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History · Marble City

Marble City’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Marble City was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1898 on and the census since 1910.

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How Marble City began

When was Marble City founded?

1906

The Marble City post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 342 in 19102020 census: 186120 years
Founding year: the first Marble City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Marble City’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 Marble City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18983 editions of the USGS map, 1898 to 1972. Watch Marble City change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marble City’s history is told.

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On the map

Marble City on the map, 1898 to 1972

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

Marble City on the 1898 USGS mapMarble City on the 1901 USGS mapMarble City on the 1972 USGS map1898Tahlequah sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Marble City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marble City.

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The area around what is now the Town of Marble City was considered part of Lovely County, Arkansas Territory until 1829. In that year, the Federal Government began moving the Western Cherokees from other parts of Arkansas Territory into this area, then called Nicksville. Non-Indian settlers were ordered to vacate, and the Arkansas Territorial Legislature ended its claim to the land. Dwight Mission took over Nicksville. The area became part of Indian Territory.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Marble City, census by census

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Between 168 and 344 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Marble City

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

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John JarmanSon of John Henry Jarman I and Gran. · b. 1915
Frederick F. HenryUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1919
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Brian FosterAmerican mixed martial arts fighter · b. 1984
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Derek FinePlayer of American football · b. 1983
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Billy HughesAmerican musician · b. 1908
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Bobby UsseryAmerican jockey · b. 1935
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

BrushyIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Marble City’s history

What year was Marble City founded?

The Marble City post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 Wikipedia, 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.