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History · Pattison

Pattison’s post office opened in 1912

Below: maps from 1963 on.

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How Pattison began

When was Pattison founded?

1912

The Pattison post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Martin (1879), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 176114 years
Founding year: the first Pattison post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pattison’s past

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The story

How Pattison came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pattison.

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Pattison was originally named Martin in honor of General William T. Martin. Pattison is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad and was once home to a drug store, grist mill, cotton gin, saloon, hotel, and multiple general stores.

A post office operated under the name Martin from 1879 to 1912 and first began operation under the name Pattison in 1912.

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Timeline

Pattison, 1879 to 1968

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1879Post officeThe Martin post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1912Post officeThe Martin post office closes
  5. 1912Post officeThe Pattison post office opens
  6. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1968Born hereBennie Goods is born here
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On the map

Pattison on the map, 1963 to 1984

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

Pattison on the 1963 USGS mapPattison on the 1984 USGS map1963Port Gibson 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 Pattison.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Pattison’s post office has been open since 1912. Another post office, Martin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Martin
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Pattison
1912–today
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pattison’s history

What year was Pattison founded?

The Pattison post office opened in 1912, 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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.