The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLavaca ( lə-VAH-kə) is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 Census the population was 2,450. Lavaca was incorporated in 1919.
Lavaca was established in 1919. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,289 to 2,450 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1995.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lavaca 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 Lavaca’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lavaca’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Lavaca is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lavaca has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Singleton Family Cemetery in Charleston, 6.3 miles away.
Lavaca and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lavaca
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.