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NARA page 575 · Record date: 1879

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Maple Run

Issued April 21; signed April 29, 1879 by Frederick Felty, proposed postmaster; received May 7 and July 25. Union township; proposed extension of route 12270, Portland–Aurora, three times weekly. Office 3½ miles SE of Aurora, requiring 7 miles additional round trip. Horse Shoe Run 3 miles SW; headwaters of Youghiogheny named. Oakland B. & O. station 10½ miles away. Population 200. Map on page 576.

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NARA page 576 · Record date: 1879

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Maple Run

Reverse of page 575; year from application. Union township sketch shows Maple Run, Aurora, Portland, Rowlesburg, Rodamers, Oakland, Painters Mills, Horse Shoe Run direction and roads toward St. George. Includes B. & O. Railroad, Cheat River, Potomac River, West Virginia–Maryland boundary and Fairfax Stone corner. No separate date.

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