NARA page 557 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Larew
Issued May 8; signed May 25, 1942; received May 26. Names postmaster Thomas F. Berthy and assistant Harnet Berthy(middle initial uncertain). State Route 26 is 3 miles north; B. & O. Railroad/Preston station 50 feet away, railroad directly beside office. Cheat River 500 feet south. Rowlesburg 8 miles south, Terra Alta 13 miles east, Howesville 5 miles west; star-route service from Kingwood and Tunnelton. Some distances amended.
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NARA page 558 · Record date: 1921
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Larew
Alternate / proposed name: Preston
Issued April 18, 1921 to Francis M. DeVore, Kingwood; signed May 11 by Roy R. White; received May 12. Proposed name Preston crossed out and Larew added. Office 500 feet west of Cheat River and 50 feet west of M. & K. Railroad at Preston station. County boundary 10 miles west; neighboring-office fields blank. Map on page 559; continuation on page 560.
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NARA page 559 · Record date: 1921
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Larew
Alternate / proposed name: Preston
Associated with page 558; date from application. Circular sketch shows Cheat River and M. & K. Railroad toward Morgantown and M. & K. Junction, with Kingwood, Albright, Invermere, Tunnelton and Manheim, county road and pike. No separate date or signature.
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NARA page 560 · Record date: 1921
Application continuation / instructions
Office / subject as indexed: Larew
Alternate / proposed name: Preston
Continuation associated with page 558; date from application. Railroad certificate section states: No agent at this Station. Remaining population and mail-supply fields largely blank. Includes printed instructions about mail supply and post office naming; no separate date or signature.
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