Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Its Register listing is the Otha Walker Homestead. Below: maps from 1932 on and the census since 1880.
The West Point post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1858.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how West Point’s history is told.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of West Point yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
West Point is a town in White County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, West Point had a population of 170.
Its first post office opened in 1852. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 185 to 170 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of West Point. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of West Point.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Between 97 and 226 people in every census since 1880.
14 censuses, 1880–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on West Point’s Wikipedia page.
The West Point post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1858.
One place: the Otha Walker Homestead (listed 1992).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.
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