Highfill’s post office opened in 1907, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns · #90 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
Most of Highfill was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2014. Its Register listings are the Highfill School (No. 71) and the Douglas House. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 1960.
The Highfill post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Mason Valley (1875), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 92 in 19602020 census: 1,587119 years
How historic is Highfill?
C−
More historic than 20% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Highfill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Highfill’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Highfill is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #90 of 123 in Arkansas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Highfill’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 Highfill’s 9.1 sits near the middle of its state (42% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.2 points). 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 Highfill’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Highfill had its own post office from 1907 to 1943. Another post office, Mason Valley, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mason Valley
1875–1907
Highfill
1907–1943
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CastlevilleMason ValleyRocky Comfort
Gone or out of use
Christian ChurchchurchDouglas SchoolschoolMason Valley Methodist ChurchchurchMason Valley SchoolschoolRocky Comfort Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Highfill
ArmstrongDouglas
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The story so far
Highfill, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Highfill yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Highfill is a town in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,587 as of the 2020 census. It is home to the Northwest Arkansas National Airport, which serves all of the Northwest Arkansas region. In September 2023, officials of the airport voted to detach itself from the city over taxing and public service disputes.
Its first post office opened in 1907. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 583 to 1,587 (+172%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Highfill, 1875 to 1971
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Highfill post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Highfill rank for history?
Highfill is more historic than 20% of U.S. towns, #90 of 123 in Arkansas. 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.
What is on the National Register in Highfill?
Two places: the Highfill School (No. 71) (listed 2018) and the Douglas House (1988).
How old are the homes in Highfill?
4% of Highfill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.2 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 2014.
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 Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.
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