Washington in Hempstead County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)

The Washington Post Office

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, April 22, 2023

1. The Washington Post Office Marker

Inscription. The Washington Post Office is the oldest continuous postal facility in Arkansas, having been established as Hempstead Courthouse Post Office, Arkansas Territory, February 23, 1820. This building provided by the Pioneer Washington Foundation -- Arkansas's oldest historic preservation group-- was dedicated May 29, 1988, by U.S. Senator David Pryor.

Erected 1988 by Pioneer Washington Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is February 23, 1820.

Location. 33° 46.523′ N, 93° 40.92′ W. Marker is in Washington, Arkansas, in Hempstead County. It is on Franklin Street east of Arkansas Highway 278, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 211 Franklin Street, Washington AR 71862, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Gulf Coastal Plain

and in Caddo Territory.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

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the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Capital (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Masonic Civil War Memorial (about 500 feet away); Homesite of Dr. Isaac Newton Jones and Elizabeth Littlejohn Jones (about 500 feet away); James Black's Shop (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hempstead County In The Civil War (approx. half a mile away); Confederate Dead 1861-1865 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Prairie De Ann (approx. 0.6 miles away); The First Courthouse for the County of Hempstead (approx. 7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Washington.

The Washington Post Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, April 22, 2023

2. The Washington Post Office

The Old Washington Post Office image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, April 22, 2023

3. The Old Washington Post Office

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2024, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2024, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.