NARA page 520 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Issued May 8; signed May 9, 1942; received May 11. Postmaster appears J. Leonard Greaser. State Route 26 is 75 feet west; B&O station at Tunnelton 5 miles south. Birds Creek west, Cheat River east; nearby offices Tunnelton, Newburg, Kingwood and Lane. Star-route supply from Tunnelton. Map on page 521.
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NARA page 521 · Record date: 1942
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Reverse of page 520 (date from questionnaire). Circular sketch shows Kingwood, Tunnelton, Newburg and Larue, with WV Routes 26, 72 and 92, Birds Creek and Cheat River. Square grid blank; no separate date or signature.
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NARA page 522 · Record date: 1919–1920
Post office location / site change questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Signed December 29, 1919 by Frank G. Heninaw; heading and receipt January 2, 1920. Margin: changed 200 feet south. Office in center of town; Cheat River 5 miles east, Birds Creek 2 miles west; Tunnelton 5 miles south. Office 12 feet east of West Virginia Northern Railroad, Howesville station. Map on page 523.
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NARA page 523 · Record date: 1919–1920
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Associated with page 522 (dates from form). Circular sketch shows Howesville between Kingwood and Tunnelton on West Virginia Northern Railroad, joining B&O at Tunnelton. Also shows Cheat River, Birds Creek and several roads, including county road. No separate date.
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NARA page 524 · Record date: 1898
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Issued October 28, 1898; received/answered November 9. Signed Ann Wright; signature date blank. Central Kingwood Township; Cheat River 3 miles away and Morgans Creek 1 mile away. West Virginia Northern Railroad; special supply from Tunnelton 5½ miles away. Lists Kingwood 4½ miles and Reedsville 7 miles; office 30 feet from track. Map on page 525.
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NARA page 525 · Record date: 1898
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Reverse of page 524 (date from questionnaire). Circular diagram locates Howesville among Kingwood, Reedsville, Masontown, Gladesville, Herring, Albrightsville, Terra Alta, Rowlesburg, Tunnelton, Austen, Fellowsville, Newburg, Ambersberg, and Independence. No rivers or railroads drawn.
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NARA page 526 · Record date: 1871
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Howesville
Alternate / proposed name: Lubeck (crossed out; uncertain)
Issued February 4; signed February 13, 1871 by Samuel S. Evans; certified by Chas. E. Ellis of Tunnelton. Howesville replaces a crossed-out name apparently Lubeck; margin notes another office of that name in Wood County. Route 4216, Kingwood–Tunnelton, six times weekly, contractor Geo. P. Castle. Lists Cheat River, Morgans Run and 70 families within 2 miles. Several route answers amended.
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