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History · Patmos

Patmos’ post office opened in 1903, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1951 on and the census since 1970.

1903first post office
0on the National Register
19%homes built before 1940
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How Patmos began

When was Patmos founded?

1903

The Patmos post office opened in 1903, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 77 in 19702020 census: 57123 years
Founding year: the first Patmos post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Patmos’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Patmos, in brief

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

Patmos is a town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Patmos had a population of 57. It bears the same name as the Greek island of Patmos. Patmos is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1903. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 64 to 57 (-11%).

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

Timeline

Patmos, 1903 to 1976

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1903Post officeThe Patmos post office opens
  3. 1951On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1976Post officeThe Patmos post office closes
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On the map

Patmos on the map, 1951 to 1978

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

Patmos on the 1951 USGS mapPatmos on the 1978 USGS map1951Patmos 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 Patmos.

People over time

Patmos, census by census

0198020002020Peak: 88

Between 32 and 88 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Patmos had its own post office from 1903 to 1976.

Patmos
1903–1976
19001960today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Patmos’ history

What year was Patmos founded?

The Patmos post office opened in 1903, 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.