NARA page 508 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Hopemont
Issued May 8; signed May 11, 1942 by John Speicher; received May 12. Office on State grounds; note says State map enclosed. State Route 7 south 0.2 mile; B&O Hopemont station south 0.5 mile. Lists Snowy Creek and its North Branch, Terra Alta, Corinth and Amboy. Mail supplied by railroad mail messenger from Hopemont and Terra Alta.
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NARA page 509 · Record date: 1942
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Hopemont
Reverse of page 508 (date from questionnaire). Square grid blank; circular sketch marks Terra Alta NW, Corinth east/southeast and Amboy to the south. Printed map preparation instructions; no separate date.
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NARA page 510 · Record date: 1920–1921
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Hopemont
Alternate / proposed name: State Sanitarium (crossed out)
Signed September 9, 1920 by Elijah E. Clovis (surname uncertain); received September 11, 1920 and February 28, 1921. State Sanitarium crossed out and replaced with Hopemont. Refers to Hopemont railroad flag station, Cheat River, Snowy Creek, Terra Alta 2 miles west and B&O Railroad ¼ mile south of office. Continues on pages 511–513.
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NARA page 511 · Record date: 1920
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Hopemont
Grid map accompanying page 510 (date from application). Shows Hopemont, Terra Alta, Corinth, Cranesville, Amboy and Aurora, with B&O Railroad between Terra Alta and Corinth. No separate date or signature.
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NARA page 512 · Record date: 1920
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Hopemont
Circular map accompanying page 510 (date from application). Shows Hopemont, Terra Alta, Corinth, Amboy and Aurora; B&O Railroad, Cheat River, Snowy Creek and county road. Office name and Preston County, W.Va., written above diagram.
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NARA page 513 · Record date: 1920
Application continuation / mail supply
Office / subject as indexed: Hopemont
Alternate / proposed name: State Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Continuation of page 510 (date from application). State Tuberculosis Sanitarium listed as population to be supplied, 250. Notes office is on railroad but there is no agent at Hopemont. Signed Elijah E. Clovis. Railroad-agent certificate and most route-supply fields blank; printed mail-supply and naming instructions below.
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