Preston County postal records

Fellowsville

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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 466 · Record date: 1909

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Fellowsville

Issued May 13; signed May 15, 1909 by W. A. Watson; received May 17. Near center of Reno Township; route 16766. Office west of Cheat River and north of Sandy Creek. Marquess 3½ miles south, Denver 4 miles north, Austin 4 miles northwest; B&O Railroad 5 miles north; county boundary 4 miles away.

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View image on this pageFellowsville: Topographer's questionnaire, NARA page 466

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NARA page 467 · Record date: 1909

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Fellowsville

Associated with page 466 (date from questionnaire). Circular sketch shows Evansville, Marquess, Sinclair, Colebank, Denver, Austin, Newburg, Tunnelton, Howesville, Kingwood and Rowlesburg; Sandy Creek, B&O Railroad and Northwestern Pike.

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NARA page 468 · Record date: 1868

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Fellowsville

Issued October 17; signed October 26, 1868; received October 29. Postmaster signature appears Elisha Thomas. Reno Township; route 4214; Nearest office is Evansville. Lists Ohio River 120 miles west, Sandy Creek, Evansville 3 miles west, Newburg 5 miles northwest, Tunnelton 6 miles north, Rowlesburg 12 miles northeast and Kasson 10 miles south.

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View image on this pageFellowsville: Topographer's questionnaire, NARA page 468

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NARA page 469 · Record date: 1868

Addressed reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Fellowsville

Reverse associated with page 468. Addressed to Topographer, Contract Office, Post Office Department, Washington. Faint Fellowsville, West Virginia, October 27, 1868 notation; circular Evansville postmark.

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View image on this pageFellowsville: Addressed reverse, NARA page 469

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