Preston County postal records
11 postal location images · Checked transcription · Research ongoing
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 420 · Record date: 1942
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Issued May 8; signed May 9, 1942 by Mary E. Freeland; received May 11. Park street address; Garrett County, Maryland, nearest adjoining county. Lists State Route 7, B&O Corinth station, Snowy Creek, Terra Alta, Oakland, Hopemont and Hutton. Mail supplied by B&O Railroad.
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NARA page 421 · Record date: 1942
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Associated with page 420 (date from form). Circular sketch shows B&O Railroad, State Road 7, Snowy Creek, Terra Alta, Oakland, and the Preston County, West Virginia / Garrett County, Maryland boundary.
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NARA page 422 · Record date: 1928
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Issued May 29; signed June 5, 1928 by Mary E. Freeland; received June 6. Central Corinth; Youghiogheny River 3 miles away, Snowy Creek 500 feet away. Hutton, Maryland, 1 1/4 miles east; B&O Corinth station, tracks 900 feet north; county boundary 1 mile east.
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NARA page 423 · Record date: 1928
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Associated with page 422 (date from questionnaire). Small circular sketch marks B&O Railroad, Snowy Creek, Hutton, Maryland, and Youghiogheny River; closely crowded labels.
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NARA page 424 · Record date: 1913 / 1918
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Issued November 21; signed November 26, 1913; received November 29. Signature Ira Felton. Lists Youghiogheny River, Snowy Creek, Ottaway, Maryland, Terra Alta and B&O Corinth station. Later annotation: discontinuance rescinded September 13, 1918; unit number uncertain.
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NARA page 425 · Record date: 1913
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Associated with page 424 (date from questionnaire). Circular sketch shows Terra Alta, B&O Railroad, Ottaway, Maryland, and Snowy Creek.
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NARA page 426 · Record date: 1901
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Issued March 25; signed April 11, 1901 by Edward B. Fuller. Proposed move east; carrier travel increases 30 feet. New York-Grafton B&O mail service four times daily. Village population about 175, population served 250. Margin requests petition of patrons supporting the change.
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NARA page 427 · Record date: 1901
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Associated with page 426; April 1901 receipt stamp. Corinth written in heading and margin, but printed map grid and site-description lines unfilled. Separate hand-drawn diagram follows on page 428.
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NARA page 428 · Record date: 1901
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Dated by April 11, 1901 Corinth postmark; signed Ed. B. Fuller. Explains proposed site would improve public access when private lots close. Detailed street sketch marks present and proposed offices, B&O Railway and depot, Snowy Creek, school, churches, residences and town lots. Depot distances: present site 420 feet, proposed site 450 feet.
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NARA page 429 · Record date: 1888
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Issued October 17; signed October 26, 1888 by James A. DeBerry; received October 27. Daily B&O Baltimore-Wheeling mail service. Lists Hutton, Maryland, Terra Alta, Carmel, Youghiogheny River and Snowy Creek. Office 40 feet south of railroad; village population 60, population served 85.
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NARA page 430 · Record date: 1888
Office / subject as indexed: Corinth
Associated with page 429; received November 17, 1888. Small sketch shows Corinth, Terra Alta, Oakland, B&O Railroad, Snowy Creek and branches, county road and West Virginia-Maryland state line.
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