Most of Redfield was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. 5 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 6 buildings between them.
Founding year: the first Redfield post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Redfield’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Redfield is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Redfield’s overall grade.
Arkansas towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Arkansas town has 20.5 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Redfield’s 40.4 sits above most of its state (66% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to B−. The pre-1940 share (±2.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Redfield’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Following the arrival of the Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway, also known as the "Arkansas Valley Route," a small settlement grew up around the new station named for company president Jared E. Redfield of Essex, Connecticut. Founded on December 20, 1880, Redfield was incorporated by the Jefferson county court on October 18, 1898.
Six local properties have been added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): Dollarway Road (1974), West James Street Overpass (1995), Lone Star Baptist Church (2005), Redfield School Historic District (2014), and Redfield Commercial Historic District (2023).
The Redfield post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Redfield rank for history?
Redfield is more historic than 29% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Redfield?
5 listings: 1 building, 2 historic districts, the Redfield School Historic District and the Redfield Commercial Historic District, with 6 contributing buildings, and 2 structures. 7 historic buildings in all.
How old are the homes in Redfield?
0.0% of Redfield’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1996.
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).
From Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (5), 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.
