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History · Cherry Valley

Half of Cherry Valley’s homes were built after 1976

Most of Cherry Valley was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1939 on.

0on the National Register
5%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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What stands out about Cherry Valley’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 Cherry Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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The story

How Cherry Valley came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Cherry Valley.

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Cherry Valley was started in 1882, when upon the completion of the Helena & Iron Mountain Railway through Cross County, local resident G.W. Stacy constructed a hotel at a site on the line adjacent to a grove of Cherry trees. The town was incorporated on August 6, 1910.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Cherry Valley, 1890 to 1967

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1890Born herePaul Holden Young is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1967Born hereJeff Martin is born here
By decade

Cherry Valley, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Highway 1B in2020Highway 1B inHighway 1B and Highway 42 run together in2020Highway 1B and Highway 42 run together inHighway 1 heading north in2020Highway 1 heading north inFire Department in2020Fire Department inCherry Valley, Arkansas post office2020Cherry Valley, Arkansas post officeCherry Valley City Hall and Library2020Cherry Valley City Hall and Library
On the map

Cherry Valley on the map, 1939 to 1984

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

Cherry Valley on the 1939 USGS mapCherry Valley on the 1958 USGS mapCherry Valley on the 1984 USGS map1939Vanndale 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 Cherry Valley.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Cherry Valley

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Jeff MartinAmerican basketball player · b. 1967
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Paul Holden YoungAmerican fly fisherman · b. 1890
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Cherry Valley High SchoolschoolMersman Schoolschool

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

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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 (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.