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Magazine’s post office opened in 1867, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Magazine was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Its Register listing is the Magazine City Hall-Jail. Below: maps from 1887 on and the census since 1880.

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How Magazine began

When was Magazine founded?

1867

The Magazine post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 478 in 18802020 census: 740159 years
Founding year: the first Magazine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Magazine’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 Magazine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18873 editions of the USGS map, 1887 to 1983. Watch Magazine change.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1880 and 1890, then grew 4-fold.Mapped building by building3 fire insurance maps, 1904 to 1913, drew every building in Magazine.
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Start Magazine’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Magazine’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Magazine on the map, 1887 to 1983

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

Magazine on the 1887 USGS mapMagazine on the 1934 USGS mapMagazine on the 1983 USGS map1887Magazine Mountain #3 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 Magazine.

People over time

Magazine, census by census

02004006008001,00018801900192019401960198020002020478 in 1880Low: 183

Lost half of its people between 1880 and 1890, then grew 4-fold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story so far

Magazine, in brief

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

Magazine is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Magazine had a population of 740. The city is named for nearby Mount Magazine. 2010 State Football Champions.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 847 to 740 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Magazine, 1867 to 1910

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Magazine post office opens
  3. 1887On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910CensusPopulation peaks at 968
By decade

Magazine, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Magazine City Hall-Jail2015Magazine City Hall-JailChrisLitherlandMagazine2011ChrisLitherlandMagazine
Every building

Magazine, building by building, 1904–1913

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Magazine fire insurance map, 1904, sheet 11904Sheet 1 of 1
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Magazine

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Magazine City Hall-Jail
Magazine City Hall-Jail
Buildings
Magazine City Hall-JailBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Magazine’s history

What year was Magazine founded?

The Magazine post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Magazine?

One place: the Magazine City Hall-Jail (listed 1993).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (2), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.