Hatfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Hatfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHatfield is a town in western Polk County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hatfield had a population of 345.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 413 to 345 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1949.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hatfield 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 Hatfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hatfield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mo…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hatfield, decade by decade
2000
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Nothing in Hatfield is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Hatfield has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mountain Fork Bridge in Hatfield, 3.2 miles away.
Hatfield and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mountain Fork Bridge, Spanning Mountain Fork Creek at County Road 38 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.