Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Enola was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Its Register listing is the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1970.
The Enola post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Enola’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Enola yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Enola is a town in Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Central Arkansas region. The population was 318 at the 2020 census.
Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 338 to 318 (-6%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Enola. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Enola.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 173 and 338 people in every census since 1970.
6 censuses, 1970–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Enola’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Enola itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Enola post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (listed 2009).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (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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