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History · Viola

Viola’s post office opened in 1860

Most of Viola was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977.

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How Viola began

When was Viola founded?

1860

The Viola post office opened in 1860, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 358166 years
Founding year: the first Viola post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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Viola, in brief

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Viola is a town in Fulton County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 358 at the 2020 census, up from 337 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1860. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 337 to 358 (+6%).

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

Timeline

Viola, 1860 to 1935

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1860Post officeThe Viola post office opens
  3. 1885Born hereO. A. Cargill is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1935Born hereMax Sherman is born here
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Viola, decade by decade

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Viola

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

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Max ShermanAmerican politician · b. 1935
O. A. CargillAmerican writer and politician · b. 1885

Questions about Viola’s history

What year was Viola founded?

The Viola post office opened in 1860, 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 (3), 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.