The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusEmerald Beach is a village in White River Township, Barry County, Missouri, United States. The community is located on a bend in the White River now Table Rock Lake. Cassville is approximately 13 miles to the northwest and Rogers, Arkansas is 32 miles to the southwest. It was incorporated in 1981. The village is served by the Golden Post Office and thus has a Golden address. As of the 2020 census, Emerald Beach had a population of 212.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 228 to 212 (-7%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Emerald Beach 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 Emerald Beach’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Emerald Beach’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Emerald Beach, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Emerald Beach is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Emerald Beach has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Camp Smokey/Company 1713 Historic District in Eagle Rock, 8.6 miles away.
Emerald Beach and the nearest listed places
Closest to Emerald Beach
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.