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History · Hindsville

Hindsville’s post office opened in 1868, and 53% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1958 on and the census since 1990.

1868first post office
0on the National Register
53%homes built before 1940
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How Hindsville began

When was Hindsville founded?

1868

The Hindsville post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 69 in 19902020 census: 90158 years
Founding year: the first Hindsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hindsville’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 Hindsville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Hindsville’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hindsville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Hindsville, in brief

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

Hindsville is a town in Madison County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 90 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area. The community was named after John Hinds, a first settler.

Its first post office opened in 1868. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 61 to 90 (+48%).

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

By decade

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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

Hindsville on the map, 1958 to 1976

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

Hindsville on the 1958 USGS mapHindsville on the 1976 USGS map1958Hindsville sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Hindsville.

People over time

Hindsville, census by census

010020002020Peak: 90

Between 61 and 90 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Questions about Hindsville’s history

What year was Hindsville founded?

The Hindsville post office opened in 1868, 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, 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.