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Welcome to Dogpatch ...

Dogpatch is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Dogpatch is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dogpatch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1968.

Dogpatch is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Dogpatch lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Dogpatch: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Dogpatch ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dogpatch - it's located in Alaska.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dogpatch.

Communities near Dogpatch ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dogpatch.

  • Harrison
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bergman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Bellefonte
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellefonte is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
  • Jasper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Alpena
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Western Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Western Grove is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Western Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Pyatt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pyatt is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyatt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
  • Valley Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Springs is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
  • Everton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Saint Joe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dogpatch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dogpatch.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dogpatch. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dogpatch.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dogpatch. See our Newspapers Page for Dogpatch.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dogpatch ...

Looking for more information about Dogpatch? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dogpatch, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dogpatch.

Adding Dogpatch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dogpatch in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dogpatch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Dogpatch post office opened in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dogpatch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dogpatch - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Dogpatch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Dogpatch area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/