Mail delivery first began in North America during the seventeenth century. Prior to the availability of the telegraph, telephone, radio, television, or worldwide web, mail served as the only means of written communication between different locales. The United States’ early mail system proved to be primitive, slow, and often undependable. But as the nation grew, so did its postal system. As American settlers moved west and occupied new lands, their commerce and communication needs demanded dependable, affordable mail service. One of the new places served by the nation’s postal service was Arkansas.
Information about Arkansas post offices on this webpage includes the name of the post office, date of establishment, location, and county. Sources used in compiling this data include official postal service records, “Records of Appointments of Postmasters, Arkansas, 1832-1871” and “Geographic Site Location Reports, 1852-1945.” Also utilized were various editions of the Arkansas Gazette and Arkansas Democrat, several volumes of the Territorial Papers of the United States, and the Works Projects Administration’s “List of Post Offices in Arkansas 1817-1874, Inclusive.” The most comprehensive printed compilation of post office information is found in Arkansas History Commission Archival Manager Russell Baker’s Arkansas Post Offices from Memdag to Norsk: A Historical Directory, 1832-1990, published by the Arkansas Genealogical Society.
Post Office |
Est. |
Closed |
Location |
Comments |
Atlanta |
1870 |
1954 |
35-18S-19W |
Mail to Emerson |
Bearcreek |
1852 |
1855 |
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From Lafayette County, 1853 |
Bell's Store |
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Named for William H. Bell, Postmaster; From Ouachita County, 1867; To Nevada County, 1871 |
Bells |
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See Noxube |
Big Hickory |
1892 |
1907 |
17-17S-18W |
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Box |
1890 |
1890 |
15-17S-22W |
Was to be Box Springs; Mail to Magnolia |
Box Springs |
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See Box |
Brister |
1877 |
1918 |
28-18S-20W |
Mail to Emerson |
Buckner |
1883 |
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To Lafayette County, 1891 |
Bussey |
1910 |
1952 |
26-18S-23W |
Named for Jodie H. Bussey; Mail to McKamie |
Calhoun |
1849 |
1904 |
35-17S-20W |
From Lafayette County 1853; Mail to Magnolia |
Carolina |
1860 |
1861 |
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Chalybeate Springs |
1860 |
1860 |
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College Hill |
1873 |
1912 |
29-15S-20W |
Mail to McNeal |
Corney |
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See Nalls |
Cotton Belt |
1889 |
1896 |
15-16S-21W |
Mail to Waldo |
Cotton Belt City |
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See Lamartine |
Cypress Fork |
1878 |
1905 |
36-19S-21W |
Mail to Emerson |
Davis |
1883 |
1884 |
14-16S-22W |
See Lumber; Mail to Waldo |
DeSoto |
1902 |
1904 |
14-18S-22W |
Mail to Magnolia |
Dickson |
1900 |
1904 |
2-17S-22W |
Named for Charles T. Dickson; Was to be Dixon or Dixonville |
Dixon/Dixonville |
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See Dickson |
Dorcheate |
1851 |
1875 |
8-18S-22W |
From Lafayette, 1853 |
Eden |
1872 |
1892 |
16-19S-20W |
Mail to Brister |
Emerson |
1898 |
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9-19S-20W |
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Experiment |
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1928 |
36-17S-23W |
Changed from Wise, 1907; Mail to Bussey |
Falcon |
1852 |
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From Lafayette County, 1853; To Nevada County, 1871 |
Hicksville |
1858 |
1867 |
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Hobson's Store |
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Changed from Leakes Store, 1859; For William N. Hobson, Postmaster; Changed back to Leakes Store, 1859 |
Horsehead |
1884 |
1906 |
8-19N-21W |
Mail to Emerson |
Keifer |
1904 |
1906 |
4-15S-21W |
Mail to Davidson |
Kerlin |
1903 |
1932 |
7-18S-20W |
Named for John Kerlin, Postmaster; Mail to Magnolia |
Laireville |
1856 |
1857 |
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Lamartine |
1851 |
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33-15S-21W |
From Ouachita County, 1868; Changed to Waldo, 1884; Was to be Cotton Belt City |
Laughlin |
1891 |
1904 |
21-16S-19W |
Named for Rufus G. Laughlin, Postmaster; Mail to Stephens |
Leakes Store |
1848 |
1867 |
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Changed to Hobson's Store, 1859; Changed back, 1859 |
Liddesdale |
1853 |
1884 |
19-16S-19W |
From Lafayette County, 1853; Mail to Magnolia |
Lumber |
1891 |
1907 |
14-16S-22W |
Was to be Davis for Virgie M. Davis, Postmaster |
Macedonia |
1888 |
1909 |
17-18N-21W |
Mail to Magnolia |
Magnesia Springs/Magnesia |
1898 |
1903 |
16-16S-20W |
Mail to McNeal |
Magnolia |
1854 |
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13-17S-21W |
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Marion |
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See Troy |
Marr |
1892 |
1895 |
22-15S-21W |
Was to be Witt; Mail to Waldo |
Marysville |
1860 |
1866 |
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McLure |
1899 |
1901 |
14-15S-22W |
Named for B. F. McLure, Postmaster; Mail to Stockton |
McNeal |
1883 |
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18-16S-20W |
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Millville |
1856 |
1856 |
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Milner |
1886 |
1928 |
2-16S-20W |
Named for Milner Family; Mail to McNeil |
Mohawk |
1910 |
1913 |
21-19S-20W |
Mail to Emerson |
Moulton |
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1905 |
25-18S-22W |
Changed from Payne, 1884; Mail to Magnolia |
Nalls |
1880 |
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35-17S-19W |
Named for Nall Family; Was to be Courney; Changed to Village |
Naylor |
1899 |
1899 |
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Noxube |
1897 |
1904 |
19-18S-19W |
Was to be Bells; Mail to Brister |
Oak Grove |
1852 |
1853 |
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From Hempstead County, 1852 |
Palestine |
1856 |
1970 |
16-19S-20W |
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Payne |
1883 |
1888 |
25-18S-22W |
Named for Lycurgus W. Payne, Postmaster; Mail to Moulton, 1888 |
Pickler |
1884 |
1898 |
19-19S-22W |
Named for Pickler Family; Mail to Welcome |
Plainfield |
1884 |
1905 |
6-20S-21W |
Was to be Western; Mail to Emerson |
Richland |
1878 |
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Changed to Stephens, 1883 |
Rome |
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See Wise |
Sharman |
1879 |
1906 |
20-18S-22W |
Mail to Wise |
Smithland |
1860 |
1879 |
28-17S-22W |
Named for Nathan F. Smith, Postmaster |
Snipe |
1893 |
1904 |
23-16S-19W |
Mail to Stephens |
Spotville |
1888 |
1907 |
6-18S-19W |
Mail to Village |
State Line |
1870 |
1890 |
2-20S-20W |
Mail to Eden |
Stephens |
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Changed from Richland, 1883; To Ouachita County, 1883 |
Sulphur Springs |
1855 |
1866 |
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Taylor |
1898 |
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14-19S-23W |
Named for Albert W. Taylor, Postmaster |
Troy |
1887 |
1890 |
11-15S-20W |
Was to be Marion; Mail to Seminary |
Unity |
1888 |
1889 |
19-15S-21W |
Mail to Waldo |
Village |
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1927 |
14-17S-19W |
Changed from Nalls, 1888; Mail to Magnolia |
Village Creek |
1860 |
1866 |
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Waldo |
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17-16S-21W |
Changed from Lamartine, 1884 |
Walkers |
1869 |
1872 |
5-16S-20W |
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Ware |
1885 |
1906 |
3-19S-19W |
Named for William W. Ware, Postmaster; Mail to Hayesville |
Welcome |
1886 |
1911 |
11-20S-23W |
Mail to Taylor |
Western |
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See Plainfield |
Wharton |
1885 |
1886 |
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Mail to Atlanta |
Wise |
1890 |
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Was to be Rome; Changed to Experiment, 1907 |
Witt |
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See Marr |