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NARA page 448 · Record date: 1887

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Dority

Marked Duplicate. Issued May 26; signed August 30, 1887 by Austin Dodge; received September 2. Portland Township; route 12165, Morgans Glade-Terra Alta, six times weekly. Lists Willey, Terra Alta, Pleasant Hill, Cheat River, Roaring Creek and B&O Railroad. Village population 25; population served 75. Contractor's name written as John Jenkins.

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NARA page 449 · Record date: 1887

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Dority

Associated with page 448; received September 16, 1887. Printed grid labeled Dority P.O., Terra Alta, Cheat River and Valley, Lyon, Reno, Kingwood, Grant, Pleasant, Portland and Union districts.

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