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History · Rover

Rover’s post office opened in 1854, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on.

1854first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
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How Rover began

When was Rover founded?

1854

The Rover post office opened in 1854, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 159172 years
Founding year: the first Rover post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Rover’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 Rover are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18903 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1982. Watch Rover change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rover’s history is told.

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On the map

Rover on the map, 1890 to 1982

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

Rover on the 1890 USGS mapRover on the 1968 USGS mapRover on the 1982 USGS map1890Hot Springs 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 Rover.

The story so far

Rover, in brief

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

Rover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. Rover is located on Arkansas Highway 28, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west-southwest of Plainview. Rover has a post office with ZIP code 72860. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 159.

Its first post office opened in 1854.

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

By decade

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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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Famous people

Famous people close to Rover

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

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Tom CottonAmerican politician and army officer · b. 1977
Scott BradleyAmerican composer · b. 1891
Corliss WilliamsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1973
Steve WomackU.S. Representative from Arkansas · b. 1957
Bob WoottonAmerican guitarist · b. 1942
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Johnny CarpenterAmerican actor · b. 1914

Questions about Rover’s history

What year was Rover founded?

The Rover post office opened in 1854, 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 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.