Patton, Missouri
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Patton is an unincorporated community in the southeastern part of Union Township in northern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri, United States. It is located on State Highway 51, approximately one mile south of the intersection with Route 72 (referred to as Patton Junction) along Little Whitewater Creek and 15 miles north of Marble Hill. The ZIP Code for Patton is 63662.[1]
Patton is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In the early pioneer days, Patton had a dancing place at which the people danced long after the fiddlers were exhausted by patting hands. The expression "keep a pattin'" was used so often that the place was named Patton.[2]
History
A post office was established in 1874 and named for the Patton family, of whom J.J. and Harvey Patton were prominent family members.[3]
