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 561 · Record date: 1886

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Lenox

Alternate / proposed name: Cascara

Undated map associated with application on page 562; year from that form. Center marked new office Cascara. Shows Willey 1¾ miles, Tannery, Terra Alta/B. & O. Railroad 10½ miles, Cranesville, Cuzzart, Morgans Glade, Valley Point, Albrights and Kingwood, with Cheat River, Muddy Creek and roads toward Brandonville. Some small labels uncertain.

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NARA page 562 · Record date: 1886

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Lenox

Alternate / proposed name: Forman; Cascara

Issued June 14; signed June 18, 1886 by Charles W. Forman. Names Forman and Cascara crossed out; Lenox added. Route 12165, Terra Alta–Morgans Glade, six times weekly. Nearby office appears Guseman (uncertain), 1 mile NW; Willey 1¾ miles south; Valley Point 3 miles NW. Cheat River 6½ miles and Muddy Creek 1½ miles away; Terra Alta station 10½ miles. Population 20 in village, 150 total. Certifying office amended from Willey to Tannery. Map on page 561.

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