Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Etowah was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listings are the Edward Samuel Wildy Barn and the Garden Point Cemetery. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 2000.
The Etowah post office opened in 1902, 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 Etowah’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Etowah yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Etowah is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 254 at the 2020 census, down from 351 in 2010.
Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 351 to 254 (-28%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Etowah. 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 Etowah.
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 254 and 366 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Etowah’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Etowah itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Etowah’s post office has been open since 1902.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Etowah post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Two places: the Edward Samuel Wildy Barn (listed 2004) and the Garden Point Cemetery (2006).
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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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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