Preston County postal records

German Settlement

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: West Union (local 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 475 · Record date: 1868

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: German Settlement

Alternate / proposed name: West Union (local name)

Issued October 17, 1868; November 9 receipt stamp. Union Township; route 4219. Cheat River 6 miles west; Rhine Creek ½ mile east. Lists Portland 10 miles north, Horse Shoe Run 5 miles southeast, Oakland, Maryland, 12 miles east and Rowlesburg 9 miles northwest. Postmaster signature is David Ridenour.

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German Settlement: Topographer's questionnaire, NARA page 475

National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · Preston_162_NARApage_475.jpg

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