The story
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From Wikipedia’s history of Patrick.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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History · Patrick
Patrick’s post office opened in 1900, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
Most of Patrick was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1967. Its Register listing is the Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in Patrick. Below: maps from 1968 on and the census since 1910.
1900first post office
1on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Patrick began
When was Patrick founded?
1900
The Patrick post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.
First census: 98 in 19102020 census: 266126 years
Founding year: the first Patrick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Patrick’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Patrick’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Patrick’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Patrick, census by census
Peaked at 421 in 1970; 266 people lived here in 2020.
12 censuses, 1910–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Patrick’s Wikipedia page.
Timeline
Patrick, 1900 to 1970
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Patrick on the map, 1968 to 1986
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Patrick. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1968Patrick sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Patrick.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Patrick
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in Patrick
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Patrick
Nobody well known was born in Patrick itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Blind Boy FullerAmerican blues guitarist and singer · b. 1907S
Shannon JohnsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1974P
Patina MillerAmerican actress and singer · b. 1984Questions about Patrick’s history
What year was Patrick founded?
The Patrick post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Patrick?
One place: the Seaboard Air Line Railway Depot in Patrick (listed 1999).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Start a conversation
Sources
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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.