The Genoa post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mount Elba (1910), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
2020 census: 972139 years
How historic is Genoa?
D
More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Genoa post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Genoa’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Genoa is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
D
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Genoa’s overall grade.
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 Genoa’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (11% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±1.7 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 Genoa’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Genoa yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Genoa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Miller County, Arkansas, United States. home to Alexander Bell It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 972. It is located 6 to 12 miles (9.7 to 19.3 km) east of Texarkana along Highway 196. Although unincorporated, Genoa has a post office, with the ZIP code of 71840 for a specific post office box. Most of the community is served by ZIP code 71854 (Texarkana). Genoa also has its own school district, Genoa Central School District. The community is part of the Texarkana, TX–Texarkana, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its first post office opened in 1887.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Genoa, 1887 to 1916
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Genoa’s post office has been open since 1887. Another post office, Mount Elba, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Genoa
1887–today
Mount Elba
1910–1916
18801950today
1cemetery inside Genoa
Mount Oba
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Genoa’s history
What year was Genoa founded?
The Genoa post office opened in 1887, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Genoa rank for history?
Genoa is more historic than 9% 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.
How old are the homes in Genoa?
0.0% of Genoa’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.7 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1991.
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 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.
