NARA page 531 · Record date: 1884
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Independence
Alternate / proposed name: Racoon / Raccoon (former name)
Issued July 30; signed August 7, 1884 by A. M. Moore. Official name entered Racoon, with note that it will be Independence after October 1, 1884; local name Independence. Western Lyon Township; Tygarts Valley River and Raccoon Creek. Lists Gladesville, Evansville, Newburg and B&O Railroad. Small printed map attached; bottom notes county map held by circuit-court clerk Smith Crane, Kingwood. Surveyor name faint.
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NARA page 532 · Record date: 1928
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Independence
Issued May 25; signed June 1, 1928 by F. R. Bailey; received June 4. Western Lyon District; Tygarts Valley River 12 miles west; Raccoon Creek 80 feet south. Newburg 1¼ miles east; office 30 feet west of B&O track, Independence station. County boundary 1½ miles west. Map on page 533.
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NARA page 533 · Record date: 1928
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Independence
Reverse of page 532 (date from questionnaire). Circular map shows Newburg, Austen, Tunnelton, Evansville, Gladesville, Halleck and Irvin's Store (label uncertain), with B&O Railroad and rural routes. Preston, Taylor, Marion, and Monongalia county areas/boundaries indicated; some pencil labels faint. No separate date.
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NARA page 534 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Independence
Issued May 8; signed May 11, 1942 by L. B. Sharps; received May 13. Address Morgantown & Beverly Pike. Taylor County 1½ miles by air, 2 by road; State Route 92 one mile east. B&O station 500 feet southwest; Cook's Run 250 feet east. Nearby Newburg and Thornton; mail supplied by B&O Railroad. Map on page 535.
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NARA page 535 · Record date: 1942
Map attachment / reverse
Office / subject as indexed: Independence
Reverse of page 534 (date from questionnaire). Attached dark printed map excerpt shows Independence, Newburg, Irondale, Raccoon Creek and surrounding roads and local landmarks. Printed circular diagram left blank; some labels on attached map faint.
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