Garland’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Garland. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGarland, also known as Garland City, is a town in Miller County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 195 at the 2020 census, down from 242 in 2010.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 242 to 195 (-19%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Garland 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 Garland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garland’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewRed River Bridge, Spanning Red Ri…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Garland, decade by decade
2000
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1 historic place in Garland
1 place in Garland is 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
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Red River Bridge, Spanning Red River at U.S. Highway 82 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.