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History · Griffithville

Griffithville’s post office opened in 1898, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Griffithville was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Its Register listings are the J. A. Neaville House, the A. J. Smith House and the Griffithville School. Below: maps from 1932 on and the census since 1910.

1898first post office
3on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
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How Griffithville began

When was Griffithville founded?

1898

The Griffithville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 202 in 19102020 census: 155128 years
Founding year: the first Griffithville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Griffithville’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 Griffithville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 262 in 2000; 155 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Griffithville’s history is told.

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People over time

Griffithville, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 262

Peaked at 262 in 2000; 155 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Griffithville, in brief

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

Griffithville is a town in White County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Griffithville had a population of 155. Windle Porter is the current mayor of the town.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 225 to 155 (-31%).

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

Timeline

Griffithville, 1898 to 2000

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Griffithville post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1939BuiltGriffithville School is built
  6. 21st century
  7. 2000CensusPopulation peaks at 262
By decade

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 map

Griffithville on the map, 1932 to 1994

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

Griffithville on the 1932 USGS mapGriffithville on the 1964 USGS mapGriffithville on the 1994 USGS map1932Kensett 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 Griffithville.

On the National Register

3 historic places in Griffithville

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
A. J. Smith House
J. A. Neaville HouseA. J. Smith HouseGriffithville School, built 1939
Buildings
J. A. Neaville HouseBuilding
All 3 listings
A. J. Smith HouseBuilding · listed 1991Griffithville SchoolBuilding · listed 1992

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

Questions about Griffithville’s history

What year was Griffithville founded?

The Griffithville post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Griffithville?

Three places: the J. A. Neaville House (listed 1992), the A. J. Smith House (1991) and the Griffithville School (1992).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (3), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via 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.