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History · Evening Shade

Evening Shade’s post office opened in 1847, and 7 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Evening Shade was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976.

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How Evening Shade began

When was Evening Shade founded?

1847

The Evening Shade post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 420179 years
Founding year: the first Evening Shade post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Evening Shade’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 Evening Shade are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register7 places on the National Register.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Evening Shade.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Evening Shade’s history is told.

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On the National Register

7 historic places in Evening Shade

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Coger House
Coger HouseJohn McCaleb HouseJohn W. Shaver HouseSam Davidson HouseStokes HouseW. A. Edwards HouseCharles W. Shaver House
Buildings
Coger HouseBuilding
John McCaleb HouseBuilding
John W. Shaver HouseBuilding
Sam Davidson HouseBuilding
Stokes HouseBuilding
W. A. Edwards HouseBuilding
Charles W. Shaver HouseBuilding

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

The story

How Evening Shade came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Evening Shade.

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Evening Shade was a part of Lawrence County until 1868. In July 1868, Evening Shade became the county seat of the newly created Sharp County. In 1894, Hardy, in the northern part of the county, was given the designation of county seat alongside Evening Shade. The two cities served as the county seats of Sharp County until 1967, when Ash Flat became the county seat.

On March 6, 2022, a strong EF2 tornado struck the town, impacting two houses.

It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Evening Shade, decade by decade

Today6 recent
W.A. Edwards House2016W.A. Edwards HouseSam Davidson House2016Sam Davidson HouseJohn W. Shaver House2016John W. Shaver HouseJohn McCaleb House2016John McCaleb HouseCoger House2016Coger HouseCharles W. Shaver House2016Charles W. Shaver House

Questions about Evening Shade’s history

What year was Evening Shade founded?

The Evening Shade post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Evening Shade?

7 listings: 7 buildings, among them the Coger House (listed 1982, the first).

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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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (7), 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.