Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 4% of U.S. towns · #114 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it
Most of Southside was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1942 on.
Southside dates its founding to 2014 (Wikipedia’s history).
More historic than 4% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Southside is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns, #114 of 123 in Arkansas. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its age pulls it down.
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 Southside’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (11% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: Wikipedia (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 →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Southside’s history is told.
Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Southside yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Southside is an incorporated city located in Independence County, Arkansas, United States. The elevation of Southside is 354 feet (108 m). The spur route of Arkansas Highway 14 connects Southside with Salado.
Southside was established in 2014.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Southside. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Southside.
Nobody well known was born in Southside itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 2014, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town.
Southside is more historic than 4% of U.S. towns, #114 of 123 in Arkansas. 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.
3% of Southside’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.6 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1988.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.
