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Welcome to Aplin ...

Aplin is located in Perry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Aplin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Aplin is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Aplin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Aplin: 501

Communities Also Named Aplin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Aplin - it's located in West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Aplin.

Communities near Aplin ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Aplin.

  • Morrilton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dardanelle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pottsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Pottsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
    • Former names for Pottsville:
    • Pott's Inn
    • Pott's Station
  • Atkins
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Perryville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ola is located in Yell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <3>
  • Oppelo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oppelo is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Plainview
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Bigelow
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Perry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Aplin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aplin.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Aplin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aplin.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Aplin. See our Newspapers Page for Aplin.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Aplin ...

Looking for more information about Aplin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Aplin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Aplin.

Adding Aplin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Aplin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Aplin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Aplin post office opened in 1871. The Aplin post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Aplin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Perry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Aplin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/