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History · Hunter

Hunter’s post office opened in 1886

Most of Hunter was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2014. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1910.

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How Hunter began

When was Hunter founded?

1886

The Hunter post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 508 in 19102020 census: 103140 years
Founding year: the first Hunter post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hunter’s past

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The story so far

Hunter, in brief

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

Hunter is a town in southeast Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 103 as of the 2020 Census. Gilbert G. Collier, awarded the Medal of Honor for his action in the Korean War, was born in Hunter.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 105 in 2010, 103 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Hunter, 1886 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Post officeThe Hunter post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1930Born hereGilbert G. Collier is born here
  5. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Hunter on the map, 1939 to 1956

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

Hunter on the 1939 USGS mapHunter on the 1956 USGS map1939Hunter 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 Hunter.

People over time

Hunter, census by census

0100200300400500192019401960198020002020Peak: 508

Between 103 and 508 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Hunter’s history

What year was Hunter founded?

The Hunter post office opened in 1886, 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 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.