Preston County postal records
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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Painters Mill (former name)
Dates below identify the documents, not the office’s full operating period. Applications and proposed site changes should not be read as confirmed establishment or relocation dates. Original spellings and qualifications are retained in the checked index notes.
NARA page 330 · Record date: 1914
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Dated August 26, 1914. Newly appointed postmaster Mrs. Florence L. Winters to move the office 300 feet east.
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NARA page 331 · Record date: 1942
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Signed Myrtle L. Forman, May 12, 1942. Mail supplied by star route from Terra Alta. Lists Aurora, U.S. 50, Wolf Creek and Cheat River.
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NARA page 332 · Record date: 1942
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Reverse associated with page 331 (date from location form). Shows Amboy, Terra Alta, Aurora, U.S. 50, B&O Railroad, Wolf Creek, Cheat River and Tucker County line.
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NARA page 333 · Record date: 1901
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Issued August 7, 1901; received August 14. Note requests site after move 300 yards south. Signed Hamilton W. Mason. Mentions Carmel, Terra Alta, Brookside and Preston Railroad.
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NARA page 334 · Record date: 1901
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Associated with page 333 (date from questionnaire). Shows Terra Alta, Carmel, Aurora, Brookside, Wolf Creek, Cheat River, B&O and Preston railroads, Kingwood-Aurora Pike, and N.W. Turnpike.
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NARA page 335 · Record date: 1892
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Alternate / proposed name: Painters Mill (former name)
Addressed to Amboy, late Painters Mill. Signed D. S. Wilt, December 3, 1892; received December 6. Lists Carmel, Terra Alta, Brookside and Rowlesburg.
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NARA page 336 · Record date: 1892
Office / subject as indexed: Amboy
Signed D. S. Wilt. Associated with page 335 (date from questionnaire). Describes Amboy on Aurora-Terra Alta turnpike, 2.5 miles north of Aurora and 7.5 miles south of Terra Alta; other distances also given.
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NARA page 613 · Record date: 1871
Office / subject as indexed: Painters Mill
Issued March 23; signed April 4, 1871 by Isaac S. Painter, proposed postmaster; certified by David Ridenour, German Settlement. Union township; route 4238, Portland to German Settlement, twice weekly. Site apparently 1/6 mile west of route at Wolf Creek; amended route-distance entries. German Settlement 2½ miles south, Portland 8 miles north. Cheat River 7 miles west; on Wolf Creek. Apparently 16 families within 2 miles. Map on page 614.
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NARA page 614 · Record date: 1871
Office / subject as indexed: Painters Mill
Reverse of page 613; year from application. Map shows Painters Mill, Portland, German Settlement and Rowlesburg, Cheat River, Wolf Creek, B. & O. Railroad, mail route and N. W. Turnpike. Mountain ridge shaded east of proposed office. No separate date.
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