Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the U.S. 64 Horsehead Creek Bridge. Its Register listing is the U.S. 64 Horsehead Creek Bridge. Below: maps from 1887 on and the census since 1930.
The Hartman post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.
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 Hartman’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Hartman. 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 Hartman.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hartman yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Hartman is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hartman had a population of 516.
Its first post office opened in 1879. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 519 in 2010, 516 in 2020.
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.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 299 and 596 people in every census since 1930.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Hartman’s Wikipedia page.
The Hartman post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the U.S. 64 Horsehead Creek Bridge (listed 2014).
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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
