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History · Traskwood

Traskwood’s post office opened in 1874

Most of Traskwood was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1993. Below: maps from 1963 on and the census since 1910.

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How Traskwood began

When was Traskwood founded?

1874

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

First census: 228 in 19102020 census: 495152 years
Founding year: the first Traskwood post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Traskwood’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

Traskwood, in brief

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

Traskwood is a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Traskwood had a population of 495. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1874. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 518 to 495 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Traskwood, 1874 to 1963

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Traskwood post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1923Born hereClifton Williams is born here
  5. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Traskwood on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Traskwood on the 1963 USGS mapTraskwood on the 1975 USGS mapTraskwood on the 1984 USGS map1963Traskwood 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 Traskwood.

People over time

Traskwood, census by census

0100200300400500600192019401960198020002020Peak: 548

Between 199 and 548 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Questions about Traskwood’s history

What year was Traskwood founded?

The Traskwood 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, 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.