Fordyce’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Fordyce. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Caddo people, whose artifacts are occasionally found. The land that became Fordyce was partially cleared before 1850 by W. W. Killabrew, an early settler. In the 1870s, the land was owned by an African American named Henry Atkinson, who sold it to Dr. Algernon Sidney Holderness for $118, who built the first sawmill in town.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fordyce’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fordyce’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Fordyce, decade by decade
1920s
1990s
CommonsWaters House2016
CommonsNutt-Trussell Building2016
CommonsJohn Russell House2016
CommonsJessie B. Smith House2016
CommonsElliott House2016
CommonsDallas County Training School High School Building2016
CommonsWynne House 0012014
CommonsRock Island Depot 0012014
CommonsMarathon Oil Service Station 0012014
CommonsFordyce Home & Accident Insurance 0012014
CommonsFirst Presbyterian Church in2014
CommonsCotton Belt Railroad Depot 0022014
CommonsCotton Belt Railroad Depot 0012014
CommonsBoco Courts2011
CommonsFordyce Home Accident Insurance Company200722 historic places in Fordyce
22 places in Fordyce are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Listed 1982Fordyce Home Accident Ins. Co.
Listed 1982Waters House
Listed 1983Amis House
Listed 1983First Presbyterian Church
Listed 1983First United Methodist Church
Listed 1983Jessie B. Smith House
Listed 1983John Russell House
Listed 1983Rock Island Railway Depot
Listed 1983Wynne House
Listed 1984Dallas County Courthouse
Listed 1984Elliott House
Listed 1987Charlotte Street Historic District
Listed 1992Cotton Belt Railroad Depot-Fordyce
Listed 2001Nutt-Trussell Building
Listed 2001Marathon Oil Service Station
Listed 2004Dallas County Training School High School Building
Listed 2008Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive #101
Listed 2008Fordyce Commercial Historic DistrictListed 1983Fielder HouseListed 2023Gulf Oil Filling StationListed 2023Attwood HouseListed 2023Fordyce OverpassThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Arkansas - Dallas County - Fordyce - ED 20-5, ED 20-6, ED 20-7 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (18). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.