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 |
Alabam |
1882 |
1954 |
7-17N-25W |
Mail to Huntsville |
Amethyst |
1903 |
1903 |
|
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Antoine |
|
|
|
See Little Spring |
Arno |
|
|
|
See Loy |
Asher |
1894 |
1954 |
28-15N-27W |
Was to be Slover; Mail to Elkins |
Athens |
|
|
|
See St. Paul |
Aurora |
1873 |
|
2-15N-26W |
|
Ball Creek |
1924 |
1924 |
7-14N-26W |
Named for Ball Creek; Mail to Combs |
Balltown/Ball Town |
1909 |
1910 |
8-14N-26W |
Named for Henry H. Ball; Mail to St. Paul |
Beulah |
1880 |
1886 |
14-13N-26W |
Was to be Gunter; Mail to St. Paul |
Birnie |
|
|
|
See Redstar |
Blaire |
1882 |
1883 |
21-14N-26W |
Mail to St. Paul |
Borland |
|
1850 |
18-17N-24W |
|
Boston |
1880 |
c1978 |
31-14N-24W |
|
Butler's Creek |
1846 |
1846 |
|
|
Campsie |
1898 |
1899 |
19-13N-26W |
Mail to St. Paul |
Cannon Creek |
1938 |
1955 |
10-14N-28W |
Named for Cannon Creek; Mail to Crosses |
Canuck |
1897 |
|
33-19N-27W |
Was to be Cook for Samuel Cook, Postmaster; Changed to Rock, 1914 |
Chaplin |
1892 |
1929 |
21-18N-25W |
Named for Roswell A. Chaplin, Postmaster; Local name, Hawkins Store |
Clifty |
1858 |
c1978 |
7-18N-26W |
|
Cody |
|
1902 |
18-14N-25W |
Changed from Keeton, 1895; Mail to Boston |
Combs |
1888 |
|
2-13N-27W |
Named for Hiram Combs, Postmaster |
Cook |
|
|
|
See Canuck |
Crosses |
1889 |
1957 |
24-14N-28W |
Mail to Durham |
Drakes Creek |
1868 |
1954 |
29-16N-27W |
Named for Drakes Creek; Mail to Huntsville |
Dunaway |
1890 |
1890 |
21-15N-27W |
Mail to Drakes Creek |
Dutton |
1878 |
1981 |
6-13N-254 |
|
Elba |
|
|
|
See Townsley |
Fancher |
1887 |
1896 |
3-18N-26W |
Mail to Clifty |
Flint |
1896 |
1900 |
4-17N-26W |
Mail to Hindsville |
Forum |
1890 |
1974 |
23-18N-26W |
Was to be Harman for W.H.G. Harman, Postmaster |
Friley's Creek |
1875 |
1876 |
27-13N-25W |
Named for Friley's Creek |
Garden |
1902 |
1902 |
|
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Grant |
1877 |
|
25-15N-26W |
Was to be War Eagle Mills; Changed to Whitter, 1898 |
Grigg |
|
|
|
See Purdy |
Gunter |
|
|
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See Beulah |
Harman |
|
|
|
See Forum |
Harrisville |
|
|
|
See Wharton |
Hart/Hartwell |
1908 |
1942 |
19-17N-26W |
Named for James S. Hart, Postmaster; Mail to Huntsville |
Hawkins Store |
|
|
|
See Chaplin |
Health |
|
|
|
See Helth |
Helth/Health |
|
1947 |
11-13N-28W |
From Washington County, 1884; Mail to Winslow |
Hindsville |
1868 |
|
16-17N-27W |
|
Huntsville |
|
|
34-17N-26W |
Changed from Sevierville, 1840 |
India |
1881 |
1882 |
22-13N-24W |
Mail to Boston |
Jackson Creek |
|
|
|
See Venquin |
Japton |
1900 |
1962 |
13-15N-27W |
Mail to Huntsville |
Jarea |
1902 |
1908 |
6-16N-25W |
Was to be Noel; Mail to Truth |
Jordon |
1908 |
1924 |
7-14N-25W |
Named for George W. Jordan, Postmaster; Mail to Pettigrew |
Judea |
1890 |
1911 |
16-14N-24W |
Mail to Redstar |
Jupiter |
1840 |
1874 |
14-14N-28W |
|
Keeton |
1895 |
|
18-14N-25W |
Changed to Cody, 1895 |
Kingman |
1898 |
1906 |
12-14N-25W |
Was to be Maine; Mail to Venus |
Kingston |
1856 |
|
16-16N-24W |
|
La Rue |
1867 |
|
|
In Benton County |
Lanson |
1900 |
|
|
From Newton County, 1906; Changed to Townsley, 1913 |
Little Spring |
1853 |
|
18-17N-27W |
Was to be Antoine; To Washington County, 1876 |
Louisa |
1887 |
|
4-13N-26W |
Changed to St. Paul, 1888 |
Loy |
1905 |
1954 |
29-16N-24W |
Was to be Arno; Mail to Huntsville |
Maguire's Store |
|
|
20-16N-28W |
Changed from Titsworth, 1853; Named for Hosea M. Maguire; To Washington County, 1853 |
Maine |
|
|
|
See Kingman |
Mante/Mantee |
1890 |
1927 |
12-16N-27W |
Mail to Huntsville |
Marble |
1852 |
|
12-17N-24W |
|
Mills |
|
1888 |
|
Changed from St. Paul, 1888; Mail to Louisa |
Mountain Mill |
1874 |
1874 |
1-14N-25W |
|
Mullensville |
1883 |
1883 |
29-13N-27W |
Named for Calvin Mullen, Postmaster; Mail to St. Paul |
Noel |
|
|
|
See Jarea |
Orpha |
|
|
|
See Venus |
Ovid |
1904 |
1908 |
7-17N-26W |
Was to be Shales; Mail to Hindsville |
Patrick |
1889 |
1974 |
31-14N-27W |
|
Peak |
1900 |
1900 |
|
Never in operation |
Pettigrew |
1898 |
|
4-13N-25W |
|
Poynorville |
1876 |
1878 |
20-19N-25W |
Named for John W. Poyner, Postmaster |
Pritchett |
1903 |
1903 |
|
|
Purdy |
1896 |
1950 |
32-17N-24W |
Was to be Grigg or Debs; Mail to Huntsville |
Redstar |
1902 |
1969 |
21-14N-24W |
Was to be Birnie |
Regincy |
1892 |
1892 |
5-15N-26W |
Mail to Aurora |
Richland Creek |
|
|
20-16N-28W |
Changed to Titsworth and from Washington County, 1847 |
Rock |
|
1929 |
33-19N-27W |
Changed from Canuck, 1914; Mail to Clifty |
Rockhouse |
1888 |
1944 |
3-19N-25W |
Mail to Eureka Springs |
Roxton |
1908 |
1915 |
26-16N-27W |
Mail to Wesley |
Sevierville |
|
|
34-17N-26W |
Changed from Wareagle, 1837; Changed to Huntsville, 1840 |
Shales |
|
|
|
See Ovid |
Slover |
|
|
|
See Asher |
Spoke Plant |
1915 |
1954 |
19-13N-24W |
Mail to Pettigrew |
St. Paul/Saint Paul |
|
|
4-13N-26W |
Was to be Athens; Changed from Louisa, 1889 |
St. Paul/Saint Peter |
1840 |
|
7-13N-26W |
Changed to Mills, 1888 |
St. Peter/Saint Peter |
1840 |
1841 |
24-15N-26W |
|
Statesville |
1889 |
1890 |
|
|
Suggs |
1887 |
1888 |
5-16N-24W |
Mail to Kingston |
Thompson |
1887 |
1935 |
34-15N-28W |
Named for John S. Thompson, Postmaster; Mail to Durham |
Thorney/Thorny |
1901 |
1954 |
10-15N-28W |
Mail to Elkins |
Titsworth |
|
|
20-16N-28W |
Changed from Richland Creek, 1849; Changed to Maguire's Store, 1853; Named for John Titsworth, Postmaster |
Townsley |
|
1923 |
35-15N-24W |
Changed from Lanson, 1913; From Newton County, 1918; Was to be Elba |
Truth |
1900 |
1936 |
34-17N-25W |
Mail to Huntsville |
Venquinn |
1915 |
1917 |
20-15N-26W |
Local name, Jackson Creek; Mail to Japton |
Venus |
1897 |
1934 |
26-15N-25W |
Was to be Orpha; Mail to Boston |
War Eagle |
1846 |
1847 |
8-17N-27W |
|
War Eagle |
1850 |
1876 |
25-15N-26W |
|
War Eagle Mills |
|
|
|
See Grant |
Wareagle |
1837 |
|
15-16N-26W |
Changed to Sevierville, 1837 |
Weathers |
1906 |
1981 |
3-15N-24W |
|
Wesley |
1854 |
|
26-16N-28W |
To Washington County, 1868; Back to Madison County, 1874 |
Wharton |
1886 |
1954 |
16-16N-25W |
Was to be Harrisville for Jas. B. Harris, Postmaster; Mail to Huntsville |
Whitener |
1885 |
1945 |
18-17N-27W |
Named for William J. Whitner, Postmaster; Mail to Hindsville |
Whitter |
|
|
25-15N-26W |
Changed from Grant, 1898 |