The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLexa is a town in northern Phillips County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lexa had a population of 207.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 286 to 207 (-28%). Half of its homes were built before 1984.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lexa 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 Lexa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lexa’s history is told.
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Lexa, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Lexa is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lexa has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Richardson-Turner House in Lexa, 2.2 miles away.
Lexa and the nearest listed places
Closest to Lexa
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 (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.