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Preston County Through Time

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A Preston County community

Rohr

Rohr’s surviving history brings together Mt. Zion Church and nineteenth-century postal records in Valley District. The church timeline entry connects local building traditions with a recorded land conveyance, while the postal papers describe connections with Masontown, Dellslow, Reedsville, and Herring.

This overview draws on the connected timeline entries and the checked National Archives postal index. Follow the links below for sources and research qualifications.
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Years represented
1883
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Community timeline

Rohr through time

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  1. 1883
    Religion & Social InstitutionsVerified to source

    1883

    Mt. Zion Church Is Established in the Rohr Community

    The Preston County Historical Society's 1979 county history dates the establishment of Mt. Zion Church in the Rohr community to 1883. A 1972 Dominion-Post profile preserves an earlier construction tradition, reporting that…

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Rohr postal history

Postal locations & maps

Three images from 1892 include an application, a location questionnaire, and a map. The questionnaire heading records establishment on December 12, 1892. Its map and written answers give different distances to Dellslow; the source notes preserve that difference.

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Record dates are not necessarily office opening or closing dates. Applications and proposed moves retain their original qualifications.

National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · NARA pages 646, 647, 648. View the original collection.