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NARA page 564 · Record date: 1883

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Macomber

Alternate / proposed name: Flag Run

Issued April 25; signed May 1, 1883 by D. M. Owens (addressed to David Owens); proposed post master is D M Owens. received May 2. Heading Flag Run; proposed name amended to Macomber. Contractors name is G.W. Lambers and M.A. Moore. Reno township; route 12266, Rowlesburg–St. George, three times weekly. Rowlesburg 2¾ miles north, Hannahsville 9¼ miles south, Fellowsville 10 miles west. Cheat River and Buffalo Creek named; population two or three hundred. Certified by E. B. Stone at Rowlesburg. Map on page 565; some entries faint.

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NARA page 565 · Record date: 1883

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Macomber

Alternate / proposed name: Flag Run

Reverse associated with page 564; received June 11, 1883. Office name amended to Macomber, Reno township. Faint sketch locates the office near Cheat River and Buffalo Creek, with Rowlesburg, Hannahsville, St. George, railroad and roads. Some labels are faint.

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