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History · Lacey

Lacey’s post office opened in 1848

Most of Lacey was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1971 on.

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How Lacey began

When was Lacey founded?

1848

The Lacey post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 139178 years
Founding year: the first Lacey post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lacey’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 Lacey are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1848: 178 years of Lacey.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lacey’s history is told.

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Timeline

Lacey, 1848 to 1971

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1848Post officeThe Lacey post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1922Post officeThe Lacey post office closes
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Lacey, in brief

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

Lacey is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. Lacey is located at the junction of U.S. Route 425 and Arkansas Highway 133, 12.4 miles (20.0 km) south-southwest of Monticello. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 139.

Its first post office opened in 1848.

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

By decade

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

Lacey on the map, 1971 to 1986

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

Lacey on the 1971 USGS mapLacey on the 1986 USGS map1971Ladelle 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 Lacey.

Famous people

Famous people close to Lacey

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

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Scottie PippenAmerican basketball player · b. 1965
Joe Jackson (talent manager)American music manager, father of the Jackson f… · b. 1928
Danny K. DavisAmerican politician · b. 1941
Caldwell JonesAmerican basketball player · b. 1950
Daisy BatesAmerican civil rights activist · b. 1914
K. T. OslinAmerican musician · b. 1941
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Lacey had its own post office from 1848 to 1922.

Lacey
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Lacey Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Lacey
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Lacey’s history

What year was Lacey founded?

The Lacey post office opened in 1848, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.