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History · Blevins

Blevins’ post office opened in 1901

Most of Blevins was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1951 on, and the census since 1930.

1901first post office
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Blevins’ archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Blevins began

When was Blevins founded?

1901

The Blevins post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 291 in 19302020 census: 288125 years
Founding year: the first Blevins post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Blevins’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Blevins’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blevins’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewIn the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, Ark: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Blevins, in brief

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

Blevins is a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 288 at the 2020 census, down from 315 in 2010. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 315 to 288 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Blevins, 1901 to 1951

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1901Post officeThe Blevins post office opens
  3. 1921In the archiveIn the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, Ark
  4. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Blevins, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s2 items
In the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, Ark1921In the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, ArkTom Shackleford home near Blevins, Ark. Apr. 15 cyclone1921Tom Shackleford home near Blevins, Ark. Apr. 15 cyclo…
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Date unknown1 to date
Log Cabin Tavern, State HighwayDate?Log Cabin Tavern, State Highway
Today1 recent
Blevins, Arkansas tornado damage2011Blevins, Arkansas tornado damage
On the map

Blevins on the map, 1951 to 1986

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

Blevins on the 1951 USGS mapBlevins on the 1986 USGS map1951Blevins 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 Blevins.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

In the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, Ark
Retake this viewIn the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, Ark, 1921

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Blevins’ page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Blevins, census by census

010020030040019401960198020002020Peak: 365

Between 198 and 365 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Blevins

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

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Mike HuckabeeGovernor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 · b. 1955
Melinda DillonAmerican actress · b. 1939
Daniel DavisAmerican actor · b. 1945
Jimmy WitherspoonAmerican jump blues singer · b. 1920
Ketty LesterAmerican actress, recording artist · b. 1934
Vince FosterAmerican lawyer · b. 1945

Questions about Blevins’ history

What year was Blevins founded?

The Blevins post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (3), 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.