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History · Trumann

Trumann’s post office opened in 1904, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 17% of U.S. towns · #98 of 123 in Arkansas. What drives it

Its Register listings are the Poinsett Community Club and the Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's House. Most of Trumann was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1976. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1940 on, and the census since 1920.

1904first post office
2on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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From Trumann’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Trumann began

When was Trumann founded?

1904

The Trumann post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 2,598 in 19202020 census: 7,399122 years

How historic is Trumann?

C−

More historic than 17% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Trumann post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Trumann’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Trumann is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns, #98 of 123 in Arkansas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Trumann’s overall grade.
Founding era1904, from the first post office: founded 1900–1944, an older era than 9% of U.S. townsDHomes built before 19402.4% of homes (±2.2) · typical AR town 3.1% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register2 listings, 3 historic buildings, 4.0 per 10,000 residents · typical AR town 20.5 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 17%
NewerOlder
Arkansas towns of 2,500+ (123)Ahead of 20%

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 Trumann’s 4.0 sits below most of its state (32% of Arkansas towns have fewer) while its 3 historic buildings outnumber those of 65% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C. The pre-1940 share (±2.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (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 →

What stands out about Trumann’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Trumann’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Trumann’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewSt. Francis River, near Truman [sic], A…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Trumann came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Trumann.

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The original settlement at Trumann was a logging camp known as Mosher. Subsequently, farms sprung up as the timber was cleared and the wetlands were drained. In 1902 the name was changed to Weona. In 1917 the town was incorporated under the name Trumann.

On June 5, 2014, a derecho passed the through the town, causing extensive damage to trees and power lines. The estimated wind gust at the time of the storm was between 80 and 85 mph, with sustained winds of 75 mph.

On December 10, 2021, a tornado came through the town causing damage. It was part of a tornado outbreak that spawned multiple tornados in Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois that same evening.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Trumann, 1904 to 1952

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1904Post officeThe Trumann post office opens
  3. 1927In the archiveSt. Francis River, near Truman [sic], Ark
  4. 1928Born hereBenjamin Harrison is born here
  5. 1940On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1952Born hereJoe Hollimon is born here
By decade

Trumann, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1920s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1920s1 item
St. Francis River, near Truman [sic], Ark1927St. Francis River, near Truman [sic], Ark
1930s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today22 recent
Poinsett Lumber2020Poinsett LumberPoinsett Community Club2020Poinsett Community ClubTruman AR 2013-09-21 0032013Truman AR 2013-09-21 003Truman AR 2013-09-21 0022013Truman AR 2013-09-21 002Truman AR 2013-09-21 0012013Truman AR 2013-09-21 001Trumann AR 0202011Trumann AR 020Trumann AR 0192011Trumann AR 019Trumann AR 0182011Trumann AR 018Trumann AR 0172011Trumann AR 017Trumann AR 0162011Trumann AR 016Trumann AR 0152011Trumann AR 015Trumann AR 0142011Trumann AR 014Trumann AR 0132011Trumann AR 013Trumann AR 0122011Trumann AR 012Trumann AR 0112011Trumann AR 011Trumann AR 0102011Trumann AR 010Trumann AR 0092011Trumann AR 009Trumann AR 0082011Trumann AR 008Trumann AR 0072011Trumann AR 007Trumann AR 0032011Trumann AR 003Trumann AR 0022011Trumann AR 002Trumann AR 0012011Trumann AR 001
On the map

Trumann on the map, 1940 to 1983

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

Trumann on the 1940 USGS mapTrumann on the 1958 USGS mapTrumann on the 1983 USGS map1940Dee 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 Trumann.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

St. Francis River, near Truman [sic], Ark
Retake this viewSt. Francis River, near Truman [sic], Ark, 1927

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Trumann’s page.

Retake this view · +15
On the National Register

2 historic places in Trumann

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Poinsett Community Club
Poinsett Community ClubPoinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's House
Buildings
Poinsett Community ClubBuilding
All 2 listings
Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's HouseBuilding · listed 2010

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

People over time

Trumann, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,0001920194019601980200020207,399

Grew from 2,598 people in 1920 to 7,399 in 2020.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Trumann

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Benjamin HarrisonUnited States general · b. 1928
J
Joe HollimonPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1952
Places that used to be

Old corners and places now gone

Trumann’s post office has been open since 1904.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Dobell
Gone or out of use
Byrns SchoolschoolSafford Spurlocale

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

Questions about Trumann’s history

What year was Trumann founded?

The Trumann post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Trumann rank for history?

Trumann is more historic than 17% of U.S. towns, #98 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.

What is on the National Register in Trumann?

Two places: the Poinsett Community Club (listed 1986) and the Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company Manager's House (2010).

How old are the homes in Trumann?

2% of Trumann’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 3.1% for an Arkansas town; the median home was built in 1976.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (22), the Library of Congress (1), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, 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.