Most of Mulberry was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1973. Its Register listings are the Mulberry Home Economics Building and the Bryant-Lasater House. Below: maps from 1908 on and the census since 1890.
The Mulberry post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Britton (1883), opened inside today’s city and later closed.
First census: 321 in 18902020 census: 1,543196 years
How historic is Mulberry?
B
More historic than 62% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Mulberry post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Mulberry’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Mulberry is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Mulberry’s overall grade.
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 Mulberry’s 12.2 sits near the middle of its state (46% 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 B− to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.7 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (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 Mulberry’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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.
1908Sheet 1 of 1
Edition
Sheets
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Mulberry, 1830 to 1904
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mulberry yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Mulberry is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Mulberry had a population of 1,543.
Its first post office opened in 1830. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,655 to 1,543 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Mulberry, census by census
Between 321 and 1,655 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mulberry’s Wikipedia page.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Mulberry’s post office has been open since 1830. Another post office, Britton, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Mulberry
1830–today
Britton
1883–1904
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Pleasant Hill
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Mulberry
AlexanderBrattonEcholsKingMarlarNew Cemetery of Mulberry
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Mulberry’s history
What year was Mulberry founded?
The Mulberry post office opened in 1830, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Mulberry rank for history?
Mulberry is more historic than 62% of U.S. towns. 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 Mulberry?
Two places: the Mulberry Home Economics Building (listed 1992) and the Bryant-Lasater House (2007).
How old are the homes in Mulberry?
8% of Mulberry’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.7 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1973.
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 Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.
