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History · Wilmar

Wilmar’s post office opened in 1884, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Saline Cemetery. Below: maps from 1973 on and the census since 1900.

1884first post office
1on the National Register
31%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Wilmar began

When was Wilmar founded?

1884

The Wilmar post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 844 in 19002020 census: 395142 years
Founding year: the first Wilmar post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Wilmar’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 Wilmar are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,034 in 1920; 395 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wilmar’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Wilmar, census by census

02004006008001,0001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,034

Peaked at 1,034 in 1920; 395 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

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

The story so far

Wilmar, in brief

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

Wilmar is a city in Drew County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wilmar had a population of 395.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 511 to 395 (-23%).

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

Timeline

Wilmar, 1884 to 1994

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Wilmar post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 1,034
  5. 1956Born hereDarrell Woodard is born here
  6. 1973On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1994Born hereTre'Shaun Fletcher is born here
By decade

Wilmar, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Wilmar, AR Fire Station2026Wilmar, AR Fire StationWilmar High School in2026Wilmar High School inWPA building in2026WPA building in
On the map

Wilmar on the map, 1973 to 1986

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

Wilmar on the 1973 USGS mapWilmar on the 1986 USGS map1973Wilmar North 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 Wilmar.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Wilmar

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2011
Saline Cemetery
Saline Cemetery
Sites
Saline CemeterySite

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Wilmar

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

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Tre'Shaun FletcherAmerican basketball player · b. 1994
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Darrell WoodardAmerican baseball player · b. 1956

Questions about Wilmar’s history

What year was Wilmar founded?

The Wilmar post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Wilmar?

One place: the Saline Cemetery (listed 2011).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.