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History · New Blaine

New Blaine’s post office opened in 1923, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

7 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1888 on.

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Quick answers

How New Blaine began

When was New Blaine founded?

1923

The New Blaine post office opened in 1923, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Blaine (1884), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 173103 years
Founding year: the first New Blaine post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Blaine’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 New Blaine are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18883 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1993. Watch New Blaine change.Landmarks on the Register7 places on the National Register.
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Start New Blaine’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Blaine’s history is told.

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On the map

New Blaine on the map, 1888 to 1993

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

New Blaine on the 1888 USGS mapNew Blaine on the 1962 USGS mapNew Blaine on the 1993 USGS map1888Dardanelle #2 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 New Blaine.

On the National Register

7 historic places in New Blaine

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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1976
Elizabeth Hall
Elizabeth HallNew Blaine SchoolFarmer's State BankFreeborn T. Lasater HouseMain Street BridgeTroy Lasater Service StationArkansas Highway 22, Old
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Elizabeth HallBuilding
New Blaine SchoolBuilding
Farmer's State BankBuilding
Freeborn T. Lasater HouseBuilding
Main Street BridgeStructure
Troy Lasater Service StationBuilding
Arkansas Highway 22, OldStructure

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

New Blaine, in brief

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

New Blaine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 173. The following sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places are in or near New Blaine: Anhalt Barn, on County Road 68 Old Arkansas Highway 22, part of AR 197, AR 197 Loop, and Rainwater Loop Elizabeth Hall, off AR 22 Farmer's State Bank, at 100 Seallars St. Freeborn T. Lasater House, at 494 AR 197 Main Street Bridge, 2002 Sellers St. at Silver Smith Branch New Blaine School, at the junction of AR 22 and Spring Rd. Troy Lasater Service Station, on the AR 197 Loop.

Its first post office opened in 1923. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 174 in 2010, 173 in 2020.

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

Timeline

New Blaine, 1884 to 1923

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Blaine post office opens
  3. 1888On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1923Post officeThe Blaine post office closes
  6. 1923Post officeThe New Blaine post office opens
By decade

New Blaine, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Farmer's State Bank, Front View2014Farmer's State Bank, Front ViewElizabeth Hall, Northeast View2014Elizabeth Hall, Northeast ViewElizabeth Hall, East View2014Elizabeth Hall, East ViewOld Highway 222013Old Highway 22Highway 1972013Highway 197Freeborn T. Lasater House2013Freeborn T. Lasater House
Famous people

Famous people close to New Blaine

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

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Tom CottonAmerican politician and army officer · b. 1977
Scott BradleyAmerican composer · b. 1891
Corliss WilliamsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1973
Steve WomackU.S. Representative from Arkansas · b. 1957
Bob WoottonAmerican guitarist · b. 1942
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Johnny CarpenterAmerican actor · b. 1914
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

New Blaine’s post office has been open since 1923. Another post office, Blaine, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Blaine
1884–1923
New Blaine
1923–today
18801950today
1cemetery inside New Blaine
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about New Blaine’s history

What year was New Blaine founded?

The New Blaine post office opened in 1923, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in New Blaine?

7 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Elizabeth Hall (listed 1976, the first), and 2 structures.

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 Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (7), 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.