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

1884established
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The story

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Dyer was platted in 1884 by G. E. Dyer soon after the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was extended to that point. The community has the name of the local Dyer family; S. M. Dyer bought the town site in 1870. A post office has been in operation at Dyer since 1885.

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Dyer, 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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Today2 photos
Dyer, Arkansas view from mountainCommonsDyer, Arkansas view from mountain2005ARMap-doton-DyerCommonsARMap-doton-Dyer2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dyer is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dyer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mulberry Home Economics Building in Mulberry, 4.8 miles away.

Dyer and the nearest listed places

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Mulberry Home Economics BuildingBryant-Lasater HouseFrog Bayou BridgeOld U.S. 64-Van Buren SegmentFairview Cemetery, Confederate SectionVan Buren Post Office

Closest to Dyer

Mulberry Home Economics BuildingMulberry · Building4.8miBryant-Lasater HouseMulberry · Building5miFrog Bayou BridgeMountainburg · Structure8.9miOld U.S. 64-Van Buren SegmentVan Buren · Structure11.2miFairview Cemetery, Confederate SectionVan Buren · Site12.4mi

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. Mulberry Home Economics Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dyer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dyer’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

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📜 Mulberry📜 Alma📜 Rudy📜 Kibler

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