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History · Caulksville

Caulksville’s post office opened in 1870, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1887 on and the census since 1880.

1870first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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How Caulksville began

When was Caulksville founded?

1870

The Caulksville post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 81 in 18802020 census: 154156 years
Founding year: the first Caulksville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Caulksville’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 Caulksville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18873 editions of the USGS map, 1887 to 1993. Watch Caulksville change.Boom and bustPeaked at 234 in 1980; 154 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Caulksville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Caulksville on the map, 1887 to 1993

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

Caulksville on the 1887 USGS mapCaulksville on the 1966 USGS mapCaulksville on the 1993 USGS map1887Magazine Mountain #2 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 Caulksville.

People over time

Caulksville, census by census

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Peaked at 234 in 1980; 154 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story so far

Caulksville, in brief

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

Caulksville is a town in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. The town was named for Richard Caulk, who received a land patent at the location of the town in 1860. As of the 2020 census, Caulksville had a population of 154. The town opened a post office in 1870 and the same year, a Missionary Baptist church was built just a few miles north of Caulksville.

Its first post office opened in 1870. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 213 to 154 (-28%).

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

Timeline

Caulksville, 1870 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1870Post officeThe Caulksville post office opens
  3. 1887On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910Post officeThe Caulksville post office closes
  6. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 234
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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Caulksville

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

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Roy BuchananAmerican blues musician · b. 1939
Dale BumpersAmerican politician · b. 1925
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Elizabeth GracenAmerican actress · b. 1961
Bob WoottonAmerican guitarist · b. 1942
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Maury DexterAmerican film director · b. 1927
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Tom GreenwayAmerican actor · b. 1909
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Caulksville had its own post office from 1870 to 1910.

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

Questions about Caulksville’s history

What year was Caulksville founded?

The Caulksville post office opened in 1870, 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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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 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.