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History · Beedeville

Beedeville’s post office opened in 1910

Most of Beedeville was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1971. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1970.

1910first post office
0on the National Register
4%homes built before 1940
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How Beedeville began

When was Beedeville founded?

1910

The Beedeville post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 144 in 19702020 census: 84116 years
Founding year: the first Beedeville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Beedeville’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 Beedeville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 183 in 1980; 84 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beedeville’s history is told.

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People over time

Beedeville, census by census

0100200198020002020Peak: 183

Peaked at 183 in 1980; 84 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Beedeville’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Beedeville, in brief

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

Beedeville is a town in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 84 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1910. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 107 to 84 (-21%).

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

Timeline

Beedeville, 1910 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1910Post officeThe Beedeville post office opens
  3. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 183
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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

Beedeville on the map, 1940 to 1980

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

Beedeville on the 1940 USGS mapBeedeville on the 1956 USGS mapBeedeville on the 1980 USGS map1940Tilton sheet · 1:62,500

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

Questions about Beedeville’s history

What year was Beedeville founded?

The Beedeville post office opened in 1910, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.