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History · McCaskill

McCaskill’s post office opened in 1912

Most of McCaskill was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1930.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How McCaskill began

When was McCaskill founded?

1912

The McCaskill post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 170 in 19302020 census: 57114 years
Founding year: the first McCaskill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about McCaskill’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 McCaskill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 236 in 1940; 57 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McCaskill’s history is told.

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People over time

McCaskill, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 236

Peaked at 236 in 1940; 57 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

The story so far

McCaskill, in brief

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

McCaskill is a town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, McCaskill had a population of 57. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 96 to 57 (-41%).

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

Timeline

McCaskill, 1912 to 1951

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Mc Caskill post office opens
  3. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 236
  4. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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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

McCaskill on the map in 1951

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of McCaskill.

McCaskill on the 1951 USGS map1951McCaskill 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 McCaskill.

Famous people

Famous people close to McCaskill

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

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Mike HuckabeeGovernor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 · b. 1955
Melinda DillonAmerican actress · b. 1939
Daniel DavisAmerican actor · b. 1945
Jimmy WitherspoonAmerican jump blues singer · b. 1920
Ketty LesterAmerican actress, recording artist · b. 1934
Vince FosterAmerican lawyer · b. 1945

Questions about McCaskill’s history

What year was McCaskill founded?

The McCaskill post office opened in 1912, 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 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.