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History · Tinsman

Tinsman’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Tinsman was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1973 on and the census since 1920.

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How Tinsman began

When was Tinsman founded?

1906

The Tinsman post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 248 in 19202020 census: 50120 years
Founding year: the first Tinsman post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tinsman’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Tinsman, in brief

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

Tinsman is a town in Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Tinsman had a population of 50. It is part of the Camden Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 54 to 50 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Tinsman, 1906 to 1975

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1906Post officeThe Tinsman post office opens
  3. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1975Post officeThe Tinsman post office closes
By decade

Tinsman, decade by decade

Today4 recent
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On the map

Tinsman on the map, 1973 to 1985

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

Tinsman on the 1973 USGS mapTinsman on the 1985 USGS map1973Tinsman 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 Tinsman.

People over time

Tinsman, census by census

0100200192019401960198020002020Peak: 248

Between 50 and 248 people in every census since 1920.

8 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Tinsman had its own post office from 1906 to 1975.

Tinsman
1906–1975
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Tinsman’s history

What year was Tinsman founded?

The Tinsman post office opened in 1906, 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 Wikimedia Commons (4), 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.