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History · Walcott

Walcott’s post office opened in 1846, and 4 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Walcott was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1940 on.

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How Walcott began

When was Walcott founded?

1846

The Walcott post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 152180 years
Founding year: the first Walcott post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Walcott’s 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 Walcott are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1846: 180 years of Walcott.Landmarks on the Register4 places on the National Register.
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Start Walcott’s collection

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

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On the National Register

4 historic places in Walcott

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

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first listed
1992
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Bathhouse
Crowley's Ridge State Park-BathhouseCrowley's Ridge State Park-BridgeCrowley's Ridge State Park-Comfort StationCrowley's Ridge State Park-Dining Hall
BuildingsStructures
Crowley's Ridge State Park-BathhouseBuilding
Crowley's Ridge State Park-BridgeStructure
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Comfort StationBuilding
Crowley's Ridge State Park-Dining HallBuilding

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

The story so far

Walcott, in brief

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

Walcott is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. Walcott is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 141 and 168, 10 miles (16 km) west of Paragould. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 152. Walcott has a post office with ZIP code 72474.

Its first post office opened in 1846.

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Walcott on the map, 1940 to 1983

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

Walcott on the 1940 USGS mapWalcott on the 1958 USGS mapWalcott on the 1960 USGS mapWalcott on the 1983 USGS map1940Gainesville 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 Walcott.

Famous people

Famous people close to Walcott

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

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John GrishamAmerican writer · b. 1955
Wes BentleyAmerican actor · b. 1978
Malik MonkAmerican basketball player · b. 1998
Iris DeMentAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1961
Jeanne CarmenAmerican model, actress and trick golfer · b. 1930
Billy Lee RileyAmerican rockabilly musician, singer, record pr… · b. 1933

Questions about Walcott’s history

What year was Walcott founded?

The Walcott post office opened in 1846, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Walcott?

4 listings: 3 buildings, among them the Crowley's Ridge State Park-Bathhouse (listed 1992, the first), and 1 structure.

Memory lane

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

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (4), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.