Preston County postal records

Bruceton Mills

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Bruceton (local 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.

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NARA page 378 · Record date: 1946

New site location form

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Issued September 18; signed September 28, 1946. Signature appears to read Queen V. Keagy; New site 550 feet west of old site. Grant District; highways 73 and 26, Big Sandy, Brandonville, Markleysburg, Pisgah and Albright. Star routes from Confluence, Morgantown and Albright.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: New site location form, NARA page 378

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NARA page 379 · Record date: 1946

Diagram instructions / unused form

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Reverse of page 378 (date from location form). Both printed diagrams unused. Stamped instructions say a separate area map accompanies the report and direct postmaster to follow instructions on its reverse; see pages 380-381.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Diagram instructions / unused form, NARA page 379

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NARA page 380 · Record date: 1946

Area map

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Associated with pages 378-381 (date from accompanying papers). Printed area map with office location marked at Bruceton Mills. Includes Brandonville, Clifton Mills, Hudson, Valley Point, Pennsylvania boundary, roads, streams, churches and local surnames.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Area map, NARA page 380

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NARA page 381 · Record date: 1946

Map reverse / instructions

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Reverse of map on page 380. Stamped September 20, 1946; instructs postmaster to mark exact office location with a small dot and return map with questionnaire. Specifies north at top and scale of one inch to one mile.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Map reverse / instructions, NARA page 381

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NARA page 382 · Record date: 1942

Post office location form

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Issued May 8; signed May 12, 1942; received May 14. Signature appears to read Queen V. Keagy; Typed office-name misspelling corrected by hand. Highway 73; Big Sandy 200 feet east. Lists Brandonville, Valley Point, Pisgah, Clifton Mills and B&O station at Morgantown; two star routes and one rural route.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Post office location form, NARA page 382

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NARA page 383 · Record date: 1942

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Associated with page 382 (date from location form). Circular sketch shows office on left side of road toward Morgantown, highways 73 and 26, Big Sandy, Brandonville, Clifton Mills, Pisgah, Valley Point and Preston-Monongalia county line. Square diagram unused.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Map / diagram, NARA page 383

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NARA page 384 · Record date: 1928

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Issued May 29; signed June 12, 1928; received June 14. Signature appears to read W. H. Silbaugh; surname is unclear. Grant District; Cheat River and Big Sandy. Lists Brandonville, Valley Point and Pisgah; office about 100 feet west of Big Sandy.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Topographer's questionnaire, NARA page 384

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NARA page 385 · Record date: 1928

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Associated with page 384 (date from questionnaire). Shows Brandonville, Clifton Mills, Glade Farms, Hazelton, Valley Point, Pisgah, Elliottsville, Gibbon Glade and Markleysburg, with roads and Big Sandy Creek.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Map / diagram, NARA page 385

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NARA page 386 · Record date: 1898

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Issued October 28; signed November 4, 1898 by L. F. Cale; received November 8. Grant District; office on west bank of Sandy Creek. Lists Cheat River, Brandonville, Clifton Mills, Rockville and mail route 16184.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Topographer's questionnaire, NARA page 386

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NARA page 387 · Record date: 1898

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Associated with page 386 (date from questionnaire). Shows Brandonville, Clifton Mills, Glade Farms, Rockville, Valley Point, Big Sandy and Little Sandy creeks, Cheat River, and routes 16184 and 16183.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Map / diagram, NARA page 387

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NARA page 388 · Record date: 1868

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Alternate / proposed name: Bruceton (local name)

Issued October 17; signed October 21, 1868 by John Collins. Local name Bruceton; Grant Township. Office on west bank of Big Sandy. Lists Cheat River, Brandonville, Morgans Glade, Muddy Creek, Albrights and Glade Farms; routes 4218 and 4217.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Topographer's questionnaire, NARA page 388

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NARA page 389 · Record date: 1949

New site location form

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Issued September 26; signed October 8, 1949; received October 11. Signature appears to read Queen V. [unclear surname] Morgantown Street; new site one-tenth mile from old site, direction written East with question mark. Lists Big Sandy Creek, Cheat River, Brandonville, Albright, Pisgah and star-route supply.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: New site location form, NARA page 389

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NARA page 390 · Record date: 1949

Diagram instructions / unused form

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Reverse of page 389 (date from location form). Both printed diagrams unused. Stamped instructions refer to a separate accompanying area map and instructions on its reverse; see pages 391-392.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Diagram instructions / unused form, NARA page 390

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NARA page 391 · Record date: 1949

Area map

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Associated with page 389; received October 11, 1949. Printed map with office location marked at Bruceton Mills. Includes Brandonville, Clifton Mills, Rockville, Hudson, Big Sandy and Little Sandy creeks, roads, churches, schools and local surnames.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Area map, NARA page 391

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NARA page 392 · Record date: 1949

Map reverse / instructions

Office / subject as indexed: Bruceton Mills

Reverse of page 391 (date from associated papers). Stamped instructions direct postmaster to mark exact office location with a small dot and return map with questionnaire. North at top; one inch equals one mile.

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View image on this pageBruceton Mills: Map reverse / instructions, NARA page 392

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