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History · Blue Eye

Blue Eye was first counted by the census in 1960, and 20% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Mo-Ark Baptist Academy. Below: maps from 1945 on and the census since 1960.

1960first census
1on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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How Blue Eye began

When was Blue Eye founded?

1960

Blue Eye first appears in the census in 1960.

First census: 69 in 19602020 census: 4666 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Blue Eye’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 Blue Eye are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Blue Eye’s homes were built before 1955.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blue Eye’s history is told.

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The story so far

Blue Eye, in brief

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

Blue Eye is an incorporated town in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 46 at the 2020 census. The population estimate is 33 as of 2024. Blue Eye, Arkansas, is adjacent to Blue Eye, Missouri.

Its first post office opened in 1960. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 30 to 46 (+53%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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

Blue Eye on the map, 1945 to 1985

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

Blue Eye on the 1945 USGS mapBlue Eye on the 1954 USGS mapBlue Eye on the 1964 USGS mapBlue Eye on the 1985 USGS map1945Harrison sheet · 1:250,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Blue Eye

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

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Mo-Ark Baptist Academy
Mo-Ark Baptist Academy
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Mo-Ark Baptist AcademyBuilding

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

People over time

Blue Eye, census by census

01960198020002020Peak: 69

Between 30 and 69 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Blue Eye

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

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Helen Gurley BrownAmerican author, publisher, and businesswoman · b. 1922
Pat BurrellAmerican professional baseball outfielder · b. 1976
Dalton RisnerAmerican football offensive guard · b. 1995
David Crockett GrahamAmerican Baptist missionary, anthropologist, ed… · b. 1884
Dewey Jackson ShortU.S. politician · b. 1898
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Ben KynardAmerican musician and composer · b. 1920
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Armo Baptist Academyschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Blue Eye’s history

What year was Blue Eye founded?

The Blue Eye post office opened in 1960, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Blue Eye?

One place: the Mo-Ark Baptist Academy (listed 1996).

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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.