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History · Rose Bud

Rose Bud’s post office opened in 1858, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Rose Bud was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Its Register listings are the Darden-Gifford House and the E. D. Maddox Farm Chicken House. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1880.

1858first post office
2on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Rose Bud began

When was Rose Bud founded?

1858

The Rose Bud post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 38 in 18802020 census: 494168 years
Founding year: the first Rose Bud post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rose Bud’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 Rose Bud are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rose Bud’s history is told.

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The story so far

Rose Bud, in brief

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

Rose Bud is a town in White County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rose Bud had a population of 494. Rose Bud has its own school district with Pre-K through 12th grade.

Its first post office opened in 1858. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 482 to 494 (+2%).

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

By decade

Rose Bud, decade by decade

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On the map

Rose Bud on the map, 1963 to 1994

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

Rose Bud on the 1963 USGS mapRose Bud on the 1994 USGS map1963Rose Bud 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 Rose Bud.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Rose Bud

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

places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1976
Darden-Gifford House
Darden-Gifford HouseE. D. Maddox Farm Chicken House
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E. D. Maddox Farm Chicken HouseBuilding · listed 1992

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

People over time

Rose Bud, census by census

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Grew from 38 people in 1880 to 494 in 2020, more than tenfold.

7 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Questions about Rose Bud’s history

What year was Rose Bud founded?

The Rose Bud post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Rose Bud?

Two places: the Darden-Gifford House (listed 1976) and the E. D. Maddox Farm Chicken House (1992).

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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 (5), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.