NARA page 542 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Kempton
Issued May 8; signed May 11, 1942; received May 14. Postmaster signature appears R. W. Smith (initials uncertain). Garrett County, Maryland, 200 feet away; WV Route 32 three miles west. William station on Western Maryland Railroad 7 miles SW; North Branch Potomac 300 yards south. Lists Pierce, Wilson, Horse Shoe Run and Davis; star-route supply from William. Later marginal annotation faint.
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NARA page 543 · Record date: 1942
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Kempton
Reverse of page 542 (date from questionnaire). Square grid blank; circular diagram has four unlabeled lines extending roughly north, east, west and southwest from center. No named offices, roads or waterways; no separate date.
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NARA page 544 · Record date: 1928
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Kempton
Alternate / proposed name: Kempton, Garrett County, Maryland (local name)
Issued May 29; signed May 31, 1928 by R. W. Schell; received June 2. Local name entered Kempton, Garrett County, Md. Office 200 yards north of North Branch Potomac; no creek within 10 miles. Henry 4½ miles NE, Pierce 5½ miles south. Office 20 feet NE of Western Maryland branch; Beechwood station on main line. County boundary 50 yards NE. Map on page 545.
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NARA page 545 · Record date: 1928
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Kempton
Reverse of page 544 (date from questionnaire). Circular sketch shows North Branch Potomac, Western Maryland branch from Kempton to main line, Henry and Pierce post offices. No separate date or signature; some labels rotated.
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NARA page 546 · Record date: 1914
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Kempton
Signed October 6, 1914 by J. W. Murphy; received October 12. Office 60 feet north of Potomac and one mile north of Glade Creek. Henry 3.6 miles NE, Pierce 2½ miles SW, Dobbin 4.6 miles NE. Office 15 feet north of Western Maryland Railroad branch, Kempton station; county boundary 60 feet NE. Map on page 547.
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NARA page 547 · Record date: 1914
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Kempton
Reverse of page 546 (date from application). Circular sketch shows Kempton, Henry, Dobbin and Pierce, with Potomac River, Glade Run, Sand Run, Blackwater River, Western Maryland Railroad and county road. No separate date or signature.
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