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History · Pyatt

Pyatt’s post office opened in 1904, and 13% of its homes were built before 1940

5 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1930.

1904first post office
5on the National Register
13%homes built before 1940
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How Pyatt began

When was Pyatt founded?

1904

The Pyatt post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Clear Creek (1855), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 254 in 19302020 census: 181122 years
Founding year: the first Pyatt post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Pyatt’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pyatt are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18935 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1985. Watch Pyatt change.Landmarks on the Register5 places on the National Register.
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Start Pyatt’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pyatt’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Pyatt on the map, 1893 to 1985

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

Pyatt on the 1893 USGS mapPyatt on the 1903 USGS mapPyatt on the 1929 USGS mapPyatt on the 1967 USGS mapPyatt on the 1985 USGS map1893Yellville sheet · 1:125,000

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

On the National Register

5 historic places in Pyatt

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
5
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
5
each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Pyatt School Building
Pyatt School BuildingPyatt TunnelCrooked Creek BridgeUS 62 Bridge over Crooked CreekWPA Privy
BuildingsStructures
Pyatt School BuildingBuilding
Pyatt TunnelStructure
Crooked Creek BridgeStructure
All 5 listings
US 62 Bridge over Crooked CreekStructure · listed 2000WPA PrivyBuilding · listed 2024

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story so far

Pyatt, in brief

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

Pyatt is a town in western Marion County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 181 at the 2020 census, down from 221 in 2010.

Its first post office opened in 1904. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 221 to 181 (-18%).

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

Timeline

Pyatt, 1855 to 1904

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1855Post officeThe Clear Creek post office opens
  3. 1888Post officeThe Clear Creek post office closes
  4. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1904Post officeThe Pyatt post office opens
By decade

Pyatt, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Pyatt, AR 0012016Pyatt, AR 001
People over time

Pyatt, census by census

010020019401960198020002020Peak: 257

Between 137 and 257 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Pyatt’s post office has been open since 1904. Another post office, Clear Creek, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Clear Creek
1855–1888
Pyatt
1904–today
18501940today
Gone or out of use
Pyatt Schoolschool

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

Questions about Pyatt’s history

What year was Pyatt founded?

The Pyatt post office opened in 1904, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Pyatt?

5 listings: 2 buildings, among them the Pyatt School Building (listed 1992, the first), and 3 structures.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (5), 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.