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History · Poplar Grove

Poplar Grove’s post office opened in 1870, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1940 on.

1870first post office
0on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
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How Poplar Grove began

When was Poplar Grove founded?

1870

The Poplar Grove post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 215156 years
Founding year: the first Poplar Grove post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Poplar Grove’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 Poplar Grove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Poplar Grove’s homes were built before 1959.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Poplar Grove’s history is told.

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The story so far

Poplar Grove, in brief

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

Poplar Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, located on U.S. Route 49 between Marvell and West Helena. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 215. Poplar Grove is a farming community surrounded by fields.

Its first post office opened in 1870.

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.

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On the map

Poplar Grove on the map, 1940 to 1971

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

Poplar Grove on the 1940 USGS mapPoplar Grove on the 1956 USGS mapPoplar Grove on the 1971 USGS map1940Marvell 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 Poplar Grove.

Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Poplar Grove’s post office has been open since 1870.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Maple Corner
Gone or out of use
Moores Chapelchurch

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

Questions about Poplar Grove’s history

What year was Poplar Grove founded?

The Poplar Grove post office opened in 1870, 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.