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History · Sherrill

Sherrill’s post office opened in 1890, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 1940.

1890first post office
1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
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How Sherrill began

When was Sherrill founded?

1890

The Sherrill post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1935.

First census: 258 in 19402020 census: 53136 years
Founding year: the first Sherrill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1935.

What stands out about Sherrill’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 Sherrill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Sherrill, in brief

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

Sherrill is a town in Plum Bayou Township, Jefferson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sherrill had a population of 53. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 84 to 53 (-37%).

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

By decade

Sherrill, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, South2016Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthLitherlandSherrill2011LitherlandSherrillARMap-doton-Sherrill2005ARMap-doton-Sherrill
On the map

Sherrill on the map, 1935 to 1971

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

Sherrill on the 1935 USGS mapSherrill on the 1963 USGS mapSherrill on the 1971 USGS map1935Altheimer 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 Sherrill.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Sherrill

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

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Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthBuilding

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

People over time

Sherrill, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 263

Between 53 and 263 people in every census since 1940.

9 censuses, 1940–2020.

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

Questions about Sherrill’s history

What year was Sherrill founded?

The Sherrill post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1935.

What is on the National Register in Sherrill?

One place: the Sherrill Methodist Episcopal Church, South (listed 2002).

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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 (3), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.