Flippin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Flippin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusFlippin is a city in Marion County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,345 at the 2020 census. The city was named for the Thomas H. Flippin family and was incorporated in 1921. The Thomas H. Flippin Chapter of the Arkansas State Society, National Society United States Daughters of 1812, was named for the military service of SGT Thomas H.Flippin of Captain Hugh Brown’s Company, 1st Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Militia during the War of 1812.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,355 people in 2010, 1,345 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1981.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flippin 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.
Start Flippin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flippin’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFlippin FLP: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Flippin, decade by decade
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CommonsThe main crosswalk in downtown2015
CommonsThe Flippin School District Community Garden in Flippin, AR2015
CommonsThe Flippin School District Community Garden in Flippin, AR2015
CommonsSign outside of city hall in downtown Flippin advertising l…2015
CommonsExisting signage in downtown2015
CommonsWhite River Arkansas-120061 historic place in Flippin
1 place in Flippin is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
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When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Flippin FLP and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.