Founded in 1898, and it still shows.
Tontitown was settled by about forty Italian families who arrived in 1898 under Father Pietro Bandini, planted grapes on rocky ground west of Springdale and stayed. The vines are still on the back roads, the town is still arranged around St. Joseph's, and the subdivisions and warehouses have arrived along Highway 412 around all of it. Cribb Insurance covers the houses, the land, the vehicles and the businesses — one independent agency, more than forty carriers.
Insurance in Tontitown, in one place
Cribb Insurance Group is an independent agency in Bentonville, writing across Tontitown and Northwest Arkansas. Home, auto, the boat and the side-by-side, and the business — all through one agency, compared across more than forty carriers rather than presented from one company's shelf. If what you already have is right, that's what you'll hear. Licensed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas.
What Tontitown actually is.
Forty families and a priest
Father Pietro Bandini brought about forty Italian families here in 1898. They survived the first winter in cabins, farmed vegetables, strawberries, apples and grapes, and incorporated the town in 1909, naming it for the explorer Henri de Tonti.
A steeple, kept on purpose
The stone church was taken down in 2017 with the steeple left standing, and it still marks the corner of Henri de Tonti Boulevard and Barrington Road. The parish it belongs to has been the middle of this town since the beginning.
In a settler's house
The museum sits in the former home of Mary and Zelinda Bastianelli, sisters among the original settlers, and holds an early grape press, church glass and the belongings of the families who arrived in 1898.
Thirteen acres, with bocce
Ball fields, basketball, tennis, horseshoes, a playground and bocce courts, with the Father Joe Walking Trail running a third of a mile around the outside of it.
Still out on the back roads
Grapes had replaced apples as the main crop by the 1920s. A good deal of that ground has since gone to newer development, but vines started at the founding are still producing where the roads get narrow.
Bronze, in front of City Hall
A statue honoring the settlers and Father Bandini, placed at City Hall in 1998, a hundred years after the families arrived.
Living here means owning a particular set of things.
Four policies sit behind an ordinary household here. Each one answers a different question.
Inviting people onto your land is its own question.
A few rows open to visitors. A barn used for a wedding. A stall at the Saturday market. A sign at the end of the drive. Around here a great many properties do a little of something, and most of it started as a favor rather than a business.
A homeowners policy is built for a residence, not for the public being invited onto it — and the line is not drawn on how much money changes hands. It is worth knowing which side of it you are on while nothing has happened. Where that sits.
One agency, forty-odd companies, the same people every time.
A captive agent can offer you one company's products. If that company isn't the right fit for your household, there's nothing else to point at. We can say "this isn't your carrier" — and sometimes we do.
Local, independent, and the same voice on the phone.
We're a small team in Bentonville. The person who writes your policy is the person you ring when something happens — which matters at claim time, when knowing the household and the history means the conversation starts somewhere sensible rather than at the beginning.
Being independent is the other half. We compare your situation across more than forty markets, which means the honest answer is sometimes that your current coverage is already right, and sometimes that a company you've never heard of fits your household better than a name you'd recognize.
We're licensed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas, and we handle personal, recreational and commercial lines — so the whole picture sits with one agency rather than three. That's where gaps usually turn up: between policies, not inside them.
Working with us in Tontitown.
Does Cribb Insurance serve Tontitown?
Yes.
Tontitown is one of the communities we write in, and our office is on SW Regional Airport Boulevard in Bentonville. We are an independent agency, which means we are not tied to one insurance company. We place business across more than forty carriers and compare your household or your business against several of them at once rather than presenting whatever one company happens to offer. We are licensed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas, and we have been placing insurance in Northwest Arkansas for a long time. Most of what we do is for people who live here, and a good deal of it comes from someone telling a neighbor about us. You do not need to come to the office. Most of it happens by phone, by email or online, and you are welcome to come in if you would rather sit down with somebody.
What kinds of insurance can I get through you in Tontitown?
All of it, which is the practical advantage of one agency rather than several.
On the personal side that means home, auto, renters, condominium, landlord and rental property, umbrella liability, and life. On the recreational side it means boats and watercraft, motorcycles, side-by-sides and ATVs, campers and travel trailers, and collector vehicles. On the business side it means general liability, commercial property, workers compensation, commercial auto, and the specialist lines that go with particular trades and industries. Having it in one place is not only convenient. It means someone is looking at how the pieces fit together, which is where gaps usually turn up, and it means the liability across your home, your vehicles and your business is being considered as one picture rather than three.
Which ZIP code does Tontitown use?
Tontitown delivery addresses commonly use 72770.
Rating is geographic, and this city has an unusual amount of geography for its size. Annexation in 2004 roughly doubled it and it has grown again since, so city limits here do not always match anyone's mental map, and a property that gets post addressed one way can sit somewhere else entirely. That matters because the department that would respond to a fire, the classification attached to the address and which markets are interested all follow the actual location rather than the mailing address.
Do I have to switch everything at once?
No, and plenty of people do not.
It is perfectly reasonable to have us look at one thing, whether that is the home policy because a renewal came in higher than expected or the business because a customer asked for a certificate of insurance. If what you have is competitive and correctly structured, that is what you will hear, and that happens more often than people expect. What we would say is that looking at everything at once tends to be more useful than looking at one piece, because the gaps between policies are where problems usually live rather than inside any single one of them. Bundling can also affect what is available and what it costs. But that is a reason to have the conversation, not a reason to move anything before you are ready to.
What is the fastest way to get a real answer?
Send us your current declarations page.
It is the summary sheet at the front of your policy, it lists your coverages, limits and deductibles, and it lets us rebuild what you already have exactly and compare like for like instead of guessing. Without it, everyone involved is estimating, and the cheapest estimate usually wins by being the thinnest. If you cannot find it, your carrier or your current agent will send you a copy and you are entitled to it. For a business, tell us what the operation actually does rather than what the paperwork says it does, including where the work happens and who drives what. From there it is a phone call or a form, and you are under no obligation at any point.
Are you actually local, or a call center?
Local, and the same people every time.
We are an independent agency based in Bentonville with a small team, and the person who writes your policy is the person you ring when something happens. That is not a small thing at claim time, when knowing the household and the history means the conversation starts somewhere sensible rather than at the beginning. Being independent matters for a different reason. A captive agent can offer you one company's products, and if that company is not the right fit for your situation there is nothing else to point at. We compare across more than forty carriers, which means the honest answer is sometimes that your current coverage is already right and sometimes that a market you have never heard of fits your household better than a name you would recognize.
If our guides are useful, mark Cribb Insurance as a preferred source so more Tontitown families and businesses can find plain-English answers about their own coverage.
Bring whatever you've got.
House, cars, the boat, the side-by-side, the business — we'll look at the whole picture rather than one policy at a time. Send a declarations page and we'll rebuild your coverage exactly, put it across our markets, and tell you plainly what we find. If what you have is already right, that's what you'll hear.
Cribb Insurance Group Inc. is an independent insurance agency licensed in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Texas. This page is general information about the agency and the communities it serves. It is not a policy, not an offer of insurance, and not a guarantee of coverage, availability, eligibility, or price. It is not legal advice, claims advice, or a legal opinion.
Coverages, limits, deductibles, covered causes of loss and exclusions are set by the carrier, vary by policy form and by state and over time, are subject to underwriting approval and eligibility, and apply only as written in the policy actually issued to you. The policy actually issued to you controls what is covered in every case. References to lines of insurance available through the agency describe the types of coverage we place and are not a representation that any particular product, carrier or price is available for any particular person, property or business. Market availability referenced as "40+ carriers" reflects the agency's overall market access across personal and commercial lines. Statements about bundling describe general industry practice and are not a representation of any saving.
About the places described on this page. Descriptions of the church, museums, parks, trails, vineyards, roads and other features of Tontitown and the surrounding area are general information provided for context. No opening hours, admission prices, event dates or program details are published here because they change; confirm any of that directly with the venue or with the city. Cribb Insurance Group Inc. is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any park, museum, venue, trail system, church, school, company, public body or other organization referred to on this page.
No population, income, housing or other demographic statistic is published on this page, because the available sources for Northwest Arkansas cities disagree with one another. Descriptions of construction eras, growth and local character are general observations and not a survey. Any reference to how a coverage responds is summarized in general terms only and set out more fully on the relevant coverage page; nothing here is a determination that any coverage, endorsement, limit or settlement basis applies to any policy, person or property.
Last reviewed August 2026.