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Fitzpatrick’s post office opened in 1869

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How Fitzpatrick began

When was Fitzpatrick founded?

1869

The Fitzpatrick post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 357 in 18902020 census: 79157 years
Founding year: the first Fitzpatrick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Fitzpatrick’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Fitzpatrick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 447 in 1900; 79 people lived here in 2020.
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People over time

Fitzpatrick, census by census

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Peaked at 447 in 1900; 79 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fitzpatrick’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Fitzpatrick, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Fitzpatrick yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Fitzpatrick is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, Fitzpatrick had a population of 79. The community is served by Alabama State Route 110.

Its first post office opened in 1869. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 83 to 79 (-5%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Fitzpatrick, 1869 to 1971

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869Post officeThe Fitzpatrick post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900CensusPopulation peaks at 447
  5. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Fitzpatrick on the map, 1971 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fitzpatrick. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fitzpatrick on the 1971 USGS mapFitzpatrick on the 1981 USGS map1971Fitzpatrick sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fitzpatrick.

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Fitzpatrick’s post office has been open since 1869.

Gone or out of use
Fitzpatrick Elementary Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Fitzpatrick
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Fitzpatrick’s history

What year was Fitzpatrick founded?

The Fitzpatrick post office opened in 1869, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.