Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Caldwell was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Its Register listing is the Highway B-1, Little Telico Creek Bridge. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1970.
The Caldwell post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Caldwell’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Caldwell yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Caldwell is a town in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 451 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1887. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 555 to 451 (-19%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Caldwell. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Caldwell.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 283 and 555 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Caldwell’s Wikipedia page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Caldwell post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Highway B-1, Little Telico Creek Bridge (listed 2009).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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), 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.
