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History · Poyen

Poyen’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Poyen was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1960.

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How Poyen began

When was Poyen founded?

1908

The Poyen post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 312 in 19602020 census: 263118 years
Founding year: the first Poyen post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Poyen’s past

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

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The story so far

Poyen, in brief

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

Poyen is a town in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Poyen had a population of 263. It is part of the Central Arkansas region.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 290 to 263 (-9%).

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

Timeline

Poyen, 1908 to 1984

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1908Post officeThe Poyen post office opens
  3. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1984Born hereJustin Moore is born here
By decade

Poyen, decade by decade

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On the map

Poyen on the map, 1964 to 1984

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

Poyen on the 1964 USGS mapPoyen on the 1984 USGS map1964Poyen 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 Poyen.

People over time

Poyen, census by census

01002003001960198020002020Peak: 329

Between 263 and 329 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

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

Questions about Poyen’s history

What year was Poyen founded?

The Poyen post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (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.