. 1969
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Maurice JeffersAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Aplin had its own post office from 1871 to 1956.

Aplin
1871–1956
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
West Aplin

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

Questions about Aplin’s history

What year was Aplin founded?

The Aplin post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Aplin?

One place: the Camp House (listed 2013).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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.