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History · Leola

Leola’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Leola was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975.

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When was Leola founded?

1906

The Leola post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 460120 years
Founding year: the first Leola post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

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How Leola came to be

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In 1864, the Camden Expedition (part of a larger military operation, the Red River Campaign), under the command of General Frederick Steele, marched his union troops along the Old Camden Road that passed through Leola after his supplies were depleted and Gen. Kirby's Confederates were on his rear flank as they approached the Jenkins' Ferry on the Saline River. A bloody battle of Jenkins' Ferry ensued. The Union troops barely crossed the Saline River, when they did, they burned the pontoon bridge and resulted in a victory in retreated as the Union marched back to Union controlled Little Rock via Prattsville and Old Belfast along the Old Camden Road.

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Leola, decade by decade

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Famous people close to Leola

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Johnny CashAmerican country singer · b. 1932
John L. McClellanAmerican lawyer, politician, and U.S. Senator f… · b. 1896
Justin MooreAmerican country music singer and songwriter · b. 1984
Fred JonesAmerican basketball player · b. 1979
Fran BennettAmerican actress · b. 1937
James H. ConeAmerican theologian · b. 1938

Questions about Leola’s history

What year was Leola founded?

The Leola post office opened in 1906, 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 (6), 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.