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History · Cale

Cale’s post office opened in 1901, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1980.

1901first post office

0on the National Register

17%homes built before 1940

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How Cale began

When was Cale founded?

1901

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

First census: 110 in 19802020 census: 73125 years

Founding year: the first Cale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Cale’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 Cale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.

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The story so far

Cale, in brief

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

Cale is a town in Nevada County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 73 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town was named after Cale Wardell.

Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 79 to 73 (-8%).

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

By decade

Cale, decade by decade

Today1 recent

2005ARMap-doton-Cale

On the map

Cale on the map, 1901 to 1986

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

1901Gurdon sheet · 1:125,000

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

People over time

Cale, census by census

Between 70 and 110 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Cale

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

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Ne-YoAmerican R&B singer · b. 1979

Mike HuckabeeGovernor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 · b. 1955

Melinda DillonAmerican actress · b. 1939

Barbara HendricksAmerican operatic soprano and concert singer · b. 1948

Tommy TubervilleAmerican football coach and politician · b. 1954

Daniel DavisAmerican actor · b. 1945

Questions about Cale’s history

What year was Cale founded?

The Cale post office opened in 1901, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.

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