2 of Landmark’s places are on the National Register
More historic than 36% of U.S. towns · #69 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
Its Register listings are the Carmichael House and the Cecil M. Buffalo Jr. House. Most of Landmark was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 2000.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Landmark is more historic than 36% of U.S. towns, #69 of 123 in Arkansas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Landmark’s overall grade.
Arkansas towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Arkansas town has 20.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Landmark’s 25.3 sits near the middle of its state (58% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 10 historic buildings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±1.6 points) is firm at this size.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Landmark’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Landmark yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Landmark (formerly known as Parkers-Iron Springs) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,585. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 3,555 in 2010, 3,585 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
Landmark, 1878 to 1935
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Landmark is more historic than 36% of U.S. towns, #69 of 123 in Arkansas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Landmark?
Two places: the Carmichael House (listed 2018) and the Cecil M. Buffalo Jr. House (2018).
How old are the homes in Landmark?
2% of Landmark’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.6 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1978.
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).
From the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.
