Welcome to Patit ...
Patit is located in Columbia County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Patit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.
Patit is 2,020 feet [616 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Patit lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Patit: 509
Communities near Patit ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Patit.
- Dayton
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pomeroy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waitsburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Starbuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Huntsville is located in Columbia County
- Delaney
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delaney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Delaney is located in Columbia County
- Relief
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Relief. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Relief is located in Columbia County
- Coppei
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coppei. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppei
- Coppei is located in Walla Walla County
- Menoken
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
- Menoken is located in Columbia County
- Pataha
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataha
- Pataha is located in Garfield County
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 Patit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Patit.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Patit. 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 Patit.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Patit. See our Newspapers Page for Patit.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Patit ...
Looking for more information about Patit? 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 Patit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Patit.
Adding Patit to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Patit 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 Patit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Patit post office opened in 1873.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Patit.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Patit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |