The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElkins is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located in the Boston Mountains, deep in the Ozark Mountains. A combination of the former unincorporated communities of Harris and Hood, Elkins was established in 1964. Located immediately east of Fayetteville in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan statistical area, Elkins had a population of 3,602 as of the 2020 census.
Elkins was established in 1964. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,648 to 3,602 (+36%). Half of its homes were built before 2004.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elkins 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 Elkins’s history is told.
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Elkins, decade by decade
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Historic places
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