"Location.--Hindsville is situated on Section 16 of Township 17 north, Range 27 west, on a small branch of Brush Creek and in the fertile and beautiful Vaughan's Valley, ten miles west of Huntsville, on the Fayetteville road, at its intersection with the road from Wesley to Eureka Springs.

 Founding and Growth.--John Hinds, from Warren County, Tenn., one of the earliest settlers of the valley, was the original owner of the site of the town. No regular survey into streets and lots was ever made. In 1868 F. G. Berry bought ground at the cross roads and opened store in partnership with S. W. Peel. This was virtually the beginning, there being but two houses at the time, owned by John Hinds and S. F. Hayden. After Mr. Hind's death the property came into control of L. W. Routh and Robert Smyer, by whom lots were sold to various persons. Joseph D. Beavers, Anderson Sanders, Southerland & Youngman (now Mark Youngman), successively engaged in business. Berry & Peel have been succeeded by Berry & Lane, and Joseph D. Beavers retired some years ags[o]. There are two drug stores, of which Drs. Henry Southerland and Simon Ellis are the respective proprietors. Dunaway & Dutton and W. A. Dudley are the local blacksmiths. In 1875 the first steam mill in the valley was built by Zimri Vaughan and J. G. M. Seitz, two miles west of Hindsville. It is now operated by Whitner & Smyer, successors to John Kennan. In 1883 the steam mill at Hindsville was built by John Keeney, Tolbert Lane, Albert Smyer and F. G. Berry; the present proprietors are James Harris and Thomas Lane. The town has a populatiaon of about 100.

 Little Spring Lodge No. 230, F. & A. M., was organized in 1868, and chartered November 3, 1869, with C. S. Fritts, W. M.; D. R. Johnson, S. W.; L. C. Denney, J. W.; F. G. Berry, S., and eleven other members. Present membership, forty-six. The society has erected a substantial hall.

Hindsville chapter No. 81, R. A. M., was organized in 1881, with ten members, of whom J. C. Kenney was first H. P. There are twenty-four members at present.