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 |
Albion |
1892 |
1913 |
6-8N-7W |
Was to be Alto; Mail to Letona |
Alto |
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See Albion |
Armstrong Springs |
|
1951 |
33-8N-8W |
Changed from Quinton, 1912; To Crosby about 1917; Back to Armstrong Springs, 1917 |
Atkinsville |
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See Little Red |
Beebe/Beebe Station |
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8-5N-8W |
Changed from Stony Point, 1872 |
Belcher |
1898 |
1916 |
1-5N-6W |
Mail to Griffithville |
Beton |
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See Uarta |
Bliss |
1887 |
1914 |
11-9N-6W |
Was to be Lillie; Mail to Heffington |
Boykin |
1904 |
1907 |
27-8N-10W |
Was to be Steel; Mail to Rosebud |
Brad |
1889 |
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18-6N-5W |
Changed to Ellen, 1895 |
Bradford |
1873 |
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8-9N-4W |
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Brundidge |
1898 |
1912 |
31-7N-8W |
Was to be Latture; Mail to Floyd |
Centre Hill/Center Hill |
1856 |
1931 |
5-7N-8W |
Mail to Searcy |
Chilford |
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See Patson |
Clay |
1883 |
1932 |
19-9N-7W |
Mail to Pangburn |
Clear Spring |
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Clearwater |
Clear Water/Clearwater |
1876 |
1909 |
8-8N-6W |
Was to be Clear Springs; Mail to Steprock |
Clifty |
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See Romance |
Cold Well |
1850 |
1873 |
32-9N-6W |
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Colgrove |
1890 |
1891 |
9-8N-9W |
Was to be Olean; Mail to Turnip |
Como/New Como |
1873 |
1874 |
27-8N-9W |
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Conant |
1908 |
1909 |
8-6N-6W |
Mail to Griffithville |
Cox/Coxey |
1900 |
|
8-8N-8W |
Named for Asa Cox, Postmaster; Changed to Letona, 1908 |
Crosby |
1909 |
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35-8N-8W |
Was to be King Station; Changed to Armstrong Springs, 1917 |
Davenport |
1890 |
1932 |
14-10N-7W |
Mail to Pangburn |
Davidson |
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See Worden |
Des Cane |
1913 |
1918 |
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Mail to Garner |
Dewey |
1898 |
1913 |
9-9N-7W |
Was to be McKinley; Mail to Clay |
Dogwood |
1874 |
1875 |
9-5N-6W |
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Doyleville |
|
1918 |
34-10N-7W |
Changed from Little Red, 1911; Mail to Steprock |
Egbert |
1881 |
1916 |
10-5N-6W |
Named for Egbert R. Williams; Mail to Griffithville |
Ellen |
|
1911 |
18-6N-5W |
Changed from Brad, 1895; Mail to West Point |
Elpaso/Elpasso |
1869 |
|
29-6N-10W |
Was to be Olive Creek; From Conway County, 1869; Back in 1870 |
Enright |
1919 |
1955 |
11-6N-5W |
Was to be Float; Mail to Searcy |
Essex |
1893 |
1915 |
20-6N-8W |
Was to be Fish Back; Mail to Beebe |
Eva |
1881 |
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33-7N-9W |
Changed to Floyd, 1888 |
Evert |
1903 |
1912 |
5-7N-9W |
Mail to Romance |
Fish Back |
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See Essex |
Float |
1919 |
1919 |
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See Enright |
Floyd |
|
1931 |
33-7N-8W |
Changed from Eva, 1881; Mail to Beebe |
Frankfort |
1837 |
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Changed to Searcy, 1838 |
Garner |
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18-6N-7W |
Changed from Paxson, 1889 |
Garner Station |
1872 |
|
19-6N-7W |
Changed to Paxson, 1889 |
Georgetown |
|
1972 |
20-6N-4W |
Changed from Negro Hill, 1909 |
Greswold |
1866 |
1886 |
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Griffithville |
1898 |
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22-6N-6W |
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Hammonsville |
1886 |
1913 |
4-6N-10W |
Mail to Elpaso |
Higginson |
1875 |
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25-7N-7W |
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Hiram |
1876 |
1956 |
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To Cleburne County, 1883 |
Ilion |
1892 |
1894 |
4-5N-7W |
Was to be Sayes; Mail to Beebe |
Joy |
1897 |
1917 |
27-8N-9W |
Mail to Crosby |
Judson |
1856 |
|
15-9N-8W |
Changed to Pangburn, 1880 |
Judsonia |
|
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34-8N-6W |
Changed from Prospect Bluff, 1872 |
Kennsett |
1872 |
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17-7N-6W |
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Kentucky Valley |
1858 |
1866 |
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King Station |
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See Crosby |
Latture |
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See Brundidge |
Letona |
|
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35-9N-8W |
Changed from Cox, 1908 |
Lillie |
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See Bliss |
Little Red |
1876 |
|
31-10N-7W |
Was to be Adkinsville; Changed to Doyleville, 1911 |
Maddock |
1903 |
1914 |
15-10N-6W |
Mail to Denmark |
McKinley |
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See Dewey |
McRae |
1890 |
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26-6N-8W |
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Middleton |
|
1842 |
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Changed from Desarc, 1837 |
Mount Eva |
1878 |
1881 |
4-6N-9W |
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Mount Pisgah |
1872 |
1914 |
10-8N-8W |
Mail to Searcy |
Muddy Bayou |
1858 |
1867 |
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Neal |
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See Quinton |
Negro Hill |
1870 |
|
7-6N-4W |
Changed to Georgetown, 1909 |
New Como |
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See Como |
New Garner |
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See Paxson |
Oak Valley |
1854 |
|
19-10N-6W |
Changed to Ten Mile Creek, 1855 |
Olean |
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See Colgrove |
Olivecreek |
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See El Paso |
Opal |
1895 |
1896 |
31-9N-9W |
Was to be Silvis; Mail to Bebee |
Overt |
1878 |
1881 |
34-7N-10W |
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Pangburn |
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10-9N-8W |
Changed from Judson, 1880 |
Paxson |
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18-6N-7W |
Changed from Garner Station, 1889; Garner, 1889; Was to be Cliford |
Paxson |
1889 |
1891 |
13-7N-9W |
Local name, New Garner |
Peace |
1887 |
1889 |
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Mail to Searcy |
Plants |
|
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35-9N-5W |
Changed from Russell, 1878; Back to Russell, 1884 |
Prospect Bluff |
1871 |
|
34-8N-6W |
Changed to Judsonia, 1872 |
Providence |
1898 |
1901 |
30-9N-6W |
Mail to Clear Water |
Quinton |
1901 |
|
33-8N-8W |
Was to be Strand or Neal; Changed to Armstrong Springs, 1912 |
Ranes |
1899 |
1908 |
4-5N-7W |
Named for Jonia Ranes; Mail to Defiance |
Riovista |
1888 |
1901 |
30-8N-4W |
Mail to Bald Knob |
Romance |
1884 |
|
15-7N-10W |
Was to be Clifty |
Roosevelt |
1900 |
1955 |
18-10N-6W |
Mail to Judsonia |
Rosebud/Rose Bud |
1858 |
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16-8N-10W |
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Royal Colony |
1854 |
1866 |
31-10N-6W |
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Russell |
1875 |
|
35-9N-5W |
Changed to Plants, 1878; Changed from Plants, 1884 |
Sayes |
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See Ilion |
Searcy |
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10-7N-7W |
Changed from Frankford, 1838 |
Seph |
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See Stevens Creek |
Shelby |
1878 |
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36-6N-10W |
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Short |
1901 |
1915 |
34-9N-7W |
Mail to Clay |
Sidon |
1892 |
1973 |
3-8N-9W |
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Silvis |
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See Opal |
Stanley's Well |
1873 |
1873 |
4-5N-9W |
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Steel |
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See Boykin |
Steprock/Step Rock |
1894 |
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6-9N-6W |
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Stevens-Creek |
1872 |
1909 |
23-9N-6W |
Was to be Steph; Mail to Baldknob |
Stony Point |
1849 |
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2-5N-9W |
Changed to Beebe Station, 1872 |
Strand |
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See Quinton |
Sunrise |
1890 |
1909 |
18-6N-9W |
Mail to El paso |
Tenmile Creek |
|
1857 |
10-10N-6W |
Changed from Oak Valley, 1855 |
Tevis |
1891 |
1892 |
13-5N-6W |
Namd for James D. Tevis, Postmaster |
Tranquility/Tranquillity |
1878 |
1879 |
26-7N-9W |
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Trust |
1881 |
1883 |
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To Cleburn County, 1883 |
Turnip |
1881 |
1915 |
21-8N-9W |
Mail to Rosebud |
Uarta |
1900 |
1902 |
2-6N-8W |
Was to be named Belton; Mail to Garner |
Velvet Ridge |
1854 |
1866 |
7-9N-5W |
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Walker |
1881 |
1955 |
19-6N-6W |
Named for John T. Walker, Postmaster; Mail to Searcy |
West Point |
1852 |
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26-7N-6W |
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Worden |
1905 |
1918 |
25-8N-5W |
Was to be named Davison; Mail to Bald Knob |