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History · Black Springs

Black Springs was first counted by the census in 1880

Most of Black Springs was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1942 on and the census since 1880.

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How Black Springs began

When was Black Springs founded?

1880

Black Springs first appears in the census in 1880. Another post office, Black Sprincs (1869), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 67 in 18802020 census: 96146 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Black Springs’ 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 Black Springs 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 Black Springs’s history is told.

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The story so far

Black Springs, in brief

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

Black Springs is a town in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 96 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1880. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 99 to 96 (-3%).

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

Timeline

Black Springs, 1869 to 1975

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Black Sprincs post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1911Born hereBoyd Anderson Tackett is born here
  5. 1942On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1975Post officeThe Black Sprincs post office closes
By decade

Black Springs, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Black Springs, AR 0022019Black Springs, AR 002Black Springs, AR 0012019Black Springs, AR 001ARMap-doton-Black Springs2005ARMap-doton-Black Springs
On the map

Black Springs on the map, 1942 to 1979

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

Black Springs on the 1942 USGS mapBlack Springs on the 1979 USGS map1942Glenwood 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 Black Springs.

People over time

Black Springs, census by census

010018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 114

Between 67 and 114 people in every census since 1880.

8 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Black Sprincs, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Black Springs Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Black Springs
Black Springs

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

Questions about Black Springs’ history

What year was Black Springs founded?

The Black Springs post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.