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Welcome to Patterson ...

Although we found mention of Patterson during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Patterson had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

We've added Patterson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Patterson, please Contact Us.


The location of Patterson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Patterson, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Patterson is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Patterson might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Patterson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Patterson: This one is located in Harvey County and the other is located in Kingman County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 42 communities that are also named Patterson - they are located in Arkansas (4), California (2), Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Iowa (2), Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Patterson ...

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

  • Hutchinson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Valley Center
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Center
    • Valley Center is located in Sedgwick County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,385 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Center <4>
  • Maize
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maize have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
    • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <4>
  • Goddard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hesston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • South Hutchinson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Halstead
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halstead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halstead
    • Halstead is located in Harvey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,028 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halstead <4>
  • Moundridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • North Newton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Newton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Newton
    • North Newton is located in Harvey County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Newton <4>

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 Patterson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Patterson.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Patterson. 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 Patterson.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Patterson ...

Looking for more information about Patterson? 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 Patterson, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Patterson.

Adding Patterson to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Patterson 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 for Patterson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Patterson post office opened in 1888.

We also found Patterson in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Patterson.

The official website for Harvey County: www.harveycounty.com/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Patterson and then turned east". While Patterson could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Patterson as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Patterson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Patterson - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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