A Preston County community
Cuzzart’s postal records trace a proposed office, later site changes, and connections with neighboring communities. Its existing timeline follows the office proposal and the earliest postmaster appointment currently located. Research into the wider community history continues.
This overview draws on the connected timeline entries and the checked National Archives postal index. Follow the links below for sources and research qualifications.Community timeline
April 20, 1884
On April 20, 1884, Albert Engle certified a federal application to establish a post office called Cuzzart in Preston County’s Pleasant District. Engle was named as the proposed postmaster and estimated that the office would…
Open event and sourcesJanuary 5, 1886
On January 5, 1886, Albert Engle was appointed postmaster at Cuzzart, Preston County, in a federal Post Office Department ledger. The appointment follows an 1884 application, also associated with Engle, proposing a Cuzzart…
Open event and sourcesNine images include an 1884 application headed Engle with Cuzzart substituted, site-change papers from 1894 and 1909, and location records from 1928 and 1942. The index retains an uncertain receipt-stamp year on the companion application map. The exact application day differs between the existing timeline account and the checked index and remains to be reconciled.
Explore all 9 postal recordsRecord dates are not necessarily office opening or closing dates. Applications and proposed moves retain their original qualifications.
National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · NARA pages 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443. View the original collection.