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England’s post office opened in 1888, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: 3 old photos and papers, maps from 1909 on, and the census since 1900.

1888first post office
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
3famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From England’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How England began

When was England founded?

1888

The England post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 368 in 19002020 census: 2,477138 years

How historic is England?

C

More historic than 26% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first England post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives England’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, England is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of England’s overall grade.
Founding era1888, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 194011.0% of homes (±8.4) · typical AR town 3.1% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical AR town 20.5 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 26%
NewerOlder

Arkansas towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Arkansas town has 20.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so England’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (11% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.4 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about England’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 3,351 in 1990; 2,477 people lived here in 2020.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1909 to 1921, drew every building in England.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start England’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCabins of colored sharecroppers and pla…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

England, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 3,351

Peaked at 3,351 in 1990; 2,477 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

Every building

England, building by building, 1909–1921

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

England fire insurance map, 1909, sheet 11909Sheet 1 of 4
Edition
BrickWoodStone

Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

The story so far

England, in brief

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

England is a city in southwestern Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and is the county's fourth most populous city. As of the 2020 census, England had a population of 2,477. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1888. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,825 to 2,477 (-12%).

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

Timeline

England, 1857 to 1990

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Born hereBrigham Henry Roberts is born here
  3. 1888Post officeThe England post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1914Born hereNate Moreland is born here
  6. 1937On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1938In the archiveCabins of colored sharecroppers and plantation buildings seen across the cotton fields. N…
  8. 1943Born herePaul Jennings is born here
  9. 1968In the archiveThe Harden Trio
  10. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 3,351
By decade

England, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1930s to the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s–1960s3 items
Cabins of colored sharecroppers and plantation buildings seen across the cotton fields. Note church. Near England, Arka…1938Cabins of colored sharecroppers and plantation buildi…Mechanization in the Arkansas Bottoms was beginning to expel farm people by 1937, adding to the refugees to the west co…1938Mechanization in the Arkansas Bottoms was beginning t…The Harden Trio1968The Harden Trio
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
On the map

England on the map, 1937 to 1982

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

England on the 1937 USGS mapEngland on the 1943 USGS mapEngland on the 1975 USGS mapEngland on the 1982 USGS map1937England 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 England.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Cabins of colored sharecroppers and plantation buildings seen across the cotton fields. Note church. Near England, Arka…
Retake this viewCabins of colored sharecroppers and plantation buildings seen across the cotton fields. Note church. Near England, Arka…, 1938

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on England’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

3 famous people were born in England

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

See all →
Brigham Henry RobertsAmerican Mormon; denied a seat as a member of U… · b. 1857
P
Paul JenningsAustralian author · b. 1943
N
Nate MorelandAmerican baseball player · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Places now gone

England’s post office has been open since 1888.

Gone or out of use
England Flying Service Airportairport

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

Questions about England’s history

What year was England founded?

The England post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does England rank for history?

England is more historic than 26% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in England?

11% of England’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.4 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1973.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (2), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.