Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Guion was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: maps from 1890 on and the census since 1910.
The Guion post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Louis (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Guion’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Guion. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Guion.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Guion yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Guion is a town in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. The population had dropped from 86 at the 2010 census to 68 in 2020.
Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 86 to 68 (-21%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Between 68 and 296 people in every census since 1910.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Guion’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Guion itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Guion’s post office has been open since 1903. Another post office, Louis, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Guion post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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, 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.
