TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
EdmondsonGood morning
History · Edmondson

Edmondson’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Edmondson. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

0old images & papers
6recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Edmondson is a town in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 243 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 427 to 243 (-43%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Edmondson 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.

Be one of the first

Start Edmondson’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Edmondson’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
By decade

Edmondson, 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.
📷 Add from your album
Today6 photos
Edmondson AR 005CommonsEdmondson AR 0052012Edmondson AR 004CommonsEdmondson AR 0042012Edmondson AR 003CommonsEdmondson AR 0032012Edmondson AR 002CommonsEdmondson AR 0022012Edmondson AR 001CommonsEdmondson AR 0012012ARMap-doton-EdmondsonCommonsARMap-doton-Edmondson2005
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Edmondson is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Edmondson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Dabbs Store in West Memphis, 6.6 miles away.

Edmondson and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Edmondson. Tap a dot.
Dabbs StoreJohnson-Portis HouseWest Memphis City HallWilson Power and Light Company Ice PlantHamilton ApartmentsWest Memphis Commercial Historic District

Closest to Edmondson

Dabbs StoreWest Memphis · Building6.6miJohnson-Portis HouseWest Memphis · Building7miWest Memphis City HallWest Memphis · Building7.3miWilson Power and Light Company Ice PlantWest Memphis · Building7.5miHamilton ApartmentsWest Memphis · Building7.5mi

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. Dabbs Store’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Edmondson?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Edmondson’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
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
📜 Anthonyville📜 West Memphis📜 Jennette📜 Crawfordsville

From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

The coffee’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Edmondson, ARView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Edmondson is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map