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History · Moro

Moro’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Moro. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Moro is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Moro had a population of 177.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 216 to 177 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Moro 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Moro’s history is told.

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Moro, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Moro is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Moro has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker in Monroe, 10.7 miles away.

Moro and the nearest listed places

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Louisiana Purchase Survey MarkerSmith HouseMarianna WaterworksJohn A. Plummer HouseMarianna Missouri-Pacific DepotElks Club

Closest to Moro

Louisiana Purchase Survey MarkerMonroe · Built 196110.7miSmith HouseWheatley · Building10.7miMarianna WaterworksMarianna · Building12.7miJohn A. Plummer HouseMarianna · Building12.8miMarianna Missouri-Pacific DepotMarianna · Building13mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Louisiana Purchase Survey Marker’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Moro?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Moro’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Aubrey📜 Wheatley📜 Marianna📜 Haynes

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