The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMountainburg is a town in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Mountainburg had a population of 528. Mountainburg was laid out in 1883 when the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway was extended to that point.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 631 to 528 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 1966.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mountainburg 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 Mountainburg’s history is told.
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Mountainburg, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Mountainburg
1 place in Mountainburg 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.
From the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.