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History · Fox

Fox’s post office opened in 1905, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bonds House. Below: maps from 1892 on.

1905first post office
1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Fox began

When was Fox founded?

1905

The Fox post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Smart (1901), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 237121 years
Founding year: the first Fox post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fox’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 Fox are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18923 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1983. Watch Fox change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fox’s history is told.

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On the map

Fox on the map, 1892 to 1983

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

Fox on the 1892 USGS mapFox on the 1969 USGS mapFox on the 1983 USGS map1892Mountain View sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fox.

The story so far

Fox, in brief

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

Fox is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 237. Fox is located along Arkansas Highway 263, 21 miles (34 km) west-southwest of Mountain View. Fox has a post office with ZIP code 72051.

Its first post office opened in 1905.

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

Timeline

Fox, 1892 to 1905

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Smart post office opens
  5. 1905Post officeThe Smart post office closes
  6. 1905Post officeThe Fox post office opens
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Fox

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Bonds House
Buildings
All 1 listings
Bonds HouseBuilding · listed 1992

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Fox

Nobody well known was born in Fox itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dick PowellAmerican actor · b. 1904
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Laurell K. HamiltonAmerican novelist · b. 1963
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John HargisAmerican swimmer · b. 1975
Elton BrittCountry music guitarist and singer-songwriter · b. 1912
Everett G. BurkhalterAmerican politician · b. 1897
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Bobby BurnettAmerican football player · b. 1943
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Fox’s post office has been open since 1905. Another post office, Smart, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Smart
1901–1905
Fox
1905–today
19001960today

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

Questions about Fox’s history

What year was Fox founded?

The Fox post office opened in 1905, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Fox?

One place: the Bonds House (listed 1992).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.