Preston County postal records
3 postal location images · Checked transcription · Research ongoing
Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Divide (application heading); Divide (diagram heading)
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 364 · Record date: 1908
Office / subject as indexed: Breedlove
Issued February 3, 1908; received February 17; signed Lucinda Bush. Proposed move one-quarter mile east. Star route 16672, Eglon to Yough Summit, six times weekly. Lists Preston Railroad and Horse Shoe Run.
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NARA page 365 · Record date: 1900
Office / subject as indexed: Breedlove
Alternate / proposed name: Divide (application heading)
Issued July 24; certified July 26, 1900. Heading names Divide; proposed office called Breedlove. Proposed postmaster R. E. L. Breedlove. Typed note says he cannot serve because already postmaster at Horse Shoe Run. Union Township; route 16191, Eglon-Horse Shoe Run; proposed two-mile extension.
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NARA page 366 · Record date: 1902
Office / subject as indexed: Breedlove
Alternate / proposed name: Divide (diagram heading)
Associated with page 365 (application dated 1900); receipt stamp appears to read March 14, 1902. Heading names Divide; margin annotated Breedlove. Union Township; shows Oakland, Corinth, Eglon, Horse Shoe Run, proposed office and routes.
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