Patterson is an unincorporated community in Harvey County, Kansas, United States.

[2] In 1887, Dr. Hunt deeded land for right-of-way to the Kansas Midland Railroad Company.

Patterson became a station on a railroad segment of St. Louis–San Francisco Railway that ran from Wichita to Burrton.

A post office was opened in Patterson in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1927.

[3] The community was located along a railroad line between Burrton and Bentley, but the track was removed in the 1990s or 2000s.