Blevins’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Blevins. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusBlevins is a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 288 at the 2020 census, down from 315 in 2010. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 315 to 288 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1976.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Blevins 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Blevins’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Blevins’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewIn the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevin…, 1921: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Blevins, decade by decade
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Blevins is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Blevins has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Blevins, 3.3 miles away.
Blevins and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as In the Woods, cyclone Neon Blevins, Ark (1921) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.