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History · Wayton

Wayton’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Wayton was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1972. Below: maps from 1956 on.

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How Wayton began

When was Wayton founded?

1892

The Wayton post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 148134 years
Founding year: the first Wayton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wayton’s past

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

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

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The story so far

Wayton, in brief

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

Wayton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Wayton is located on Arkansas Highway 327, 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Jasper. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 148.

Its first post office opened in 1892.

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

Timeline

Wayton, 1892 to 1984

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Wayton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1984Post officeThe Wayton post office closes
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On the map

Wayton on the map, 1956 to 1992

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

Wayton on the 1956 USGS mapWayton on the 1964 USGS mapWayton on the 1977 USGS mapWayton on the 1983 USGS mapWayton on the 1992 USGS map1956Russellville sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Wayton.

Famous people

Famous people close to Wayton

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

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Ronnie HawkinsAmerican musician · b. 1935
Helen Gurley BrownAmerican author, publisher, and businesswoman · b. 1922
Gary MillerAmerican politician · b. 1948
Elton BrittCountry music guitarist and singer-songwriter · b. 1912
John Paul HammerschmidtAmerican politician · b. 1922
David Crockett GrahamAmerican Baptist missionary, anthropologist, ed… · b. 1884
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Wayton had its own post office from 1892 to 1984.

Wayton
1892–1984
18901960today
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Taylor's Air StripairportWayton Schoolschool

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

Questions about Wayton’s history

What year was Wayton founded?

The Wayton post office opened in 1892, 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 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.