Biohazard Cleanup Near South Weldon Weldon, AR

Weldon is a tiny town in Jackson County, Arkansas, on State Highway 17 south of the county seat, Newport, between the White River valley to the west and the Cache River plains to the east.

Weldon began as a station on the Batesville & Brinkley Railroad, a narrow-gauge line running between Brinkley and Newport; a post office opened at the depot in 1885.

The railroad eventually became part of the Rock Island Railroad and was abandoned in 1940, but the Weldon depot survived for another half century.

The Weldon Rock Island depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 11, 1992, though it later deteriorated and was delisted in 2012.

The Weldon Gin Company Historic District, centered on the town's cotton gin and its outbuildings, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 2008.

Weldon was incorporated on November 30, 1961, to provide town services, though its post office closed in 1966.

The town's population peaked at 161 in the 1980 census.

The 2000 census counted 100 people living in 44 households in Weldon.

By the 2020 census, Weldon's population had fallen to just 57 residents, making it one of the smallest incorporated towns in Arkansas.

Weldon covers only about a quarter of a square mile and remains a residential and agricultural community whose residents generally shop in Newport.