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History · Anthonyville

Anthonyville’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Anthonyville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Anthonyville is a town in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 135 at the 2020 census, down from 161 in 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 161 to 135 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Anthonyville yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Anthonyville, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Anthonyville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Anthonyville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hughes Water Tower in Hughes, 9.7 miles away.

Anthonyville and the nearest listed places

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Hughes Water TowerDabbs StoreJohnson-Portis HouseWest Memphis City HallWilson Power and Light Company Ice PlantHamilton Apartments

Closest to Anthonyville

Hughes Water TowerHughes · Structure9.7miDabbs StoreWest Memphis · Building10.4miJohnson-Portis HouseWest Memphis · Building11.3miWest Memphis City HallWest Memphis · Building11.4miWilson Power and Light Company Ice PlantWest Memphis · Building11.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Hughes Water Tower’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Anthonyville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Anthonyville’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Edmondson📜 Horseshoe Lake📜 Jennette📜 Hughes

From Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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