A history of Springdale,
since 1838
Postcards, papers and photographs of Springdale from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Springdale was formerly called Shiloh and was platted under that original name in 1866. In 1878, the town was incorporated with the name of Springdale.
In 2020, voters of the city of Bethel Heights decided to merge with Springdale after the city sanitation plant received several violations from the Arkansas Health Department. The city was eventually annexed on August 21, 2020.
An intense EF3 tornado struck the town on March 30, 2022, heavily damaging or destroying several structures and injuring seven people.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Springdale’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewArkansas produce No. 2, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Springdale
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Springdale, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Arkansas produce No. 2 (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.