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History · Pindall

Pindall’s post office opened in 1908, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1990.

1908first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Pindall began

When was Pindall founded?

1908

The Pindall post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Kilburn (1904), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 135 in 19902020 census: 95118 years
Founding year: the first Pindall post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pindall’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 Pindall are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Pindall change.
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Start Pindall’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Pindall on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Pindall on the 1893 USGS mapPindall on the 1903 USGS mapPindall on the 1929 USGS mapPindall on the 1967 USGS mapPindall on the 1985 USGS map1893Yellville sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pindall.

The story so far

Pindall, in brief

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

Pindall is a town in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Pindall had a population of 95. The town is said to be named for Governor Xenophon Overton Pindall.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 112 to 95 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Pindall, 1893 to 1908

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Kilburn post office opens
  5. 1908Post officeThe Kilburn post office closes
  6. 1908Post officeThe Pindall post office opens
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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People over time

Pindall, census by census

010020002020Peak: 135

Between 95 and 135 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Pindall

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

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Elton BrittCountry music guitarist and singer-songwriter · b. 1912
Davis Tutt19th-century American Old West gambler · b. 1836
John Paul HammerschmidtAmerican politician · b. 1922
Gracie PfostAmerican politician · b. 1906
Jack WilliamsUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1924
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Brandon BurlsworthAmerican football player · b. 1976
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pindall’s post office has been open since 1908. Another post office, Kilburn, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Kilburn
1904–1908
Pindall
1908–today
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pindall’s history

What year was Pindall founded?

The Pindall post office opened in 1908, 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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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 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.