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 566 · Record date: 1942

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Issued May 8; signed May 11, 1942 by James A. Loughry; received May 12. Cheat River 300 yards west. State Route 72 and Rowlesburg B. & O. station 2½ miles south; nearest track 1 mile south. Rowlesburg post office 2.40 miles south, Kingwood approximately 15 miles NW. Mail messenger from Rowlesburg. Tucker County 7 miles by air. Map on page 567.

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NARA page 567 · Record date: 1942

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Reverse of page 566; date from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Rowlesburg, Kingwood, Cheat River, B. & O. Railroad, State Route 72, U.S. Route 50 and Tucker County boundary. Square diagram unused; no separate date or signature.

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NARA page 568 · Record date: 1909

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Received May 22 and May 23, 1909. Proposed office at Manheim station on Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad. Rowlesburg 2 miles south; Whetsell 5 miles SE. Cheat River runs past town to the west. Total population to be supplied: 300. Certification on page 569 and separate sketch on page 570.

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NARA page 569 · Record date: 1909

Application certification / blank diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Continuation of page 568; received June 24, 1909. Signed by Rowlesburg postmaster (Hooton; initials uncertain) and proposed postmaster A. D. Chidsey (reading uncertain). Printed grid has no drawn map. Separate locality sketch on page 570.

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NARA page 570 · Record date: 1909

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Associated with pages 568–569; year from application. Sketch shows Manheim and Rowlesburg along Cheat River, Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad and B. & O. Railroad. Note refers to U.S. Geological Survey, West Virginia, Kingwood quadrangle. No separate date or signature.

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NARA page 571 · Record date: 1898

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Issued January 21; signed January 28, 1898 by L. H. Hamilto, proposed post master. Reno township; requests special-office service from Rowlesburg. Rowlesburg 2 miles easterly, Kingwood 10 miles westerly. Office ¼ mile east of Cheat River and ½ mile west of Salt Lick Creek; east side of Cheat Valley Railroad, 50 feet from track, Manheim station. Population 250 served, 100 in village. Map on page 572.

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NARA page 572 · Record date: 1898

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Manheim

Reverse associated with page 571. Received January 29, 1898; another faint receipt stamp visible. Sketch shows Manheim, Rowlesburg and Kingwood, Cheat River, Salt Lick Creek, Cheat Valley Railway and B. & O. Railway.

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