Ponca’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Ponca. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPonca is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Ponca is located on Arkansas Highway 43, 10 miles (16 km) west of Jasper. Ponca has a post office with ZIP code 72670. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ponca 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 Ponca’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ponca’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewBoxley Grist Mill, Boxley vicinit…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Ponca
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Ponca, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
2 historic places in Ponca
Ponca has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 209 historic buildings, because Big Buffalo Valley Historic District alone counts 202.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Boxley Grist Mill, Boxley vicinity on State Route 43, Buffalo National River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.