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

Cove is a town in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 319 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 382 to 319 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cove 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cove’s history is told.

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Norris GoffNorris GoffFilm, TV & StageBABoyce AlfordPolitics & Law
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Cove, 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 Cove is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cove has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mountain Fork Bridge in Hatfield, 6.3 miles away.

Cove and the nearest listed places

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Mountain Fork BridgeBogg Springs HotelWickes SchoolJames D. Shaver House (Additional Documentation)Janssen ParkEbenezer Monument

Closest to Cove

Mountain Fork BridgeHatfield · Structure6.3miBogg Springs HotelVandervoort · Building7.6miWickes SchoolWickes · Building10.6miJames D. Shaver House (Additional Documentation)Mena · Building14.2miJanssen ParkMena · District14.4mi

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. Mountain Fork Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cove?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cove’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
📜 Hatfield📜 Vandervoort📜 Wickes📜 Mena
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