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History · Gregory

Gregory’s post office opened in 1891

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How Gregory began

When was Gregory founded?

1891

The Gregory post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Lone Grove (1873), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 43135 years
Founding year: the first Gregory post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Gregory, in brief

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Gregory is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 43. Gregory is located along Arkansas Highway 33, 9 miles (14 km) south of Augusta. Gregory has a post office with ZIP code 72059. The town was important enough that Gregory got rail service in the late 19th Century, courtesy of the Augusta and Southeastern Railway, which was purchased by the White and Black River Valley Railway (W&BRV) on January 10, 1890. The line was a 6-mile branch off the W&BRV from Wiville, Arkansas which terminated at Gregory. However, the line was abandoned in 1934.

Its first post office opened in 1891.

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

Timeline

Gregory, 1873 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1873Post officeThe Lone Grove post office opens
  3. 1891Post officeThe Gregory post office opens
  4. 1892Post officeThe Lone Grove post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1935On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Gregory on the map, 1935 to 1972

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

Gregory on the 1935 USGS mapGregory on the 1957 USGS mapGregory on the 1968 USGS mapGregory on the 1972 USGS map1935Gregory 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 Gregory.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Gregory’s post office has been open since 1891. Another post office, Lone Grove, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lone Grove
1873–1892
Gregory
1891–today
18701950today
Gone or out of use
Gregory Public SchoolschoolGregory Training SchoolschoolGuildfield Baptist ChurchchurchOld Point ChurchchurchWalnut Grove Schoolschool
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Gregory
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Gregory’s history

What year was Gregory founded?

The Gregory post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 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.