The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMidland is a town in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Midland had a population of 227.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 325 to 227 (-30%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Midland 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 Midland’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Midland’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Midland, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Midland is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Midland has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hartford Water Tower in Hartford, 4.8 miles away.
Midland and the nearest listed places
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.