NARA page 450 · Record date: 1881
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Alternate / proposed name: Maple Run (original proposed name)
Issued March 8; signed March 19, 1881 by George Giessman; received March 23. Maple Run heading; proposed name Eglon. Margin says new name preferred because a Maple office already exists in West Virginia. Route 12270, Holly Meadows-Oakland; lists Horse Shoe Run, Oakland, Aurora and Cheat River. Village population 58; population served about 200.
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NARA page 451 · Record date: 1881
Partial map / reverse
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Alternate / proposed name: Maple Run
Reverse associated with page 450; 1881 receipt stamp. Rotated view partly covers printed diagram with separate map. Visible note requests that the office at Maple Run, West Virginia, be called Eglon. Full map follows on page 452.
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NARA page 452 · Record date: 1881
Map / naming request
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Alternate / proposed name: Maple Run
Fuller view of map partly shown on page 451; date from application on page 450. Requests Eglon as name for Maple Run office. Shows present route and proposed change, Oakland, Aurora, Horse Shoe Run, Northwestern Turnpike, Red House and local roads. Note explains West Virginia counties have districts, not townships or sections.
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NARA page 453 · Record date: 1928
Topographer's questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Issued May 29; signed June 4, 1928 by Ezra Fike (May crossed out and corrected to June); received June 5. Lists Yough Creek, Horse Shoe Run, Aurora and Oakland, Maryland. Railroad station corrected from Oakland to Terra Alta; county boundary 2 miles away.
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NARA page 454 · Record date: 1928
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Associated with page 453 (date from questionnaire). Circular sketch shows Aurora, Horse Shoe Run, Terra Alta, Oakland, B&O Railroad, Yough and West Virginia-Maryland boundary.
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NARA page 455 · Record date: 1942
Post office location form
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Issued May 8; signed June 11, 1942 by Ezra Fike; received June 15. Main street address; State Route 24 100 feet west. Lists Garrett County, Maryland, B&O Oakland station, Youghiogheny River, Horse Shoe Run and Aurora. Star-route mail from Terra Alta.
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NARA page 456 · Record date: 1942
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Eglon
Associated with page 455 (date from form). Circular sketch shows Aurora, Horse Shoe Run, State Route 24, U.S. Route 50, Youghiogheny River and B&O Railroad.
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