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NARA page 506 · Record date: 1902

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Hiorra

Issued December 4; signed December 5, 1902 by proposed postmaster James Morgan Orr; certified at Newburg I.A. Jackson. On B&O Railroad between Austin and Newburg; station named Hiorra, office 25 feet south of track. Newburg 2½ miles west, Austin 1½ miles east, and another office name unclear. Population served 200; village population 150.

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NARA page 507 · Record date: 1902

Blank diagram / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Hiorra

Reverse of page 506. Hiorra, Preston County, West Virginia written in heading and margin; grid left blank. Receipt December 9, 1902; additional faint stamp. Printed instructions concerning selection of post office names.

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