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.

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NARA page 337 · Record date: 1901

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Anderson

Alternate / proposed name: Niles (crossed out)

Proposed postmaster Henry A. Cool. Niles crossed out and Anderson substituted. Mentions Tunnelton, Buckhorn, Rowlesburg, Pringle's Run and B&O Railroad. October-December 1901 stamps; handwritten certification date is 6 November 1901..

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NARA page 338 · Record date: 1902

Blank diagram / naming instructions

Office / subject as indexed: Anderson

Alternate / proposed name: Niles (see page 337)

Reverse associated with page 337. Diagram not filled in; handwritten note says township/section system does not apply in this mountainous state. February 12, 1902 stamp; printed post-office naming instructions.

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