April 11, 1898

Stamps in Lafayette County was incorporated. It was developed as a lumber town situated on the railroad. Stamps was the childhood home of famous author Maya Angelou. The city has two buildings on the National Register of Historic Places: the Presbyterian church, built in 1905, and the Lafayette County Training School.

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