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History · Huttig

Huttig’s post office opened in 1904

Most of Huttig was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Below: maps from 1934 on and the census since 1910.

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Quick answers

How Huttig began

When was Huttig founded?

1904

The Huttig post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Spinola (1892), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 1,240 in 19102020 census: 448122 years
Founding year: the first Huttig post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Huttig’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 Huttig are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Huttig, in brief

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

Huttig is a city in Union County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Huttig had a population of 448.

Its first post office opened in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 597 to 448 (-25%).

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

Timeline

Huttig, 1892 to 1934

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Spinola post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Spinola post office closes
  5. 1904Post officeThe Huttig post office opens
  6. 1914Born hereDaisy Bates is born here
  7. 1924Born hereNap Gulley is born here
  8. 1934On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Huttig, decade by decade

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On the map

Huttig on the map, 1934 to 1981

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

Huttig on the 1934 USGS mapHuttig on the 1981 USGS map1934Felsenthal 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 Huttig.

People over time

Huttig, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,400192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,386

Between 448 and 1,386 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Huttig

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Daisy BatesAmerican civil rights activist · b. 1914
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Nap GulleyAmerican baseball player · b. 1924
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Huttig’s post office has been open since 1904. Another post office, Spinola, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Spinola
1892–1904
Huttig
1904–today
18901960today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Huttig
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Huttig’s history

What year was Huttig founded?

The Huttig post office opened in 1904, 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 Wikimedia Commons (1), 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.