Preston County postal records

Etam

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: St. Joe (original proposed 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 463 · Record date: 1881

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Etam

Alternate / proposed name: St. Joe (original proposed name)

St. Joe heading; proposed name replaced by Etam. Signed April 23, 1881 by Sylvester J. Goldin; received April 28. Route 12272, Rowlesburg-St. George, three times weekly. Lists Rowlesburg 7 miles north, St. George 13 miles south, Fellowsville 12 miles west, Cheat River and Buffalo Creek. Village population 90; population served 300.

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Etam: Post office establishment application, NARA page 463

National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · Preston_150_NARApage_463.jpg

NARA page 464 · Record date: 1881

Unused diagram / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Etam

Reverse associated with page 463. Printed map grid unfilled; margin identifies Etam, Preston County, West Virginia. Received October 11, 1881.

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Etam: Unused diagram / reverse, NARA page 464

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