Patterson, Arkansas | |
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 Location of Patterson in Woodruff County, Arkansas. | |
| Coordinates: 35°15′18″N 91°14′03″W / 35.25500°N 91.23417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Woodruff |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.13 sq mi (2.93 km2) |
| • Land | 1.13 sq mi (2.93 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 200 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 310 |
| • Density | 274.34/sq mi (105.88/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 72123 |
| Area code | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-53990 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2404487[2] |
Patterson is a city[3] in Woodruff County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 310 as of the 2020 Census.[4]
The townsite was originally known as Martin’s Junction, because the junction of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway with the Batesville and Brinkley Railroad occurred at this spot.[5] The town name later changed to Jelks, and it was briefly the western terminus of a third railroad, the McCrory and Beedeville Southern Railway, which arrived in 1911 but was bankrupt and out of business by 1914.[5] The town name changed again to Patterson in 1919.[5] While the town still has a rail connection, the junction is gone because the successors of the Batesville and Brinkley removed that line around the start of World War II.[5]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Patterson, Arkansas
- ^ Local.Arkansas.gov - Patterson, retrieved September 3, 2012
- ^ "Patterson (city), Arkansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "The McCrory & Beedeville Southern Railway" (PDF). Arkansas Railroader, January 1994, pp. 11-17. Retrieved September 13, 2024.