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History · Edmondson

Edmondson’s post office opened in 1859

Most of Edmondson was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1910.

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Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0
Quick answers

How Edmondson began

When was Edmondson founded?

1859

The Edmondson post office opened in 1859, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 342 in 19102020 census: 243167 years
Founding year: the first Edmondson post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Edmondson’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 Edmondson are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 513 in 2000; 243 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edmondson’s history is told.

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People over time

Edmondson, census by census

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Peaked at 513 in 2000; 243 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Edmondson, in brief

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

Edmondson is a town in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 243 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1859. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 427 to 243 (-43%).

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

Timeline

Edmondson, 1859 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1859Post officeThe Edmondson post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 21st century
  6. 2000CensusPopulation peaks at 513
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Edmondson, decade by decade

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On the map

Edmondson on the map, 1939 to 1981

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

Edmondson on the 1939 USGS mapEdmondson on the 1954 USGS mapEdmondson on the 1975 USGS mapEdmondson on the 1981 USGS map1939Edmondson 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 Edmondson.

Questions about Edmondson’s history

What year was Edmondson founded?

The Edmondson post office opened in 1859, 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 (18), 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.