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 394 · Record date: 1892

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Buckner

Alternate / proposed name: Martins (crossed-out proposal)

Issued October 12; certified October 24, 1892. Martins crossed out and replaced by Buckner. Proposed postmaster Mrs. Nannie Martin; certified by Felix Elliott Jr., Kingwood. Lists Albright, Rowlesburg, Kingwood, Cheat River and Buffalo Creek; estimated population served 150.

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NARA page 395 · Record date: 1892

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Buckner

Alternate / proposed name: Martins (map label)

Associated with page 394 (date from application). Margin annotated Buckner; proposed office labeled Martins P.O. Shows Albright, Kingwood, Terra Alta, Bell, Rowlesburg, Tunnelton, Howesville, Cheat River, roads and railroads.

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