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Eudora’s post office opened in 1856, and 5 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Eudora was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: 7 old photos and papers, maps from 1912 on, and the census since 1910.

1856first post office
5on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
7old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Eudora’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Eudora began

When was Eudora founded?

1856

The Eudora post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 606 in 19102020 census: 1,728170 years

How historic is Eudora?

C

More historic than 34% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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

What drives Eudora’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Eudora is more historic than 34% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Eudora’s overall grade.
Founding era1856, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19401.5% of homes (±1.5) · typical AR town 3.1% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register5 listings, 6 historic buildings, 32.1 per 10,000 residents · typical AR town 20.5 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 34%
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 Eudora’s 32.1 sits near the middle of its state (62% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 6 historic buildings outnumber those of 72% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share (±1.5 points) is firm at this size. 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 Eudora’s past

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

Boom and bustPeaked at 3,840 in 1980; 1,728 people lived here in 2020.Landmarks on the Register5 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · People over time

Eudora, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 3,840

Peaked at 3,840 in 1980; 1,728 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

On the National Register

5 historic places in Eudora

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
5
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Dr. A. G. Anderson House
Dr. A. G. Anderson HouseAmerican Legion Post No. 127 Building, built 1934First Baptist ChurchEudora City HallScott Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Buildings
Dr. A. G. Anderson HouseBuilding
American Legion Post No. 127 BuildingBuilt 1934
First Baptist ChurchBuilding
Eudora City HallBuilding
All 5 listings
Scott Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchBuilding · listed 2022

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Eudora came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Eudora.

Read it all →

According to the American Guide to Arkansas, Eudora is a "cotton-ginning and sawmill town with the usual red-brick stores and offices."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Eudora, 1856 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1856Post officeThe Eudora post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1927Born hereJim Cain is born here
  5. 1934BuiltAmerican Legion Post No. 127 Building is built
  6. 1936On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1937Born hereCharley Barnes is born here
  8. 1939In the archiveMiddle busters and plow
  9. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 3,840
By decade

Eudora, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s7 items
Middle busters and plow1939Middle busters and plowSign of horse and mule dealer1939Sign of horse and mule dealerGarden tools in front of hardware store1939Garden tools in front of hardware storeHorse collars and harness in front of store1939Horse collars and harness in front of storeLoading logs to be made into barrel staves at Tallulah, Louisiana. Loading point1939Loading logs to be made into barrel staves at Tallula…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Negro resting on pile of logs to be loaded into box car1939Untitled photo, possibly related to: Negro resting on…Negro resting on pile of logs to be loaded into box car1939Negro resting on pile of logs to be loaded into box c…
1940s–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
Today4 recent
Eudora City Hall2016Eudora City HallDr. A.G. Anderson House2016Dr. A.G. Anderson HouseEudora tank n town2008Eudora tank n townARMap-doton-Eudora2005ARMap-doton-Eudora
On the map

Eudora on the map, 1936 to 1981

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

Eudora on the 1936 USGS mapEudora on the 1981 USGS map1936Eudora 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 Eudora.

Every building

Eudora, building by building, 1912–1921

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.

Eudora fire insurance map, 1912, sheet 11912Sheet 1 of 2
Edition
BrickWoodStone

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

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.

Middle busters and plow
Retake this viewMiddle busters and plow, 1939

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

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

2 famous people were born in Eudora

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

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J
Jim CainAmerican football player · b. 1927
C
Charley BarnesAmerican football player · b. 1937
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Eudora’s post office has been open since 1856.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hanna
1cemetery inside Eudora
Mount Carmel

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

Help out

Finish Eudora’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMiddle busters and plow: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Eudora’s history

What year was Eudora founded?

The Eudora post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Eudora rank for history?

Eudora is more historic than 34% 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.

What is on the National Register in Eudora?

5 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Dr. A. G. Anderson House (listed 1992, the first). 6 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Eudora?

2% of Eudora’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.5 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1979.

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 (4), the Library of Congress (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (5), Wikipedia, 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.