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History · Swifton

Swifton’s post office opened in 1874

Most of Swifton was built recently: 0.5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979.

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How Swifton began

When was Swifton founded?

1874

The Swifton post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 733152 years
Founding year: the first Swifton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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The story so far

Swifton, in brief

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Swifton is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Swifton had a population of 733. Swifton was the hometown of Baseball Hall of Famer George Kell.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 798 to 733 (-8%).

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

Timeline

Swifton, 1874 to 1932

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Swifton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1914Born hereRobert Harvey is born here
  5. 1929Born hereSkeeter Kell is born here
  6. 1932Born hereWilliam P. Bowden is born here
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Famous people

3 famous people were born in Swifton

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Skeeter KellAmerican baseball player · b. 1929
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William P. BowdenAmerican general · b. 1932
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Robert HarveyAmerican politician · b. 1914

Questions about Swifton’s history

What year was Swifton founded?

The Swifton post office opened in 1874, 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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.