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History · Rondo

Rondo’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Rondo. 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

Rondo is a town in Lee County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rondo had a population of 163.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 198 to 163 (-18%). Half of its homes were built before 1973.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rondo 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 Rondo’s history is told.

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Al GreenAl GreenForrest City · 25 miCharlaine HarrisCharlaine HarrisTunica · 25 miLHLevon HelmElaine · 24 miConway TwittyConway TwittyFriars Point · 23 miLouis JordanLouis JordanBrinkley · 26 miJames CottonJames CottonTunica · 25 mi
By decade

Rondo, 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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Today1 photo
Rondo City HallCommonsRondo City Hall2023
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Rondo is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rondo has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Richardson-Turner House in Lexa, 5.3 miles away.

Rondo and the nearest listed places

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Richardson-Turner HouseHenry and Cornelia Ford FarmPhillips County Penal Farm Historic DistrictMcClintock HouseMarianna Missouri-Pacific DepotMayo House

Closest to Rondo

Richardson-Turner HouseLexa · Building5.3miHenry and Cornelia Ford FarmLaGrange · Building6.9miPhillips County Penal Farm Historic DistrictPoplar Grove · District7.4miMcClintock HouseMarianna · Building8.2miMarianna Missouri-Pacific DepotMarianna · Building8.5mi

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. Richardson-Turner House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rondo?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rondo’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
📜 LaGrange📜 Lexa📜 Aubrey📜 Marianna

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