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Half of Holiday Island’s homes were built after 1997

More historic than 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Holiday Island was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1997. Below: maps from 1972 on.

0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
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About Holiday Island’s history

How historic is Holiday Island?

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More historic than 7% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Holiday Island’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Holiday Island is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Holiday Island’s overall grade.
Founding eraThere’s no founding date for Holiday Island we can vouch for, so age doesn’t count here–Homes built before 19401.4% of homes (±1.6) · typical AR town 3.1% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical AR town 20.5 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 7%
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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 Holiday Island’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (11% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. 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 Holiday Island’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 Holiday Island are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Holiday Island’s history is told.

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The story so far

Holiday Island, in brief

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

Holiday Island is a 4,500-acre planned retirement and vacation community in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. Formerly an unincorporated community and census-designated place, it voted to incorporate in November 2020. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,533. Holiday Island is located in the Ozark Mountains on Table Rock Lake, near Eureka Springs, Arkansas and approximately an hour's drive from Branson, Missouri, Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Bentonville, Arkansas. Community growth has been fueled by the expansion of corporate giants headquartered in Northwest Arkansas, namely Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt; the entertainment attractions in Eureka Springs, AR and Branson, M…

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,373 to 2,533 (+7%).

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

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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

Holiday Island on the map, 1972 to 1985

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

Holiday Island on the 1972 USGS mapHoliday Island on the 1985 USGS map1972Eureka Springs 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 Holiday Island.

Famous people

Famous people close to Holiday Island

Nobody well known was born in Holiday Island itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Helen Gurley BrownAmerican author, publisher, and businesswoman · b. 1922
Pat BurrellAmerican professional baseball outfielder · b. 1976
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Clyde Taylor EllisAmerican politician · b. 1908
David Crockett GrahamAmerican Baptist missionary, anthropologist, ed… · b. 1884
George William FullertonMusic instrument designer · b. 1923
Sara LampeAmerican politician · b. 1949

Questions about Holiday Island’s history

How does Holiday Island rank for history?

Holiday Island is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns. 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.

How old are the homes in Holiday Island?

1% of Holiday Island’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1997.

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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).

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.