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History · Humnoke

Humnoke’s post office opened in 1912

Most of Humnoke was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1969. Below: maps from 1937 on and the census since 1950.

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How Humnoke began

When was Humnoke founded?

1912

The Humnoke post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 263 in 19502020 census: 219114 years
Founding year: the first Humnoke post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Humnoke’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 Humnoke are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 442 in 1980; 219 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Humnoke’s history is told.

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People over time

Humnoke, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 442

Peaked at 442 in 1980; 219 people lived here in 2020.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

The story so far

Humnoke, in brief

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

Humnoke is a city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Humnoke had a population of 219. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 284 to 219 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Humnoke, 1912 to 1980

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Humnoke post office opens
  3. 1937On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 442
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No old photos in the archives yet

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

Humnoke on the map, 1937 to 1982

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

Humnoke on the 1937 USGS mapHumnoke on the 1943 USGS mapHumnoke on the 1975 USGS mapHumnoke on the 1982 USGS map1937England sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Humnoke

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

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Tommy Lister Jr.American actor and wrestler · b. 1958
Dallas LongAmerican shot putter · b. 1940
Bill CarrAmerican sprinter · b. 1909
Charles GreeneAmerican sprinter · b. 1945
Camille KeatonAmerican actress · b. 1947
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Ed HammFormer American long jumper and Olympic gold me… · b. 1906

Questions about Humnoke’s history

What year was Humnoke founded?

The Humnoke post office opened in 1912, 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.