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History · Littlerock

Littlerock’s post office opened in 1893

More historic than 15% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Littlerock was built recently: 0.8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1903 on.

1893first post office
0on the National Register
0.8%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Littlerock’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Littlerock began

When was Littlerock founded?

1893

The Littlerock post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,535133 years

How historic is Littlerock?

C−

More historic than 15% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Littlerock post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Littlerock’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Littlerock is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

C−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Littlerock’s overall grade.
Founding era1893, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19400.8% of homes (±1.2) · typical CA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical CA town 0.0 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 15%
NewerOlder

Few California towns list much on the Register (a typical California town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Littlerock’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (31% of California towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C−. The pre-1940 share (±1.2 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Littlerock’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Littlerock’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDesert School House, Little Rock, Mojav…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Littlerock, in brief

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

Littlerock is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 1,535 at the 2020 census, up from 1,377 at the 2010 census. The Littlerock, and Sun Village community, which is typically referred to as Littlerock, has a population of around 15,000. According to the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance report of 2009, the Palmdale / Lancaster urban area has a population of 483,998, which Littlerock is a part of. Littlerock is named after the Little Rock Wash that passes through the area and is known as "The Fruit Basket of the Antelope Valley." There were orchards of fruit trees such as almonds, apples, peaches, and pears, along the side of th…

Its first post office opened in 1893. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,377 to 1,535 (+11%).

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

Timeline

Littlerock, 1893 to 1993

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1893Post officeThe Littlerock post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1903In the archiveDesert School House, Little Rock, Mojave Desert, ca.1903 (CHS-2313)
  5. 1946In the archiveLittlerockCA
  6. 1993In the archiveVIEW TO SOUTH OVER RESERVOIR INTO LITTLEROCK CREEK WATERSHED. - Little Rock Creek Dam, Li…
By decade

Littlerock, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1900s to the 1990s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
Desert School House, Little Rock, Mojave Desert, ca.1903 (CHS-2313)c. 1903Desert School House, Little Rock, Mojave Desert, ca.1…
1910s–1930snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
1940s1 item
LittlerockCA1946LittlerockCA
1950s–1980snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
1990s1 item
VIEW TO SOUTH OVER RESERVOIR INTO LITTLEROCK CREEK WATERSHED. - Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, L…1993VIEW TO SOUTH OVER RESERVOIR INTO LITTLEROCK CREEK WA…
Today3 recent
Littlerock High School2013Littlerock High School2013, When Fruit Stands Grow Up - panoramio (2)20132013, When Fruit Stands Grow Up - panoramio (2)2013, When Fruit Stands Grow Up - panoramio (1)20132013, When Fruit Stands Grow Up - panoramio (1)
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Desert School House, Little Rock, Mojave Desert, ca.1903 (CHS-2313)
Retake this viewDesert School House, Little Rock, Mojave Desert, ca.1903 (CHS-2313), c. 1903

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Littlerock’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

PalmdaleIts storyC−Sun VillageIts storyC−

Questions about Littlerock’s history

What year was Littlerock founded?

The Littlerock post office opened in 1893, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Littlerock rank for history?

Littlerock is more historic than 15% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Littlerock?

0.8% of Littlerock’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.2 points), against a typical 3.4% for a California town; the median home was built in 1983.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), 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.