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Post Offices of Preston County

Explore the postal names, hand-drawn maps, and location records that help trace Preston County’s communities and changing routes.

Explore 392 archival images indexed and checked against the original records by Shirley Radabaugh. Research is ongoing.

Record dates are not opening or closing dates.

About this collection and how to read these records

This directory draws on 392 images indexed and checked against the original records by Shirley Radabaugh. They include applications, site reports, questionnaires, maps, and an end-of-roll marker from National Archives microcopy M1126, roll 651, pages 314–705.

View the original records in the National Archives Catalog

An application documents a proposal, not necessarily an operating office. These groups are a way to browse the records, not a final count of all post offices that operated in the county. “Checked transcription” describes the index review; uncertain handwriting, dates, and place-name relationships remain identified in the notes.

Only confirmed name groupings have been combined here: Harned/Harneds, Irona/Invermere, and Mason Town/Masontown. Other names retain their separate entries while research continues. Detailed postmaster histories are being added as original records are transcribed and reviewed.

Index last read: October 2, 2026.

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Showing 102 of 102 office-name groups

Afton

2 source images

Checked transcription

Albright

8 source images

Names in records: Albrightsville

Checked transcription

Amblersburg

4 source images

Checked transcription

Amboy — formerly Painters Mill

9 source images

Names in records: Painters Mill (former name); Painters Mill

Checked transcription

Anderson

2 source images

Names in records: Niles (crossed out); Niles (see page 337)

Checked transcription

Arthurdale

5 source images

Checked transcription

Arthursville

2 source images

Names in records: Albert

Checked transcription

Aurora

10 source images

Checked transcription

Austen

2 source images

Checked transcription

Brandonville

8 source images

Checked transcription

Breedlove

3 source images

Names in records: Divide (application heading); Divide (diagram heading)

Checked transcription

Bretz

9 source images

Checked transcription

Brookside

2 source images

Checked transcription

Bruceton Mills

15 source images

Names in records: Bruceton (local name)

Checked transcription

Buckhorn

1 source image

Checked transcription

Buckner

2 source images

Names in records: Martins (crossed-out proposal); Martins (map label)

Checked transcription

Bull Run

2 source images

Names in records: Day (alternative proposal)

Checked transcription

Caddell

3 source images

Checked transcription

Carmel

2 source images

Names in records: Mount Carmel; Gloveville (alternative); Mount Carmel (map label)

Checked transcription

Cascade

5 source images

Names in records: Cascade Falls (application heading); Cascade Falls (associated heading)

Checked transcription

Cherry Grove

2 source images

Names in records: Zar (former name noted)

Checked transcription

Clifton Mills

7 source images

Checked transcription

Colebank

2 source images

Checked transcription

Corinth

11 source images

Checked transcription

Courtney

3 source images

Checked transcription

Cranesville

1 source image

Checked transcription

Cuzzart

9 source images

Names in records: Engle (original proposed name); Engle (associated application)

Checked transcription

Dayton

2 source images

Checked transcription

Denver

2 source images

Checked transcription

Dority

2 source images

Checked transcription

Eglon

7 source images

Names in records: Maple Run (original proposed name); Maple Run

Checked transcription

Erwin

6 source images

Names in records: Muzette (original proposed name)

Checked transcription

Etam

2 source images

Names in records: St. Joe (original proposed name)

Checked transcription

Evansville

1 source image

Checked transcription

Fellowsville

4 source images

Checked transcription

Flag

2 source images

Names in records: Laurel Hill (original proposed name); Laurel Hill

Checked transcription

Florence

2 source images

Names in records: Elkhart (original proposed name); Elkhart; Clinton; Denver; Prospect

Checked transcription

German Settlement

1 source image

Names in records: West Union (local name)

Checked transcription

Glade Farms

6 source images

Names in records: Twin Churches (local name); Preston Glades (local name)

Checked transcription

Glade Run

1 source image

Checked transcription

Gladesville

1 source image

Checked transcription

Guseman

1 source image

Names in records: Fickey (crossed-out proposed name; reading uncertain)

Checked transcription

Hardesty

2 source images

Names in records: Hardesty Store

Checked transcription

Harneds

4 source images

Names in records: Harned; Harned (related record spelling); Harned (margin spelling)

Checked transcription

Hayden

2 source images

Checked transcription

Hazelton

10 source images

Checked transcription

Henry

2 source images

Names in records: Russell (additional proposed name); Albrights Mills (margin); Albrights Mills (margin)

Checked transcription

Herring

2 source images

Names in records: Fieldsville (application heading); Fieldsville (map label)

Checked transcription

Hiorra

2 source images

Checked transcription

Hopemont

6 source images

Names in records: State Sanitarium (crossed out); State Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Checked transcription

Horse Shoe Run

6 source images

Checked transcription

Howesville

7 source images

Names in records: Lubeck (crossed out; uncertain)

Checked transcription

Hudson

4 source images

Names in records: Stanly (crossed out); Lone Pine (heading)

Checked transcription

Independence

5 source images

Names in records: Racoon / Raccoon (former name)

Checked transcription

Irona / Invermere

5 source images

Names in records: Invermere; Irona (crossed out); Irona (associated application); Irona (village and station); Irona

Checked transcription

Kanes Creek

1 source image

Checked transcription

Kempton

6 source images

Names in records: Kempton, Garrett County, Maryland (local name)

Checked transcription

Kingwood

6 source images

Checked transcription

Knotts Mills

3 source images

Checked transcription

Larew

4 source images

Names in records: Preston

Checked transcription

Lenox

2 source images

Names in records: Cascara; Forman; Cascara

Checked transcription

Lyon

1 source image

Names in records: Sniders Store

Checked transcription

Macomber

2 source images

Names in records: Flag Run

Checked transcription

Manheim

7 source images

Checked transcription

Manown

2 source images

Names in records: Millersport; Louise

Checked transcription

Maple Run

2 source images

Checked transcription

Marquess

5 source images

Names in records: Marquess Mill

Checked transcription

Masontown

8 source images

Names in records: Mason Town; Masontown

Checked transcription

Mildred

2 source images

Checked transcription

Mill Run

6 source images

Checked transcription

Morgans Glade

1 source image

Checked transcription

Morlan

4 source images

Names in records: Moreland

Checked transcription

Muddy Creek

1 source image

Checked transcription

Newburg

5 source images

Names in records: Newburgh

Checked transcription

Oriole

2 source images

Names in records: Birds Creek

Checked transcription

Orr

2 source images

Checked transcription

Pisgah

10 source images

Checked transcription

Plainview

2 source images

Names in records: Plain View

Checked transcription

Portland

1 source image

Names in records: Cranberry Summit; Cranberry; Terra Alta

Checked transcription

Preston Tannery

2 source images

Checked transcription

Raccoon

1 source image

Names in records: Independence; Racoon

Checked transcription

Rathbone

2 source images

Checked transcription

Reedsville

6 source images

Names in records: Glades

Checked transcription

Rockville

2 source images

Checked transcription

Rodamers

6 source images

Checked transcription

Rohr

3 source images

Checked transcription

Rowlesburg

6 source images

Names in records: Rowlesburgh

Checked transcription

Sell

2 source images

Names in records: Alden

Checked transcription

Sinclair

2 source images

Checked transcription

Tannery

2 source images

Checked transcription

Taylor

2 source images

Names in records: Burk

Checked transcription

Teets

2 source images

Names in records: Five Forks

Checked transcription

Terra Alta

6 source images

Names in records: Cranberry

Checked transcription

Tunnelton

7 source images

Checked transcription

Valley Point

7 source images

Checked transcription

Victoria

3 source images

Checked transcription

West End

4 source images

Checked transcription

Whetsell

2 source images

Name relationship under review

Whetzel

1 source image

Names in records: Bells

Name relationship under review

White

4 source images

Names in records: Pifer; Whites; Location

Checked transcription

Willey

3 source images

Checked transcription

Zar

2 source images

Checked transcription

Additional collection images

These two images are retained with their original descriptions, separately from the office directory.

Masontown-Morgantown route — NARA page 398
Filed following Bull Run application; no date or Bull Run label visible. Shows Morgantown, Tyrone, Dellslow, Rohr, Masontown, Kingwood and Tunnelton; intermediate places marked with no post office include Marilla, Pool Rocks, Johnson, Rock Forge, Oliver, Sturgisson, Iron Bridge, Lick Run and Cascade Falls. Gives Morgantown-Masontown distance as 13.3 miles. Ca. 1900 postal route map between Morgantown and Masontown. Shows B&O lines but no Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad, suggesting the map predates completion of the M&K through this corridor. Includes Dellslow, Rock Forge, Oliver, Stevenson, Iron Bridge, Lick Run, Cascade Falls, and Masontown, with route distances noted. Potentially useful for illustrating transportation/postal geography just before the M&K expansion.

Microcopy 1126, Roll 651 — NARA page 705
End-of-roll identification target reads MICROCOPY 1126, ROLL 651, END. No post-office location record. Retained in index to account for the final image in the downloaded sequence.