The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMcNeil is a town in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, McNeil had a population of 381. The community was named after William B. McNeil, founder of the College Hill Academy.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 516 to 381 (-26%). Half of its homes were built before 1970.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McNeil 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 McNeil’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McNeil’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10McNeil, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in McNeil
1 place in McNeil 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
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.