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Arrow Point’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Arrow Point is a village in White River Township of southeast Barry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 75 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 86 to 75 (-13%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Arrow Point 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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Arrow Point, 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 Arrow Point is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Arrow Point has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Beaver Bridge in Beaver, 9.6 miles away.

Arrow Point and the nearest listed places

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Beaver BridgeLeatherwood DamLake Leatherwood Recreational FacilitiesLake Leatherwood Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)Eureka Springs CemeteryMulladay Hollow Bridge

Closest to Arrow Point

Beaver BridgeBeaver · Structure9.6miLeatherwood DamEureka Springs · Structure9.9miLake Leatherwood Recreational FacilitiesEureka Springs · Building10.7miLake Leatherwood Park Historic District (Additional Documentation)Eureka Springs · District10.7miEureka Springs CemeteryEureka Springs · Built 188911mi

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. Beaver Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Arrow Point?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Arrow Point’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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