Preston County postal records

Hudson

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Stanly (crossed out); Lone Pine (heading)

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 527 · Record date: 1914

Proposed post office site change

Office / subject as indexed: Hudson

Signed April 9, 1914 by Sylvester T. Clark; received April 11, with May 9 stamp. Proposed move nine rods NW in northern Pleasant Township. Cheat River 4 miles west; Big Sandy 2 miles north. Nearby Rockville 2 miles NW, Valley Point 4 miles east, Bruceton Mills 5 miles north. Map on page 528.

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View image on this pageHudson: Proposed post office site change, NARA page 527

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NARA page 528 · Record date: 1914

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Hudson

Reverse of page 527 (date from site-change form). Circular sketch shows Hudson's present/proposed sites close together, Rockville NW, Bruceton Mills north, Valley Point east, Cheat River west and Big Sandy Creek north. Roads connect the offices; no separate date.

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View image on this pageHudson: Map / diagram, NARA page 528

National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · Preston_215_NARApage_528.jpg

NARA page 529 · Record date: 1887

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Hudson

Alternate / proposed name: Stanly (crossed out); Lone Pine (heading)

Issued March 16; signed March 19, 1887 by E. M. Metheny; received March 26. Stanly crossed out, Hudson added; Lazy Lane in heading and Pleasant district in margin. Certified by J. A. Lenhart, Valley Point. Near Albright–Laurel Iron Works route, three times weekly, contractor Ezra Forman. Lists Rockville, Harneds, Valley Point, Cheat River and Sandy Creek; Terra Alta station 17 miles; population near 100.

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View image on this pageHudson: Post office establishment application, NARA page 529

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NARA page 530 · Record date: 1887

Blank diagram / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Hudson

Reverse of page 529. Hudson, W.Va., written in margin; map grid and heading fields blank. Topographer receipt stamp appears October 24, 1887. No geographic sketch.

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View image on this pageHudson: Blank diagram / reverse, NARA page 530

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