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History · Ogden

Ogden’s post office opened in 1891, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Ogden was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Its Register listing is the Old US 71-Ogden Segment. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1910.

1891first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
Quick answers

How Ogden began

When was Ogden founded?

1891

The Ogden post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 397 in 19102020 census: 131135 years
Founding year: the first Ogden post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ogden’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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Start Ogden’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story so far

Ogden, in brief

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

Ogden is a city in Little River County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Ogden had a population of 131.

Its first post office opened in 1891. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 180 to 131 (-27%).

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

Timeline

Ogden, 1891 to 1953

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891Post officeThe Ogden post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1953Born hereEarnest Rhone is born here
By decade

Ogden, decade by decade

On the map

Ogden on the map, 1950 to 1970

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

Ogden on the 1950 USGS mapOgden on the 1970 USGS map1950Ogden 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 Ogden.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Ogden

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Old US 71-Ogden Segment

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

People over time

Ogden, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 397

Between 131 and 397 people in every census since 1910.

11 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Ogden’s history

What year was Ogden founded?

The Ogden post office opened in 1891, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Ogden?

One place: the Old US 71-Ogden Segment (listed 2013).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.