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History · Jennette

Jennette was first counted by the census in 1990

Most of Jennette was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1990.

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How Jennette began

When was Jennette founded?

1990

Jennette first appears in the census in 1990.

First census: 184 in 19902020 census: 11836 years
Founding year: the first census.

What stands out about Jennette’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 Jennette 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 Jennette’s history is told.

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The story so far

Jennette, in brief

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

Jennette is a town in Crittenden and St. Francis counties, Arkansas, United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1990. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 115 to 118 (+3%).

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

By decade

Jennette, decade by decade

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On the map

Jennette on the map, 1939 to 1981

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

Jennette on the 1939 USGS mapJennette on the 1954 USGS mapJennette on the 1975 USGS mapJennette on the 1981 USGS map1939Edmondson 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 Jennette.

People over time

Jennette, census by census

010020020002020Peak: 184

Between 115 and 184 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Jennette

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

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Al GreenAmerican singer · b. 1946
Big Walter HortonAmerican blues harmonica player · b. 1921
Luther AllisonAmerican blues guitarist · b. 1939
Charlie RichAmerican country singer · b. 1932
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Johnnie TaylorAmerican male singer and songwriter · b. 1934
Marcus BrownAmerican basketball player · b. 1974
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Shearerville
1cemetery inside Jennette
Pilgrim Rest

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Jennette’s history

What year was Jennette founded?

The Jennette post office opened in 1990, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (13), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.