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History · Springdale

Springdale dates to 1882

Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1951 on.

1882founded
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Springdale began

When was Springdale founded?

1882

Springdale dates its founding to 1882 (Wikipedia’s history). Its post office opened in 1885.

2020 census: 40144 years
Founding year: Wikipedia. First post office: 1885.The full story ↓

What stands out about Springdale’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 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Springdale’s history is told.

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The story

How Springdale came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Springdale.

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The community was founded in the area of a hot spring by rancher Cyrus B. Mendenhall in 1882. Springdale had a post office from 1885 until 2004.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Springdale, 1882 to 1951

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882
    FoundingSpringdale is established
  3. 1885Post officeThe Springdale post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Springdale, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563Date?Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563
On the map

Springdale on the map, 1951 to 1981

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

Springdale on the 1951 USGS mapSpringdale on the 1981 USGS map1951Springdale 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 Springdale.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563
Retake this viewSpringdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563

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

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Places that used to be

Places now gone

Springdale’s post office has been open since 1885.

Gone or out of use
Springdale Post Officepost office

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

Questions about Springdale’s history

What year was Springdale founded?

In 1882, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Springdale’s post office opened in 1885.

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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 the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, 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.