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History · Moro

Moro’s post office opened in 1855

Most of Moro was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1880.

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0on the National Register
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How Moro began

When was Moro founded?

1855

The Moro post office opened in 1855, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 51 in 18802020 census: 177171 years
Founding year: the first Moro post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Moro’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 Moro are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 489 in 1970; 177 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moro’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Moro, census by census

010020030040050018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 489

Peaked at 489 in 1970; 177 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

The story so far

Moro, in brief

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

Moro is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Moro had a population of 177.

Its first post office opened in 1855. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 177 (-18%).

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

Timeline

Moro, 1855 to 1970

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Moro post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 489
By decade

Moro, decade by decade

Today5 recent
US 79 near Moro, AR 0012014US 79 near Moro, AR 001Moro, AR 0032014Moro, AR 003Moro, AR 0022014Moro, AR 002Moro, AR 0012014Moro, AR 001Highway 78S in2014Highway 78S in
On the map

Moro on the map, 1940 to 1984

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

Moro on the 1940 USGS mapMoro on the 1957 USGS mapMoro on the 1984 USGS map1940Marianna 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 Moro.

Questions about Moro’s history

What year was Moro founded?

The Moro post office opened in 1855, 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 (5), 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.