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

Sidney is a town in Sharp County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Sidney had a population of 192.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 181 to 192 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1977.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sidney 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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Sidney, 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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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Sidney is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sidney has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is John McCaleb House in Evening Shade, 4.9 miles away.

Sidney and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Sidney. Tap a dot.
John McCaleb HouseStokes HouseW. A. Edwards HouseCoger HouseJohn W. Shaver HouseCharles W. Shaver House

Closest to Sidney

John McCaleb HouseEvening Shade · Building4.9miStokes HouseEvening Shade · Building5.1miW. A. Edwards HouseEvening Shade · Building5.1miCoger HouseEvening Shade · Building5.1miJohn W. Shaver HouseEvening Shade · Building5.1mi

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. John McCaleb House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Sidney?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Sidney’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.

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📜 Evening Shade📜 Mount Pleasant📜 Cave City📜 Cushman
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