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From Wikipedia’s history of Maumelle.
Maumelle was the location of the second oldest Target Corporation distribution center; the center closed in 2009.
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History · Maumelle
Maumelle dates to 1974, and 2 of its places are on the National Register
More historic than 7% of U.S. towns · #113 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
Most of Maumelle was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Its Register listings are the Pyeatte-Mason Cemetery and the Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker #4. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1990.
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2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers
How Maumelle began
When was Maumelle founded?
1974
Maumelle dates its founding to 1974 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1990.
First census: 6,714 in 19902020 census: 19,25152 years
How historic is Maumelle?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 7% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1846.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Maumelle’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Maumelle is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #113 of 123 in Arkansas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Maumelle’s overall grade.
Founding era1974, from Wikidata: founded 1945 or later, an older era than 2% of U.S. townsD−Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±0.3) · typical AR town 3.1% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register2 listings, 1.0 per 10,000 residents · typical AR town 20.5 · U.S. 2.4C+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 7%
NewerOlder
Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 8%
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 Maumelle’s 1.0 sits below most of its state (24% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D− to D. The pre-1940 share (±0.3 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1974.
Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). 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 Maumelle’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Maumelle’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Maumelle’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Maukelle
Wilder
18401930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
West Marche
Gone or out of use
Highland SchoolschoolRocky Branch SchoolschoolZion Chapelchurch
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Maumelle
CorbinMasonRiverwood Memorial Gardens
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Timeline
Maumelle, 1846 to 1996
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1846Post officeThe Maukelle post office opens
- 20th century
- 1914Post officeThe Wilder post office opens
- 1917Post officeThe Wilder post office closes
- 1926Post officeThe Maukelle post office closes
- 1943
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey - 1974FoundingMaumelle is established
- 1996Born hereKendall Donnerson is born here
By decade
Maumelle, decade by decade
Today1 recent
2024On the map
Maumelle on the map, 1943 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Maumelle. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1943Pinnacle Mtn sheet · 1:31,680U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Maumelle.
On the National Register
2 historic places in Maumelle
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1996
Pyeatte-Mason Cemetery
SitesStructures
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Maumelle, census by census
Grew from 6,714 people in 1990 to 19,251 in 2020.
4 censuses, 1990–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Maumelle’s Wikipedia page.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Maumelle’s history
What year was Maumelle founded?
In 1974, according to Wikidata. Maumelle’s post office opened in 1846, and the census of 1990 counted 6,714 people here.
How does Maumelle rank for history?
Maumelle is more historic than 7% of U.S. towns, #113 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 Maumelle?
Two places: the Pyeatte-Mason Cemetery (listed 1996) and the Maumelle Ordnance Works Bunker #4 (2006).
How old are the homes in Maumelle?
0.0% of Maumelle’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 2000.
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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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.