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History · Aubrey

Aubrey’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Aubrey. 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

Aubrey is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 108 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 170 to 108 (-36%). Half of its homes were built before 1991.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Aubrey 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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By decade

Aubrey, 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 Aubrey is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Aubrey has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is McClintock House in Marianna, 8.4 miles away.

Aubrey and the nearest listed places

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McClintock HouseMarianna Missouri-Pacific DepotMarianna WaterworksMarianna National Guard ArmoryElks ClubMcClintock House

Closest to Aubrey

McClintock HouseMarianna · Building8.4miMarianna Missouri-Pacific DepotMarianna · Building8.5miMarianna WaterworksMarianna · Building8.5miMarianna National Guard ArmoryMarianna · Building8.7miElks ClubMarianna · Building8.7mi

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. McClintock House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Aubrey?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Aubrey’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.

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