Hughes’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Hughes. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusHughes is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,056.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,441 to 1,056 (-27%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hughes 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.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Hughes’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hughes’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHughes, Ark., street views, 1927: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Hughes, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Hughes
1 place in Hughes 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 Hughes, Ark., street views (1927) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.