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Grubbs’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Grubbs. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Grubbs is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Grubbs had a population of 301.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 386 to 301 (-22%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Grubbs 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 Grubbs’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Grubbs

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JGJohn GrishamJonesboro · 25 miMary SteenburgenMary SteenburgenNewport · 9 miAlice WaltonAlice WaltonNewport · 9 miWes BentleyWes BentleyJonesboro · 25 miMike BeebeMike BeebeAmagon · 7 miJim WaltonJim WaltonNewport · 9 mi
By decade

Grubbs, 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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Grubbs is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grubbs has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tuckerman Water Tower in Tuckerman, 8.7 miles away.

Grubbs and the nearest listed places

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Tuckerman Water TowerSt. Anthony’s Catholic Church Historic DistrictErwin Auxiliary Army AirfieldNewport Junior & Senior High SchoolNewport American Legion Community HutEmpie-Van Dyke House

Closest to Grubbs

Tuckerman Water TowerTuckerman · Built 19358.7miSt. Anthony’s Catholic Church Historic DistrictWeiner · District9.9miErwin Auxiliary Army AirfieldNewport · Structure11.4miNewport Junior & Senior High SchoolNewport · Building11.7miNewport American Legion Community HutNewport · Building11.8mi

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. Tuckerman Water Tower’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Grubbs?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Grubbs’s story, or a memory of it.
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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.

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📜 Amagon📜 Tuckerman📜 Newport📜 Weiner
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