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History · Mount Holly

Mount Holly’s post office opened in 1853

Most of Mount Holly was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2021. Below: maps from 1962 on.

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Quick answers

How Mount Holly began

When was Mount Holly founded?

1853

The Mount Holly post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Beechland (1846), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 123173 years
Founding year: the first Mount Holly post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mount Holly’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 Mount Holly are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Holly’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mount Holly, in brief

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

Mount Holly is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Union County, Arkansas, United States. Mount Holly is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 57 and 160, 18 miles (29 km) west-northwest of El Dorado. Mount Holly has a post office with ZIP code 71758. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 123.

Its first post office opened in 1853.

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

Timeline

Mount Holly, 1846 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1846Post officeThe Beechland post office opens
  3. 1853Post officeThe Beechland post office closes
  4. 1853Post officeThe Mount Holly post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1962On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

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

Mount Holly on the map, 1962 to 1985

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

Mount Holly on the 1962 USGS mapMount Holly on the 1985 USGS map1962Mt Holly 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 Mount Holly.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mount Holly

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

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Ne-YoAmerican R&B singer · b. 1979
Barbara HendricksAmerican operatic soprano and concert singer · b. 1948
Tommy TubervilleAmerican football coach and politician · b. 1954
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Charles PortisAmerican writer · b. 1933
Daniel GaffordAmerican basketball player · b. 1998
Lamar HuntAmerican sports executive · b. 1932
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Mount Holly’s post office has been open since 1853. Another post office, Beechland, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Beechland
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Mount Holly
1853–today
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2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mount Holly
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mount Holly’s history

What year was Mount Holly founded?

The Mount Holly post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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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, 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.