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History · Twin Groves

5 of Twin Groves’ places are on the National Register

Most of Twin Groves was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1961 on and the census since 2000.

5on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Twin Groves’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Twin Groves are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register5 places on the National Register.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Twin Groves’s history is told.

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On the National Register

5 historic places in Twin Groves

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

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first listed
1994
Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes Building
Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes BuildingSilas Owens Sr. HouseCharlie Hall HouseQuattlebaum-Pelletier HouseRichard and Mettie Ealy House
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Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes BuildingBuilding
Silas Owens Sr. HouseBuilding
Charlie Hall HouseBuilding
Quattlebaum-Pelletier HouseBuilding
Richard and Mettie Ealy HouseBuilding

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

The story so far

Twin Groves, in brief

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

Twin Groves is a town in northwestern Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The name of the town comes from two neighboring communities — Solomon Grove and Zion Grove — which joined to incorporate as a town in 1991. As of the 2020 census, Twin Groves had a population of 317. Twin Groves is part of the Central Arkansas region.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 335 to 317 (-5%).

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

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On the map

Twin Groves on the map, 1961 to 1994

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

Twin Groves on the 1961 USGS mapTwin Groves on the 1994 USGS map1961Damascus 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 Twin Groves.

People over time

Twin Groves, census by census

010020030020002020Peak: 335

Between 276 and 335 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Twin Groves

Nobody well known was born in Twin Groves itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Laurell K. HamiltonAmerican novelist · b. 1963
Rebecca RoanhorseAmerican speculative fiction author · b. 1971
Ray ThorntonAmerican politician · b. 1928
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Archie ClarkAmerican basketball player · b. 1941
Shekinna StricklenAmerican basketball player · b. 1990
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Jimmy OliverAmerican basketball player · b. 1969

Questions about Twin Groves’ history

What is on the National Register in Twin Groves?

5 listings: 5 buildings, among them the Solomon Grove Smith-Hughes Building (listed 1994, the first).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.