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 582 · Record date: 1942

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Masontown

Alternate / proposed name: Mason Town

Issued June 18 as a duplicate of May 8 request; signed June 25, 1942; received June 27. Postmaster signature Williams (initials uncertain). Main Street, Valley District, on State Route 7. Masontown B. & O. station, track and Deckers Creek ⅜ mile west. Monongalia County 2 miles away. Cascade 1 mile NW, Bretz 1 mile south, Reedsville 3 miles south. Star-route mail from Terra Alta and Morgantown.

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NARA page 583 · Record date: 1935

Post office location questionnaire / name notation

Office / subject as indexed: Masontown

Alternate / proposed name: Mason Town

Second request dated February 27; signed March 7, 1935; received March 8. Heading: Masontown (late Mason Town), effective February 1, 1935. Postmaster signature Williams (initials uncertain). Western Valley District; Monongalia line 2 miles. Cascade 1 mile NW, Bretz 1 mile SW, Reedsville 3 miles south, Bruceton Mills 12 miles NE. B. & O. station and Deckers Creek ½ mile west; Cheat River 4½ miles NE. Star-route service. Map on page 584.

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NARA page 584 · Record date: 1935

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Masontown

Alternate / proposed name: Mason Town

Reverse of page 583; date from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Masontown, Cascade, Bretz, Greer, Reedsville, Kingwood, Bruceton Mills, Dellslow and direction to Morgantown, with railroad, roads and Monongalia–Preston county line. Square grid crossed out. No separate date or signature.

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NARA page 585 · Record date: 1903

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Masontown

Alternate / proposed name: Mason Town

Issued January 27; signed January 30, 1903 by James F. Watson. Valley township; office 7 miles west of Cheat River, ½ mile east of Deckers Creek. Routes 16566 toward Kingwood and 16302 toward Morgantown noted. Rohr 3½ miles north, Reedsville 3 miles south, Herring 4 miles east. M. & K. Railroad ¼ mile away; county boundary 2 miles. Map on page 586.

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NARA page 586 · Record date: 1903

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Masontown

Alternate / proposed name: Mason Town

Reverse of page 585; date from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Dellslow, Tyrone, Rohr, Bullrun, Herring, Reedsville, Manown and Kingwood (11 miles), with railroad marked near center. No separate date or signature.

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NARA page 587 · Record date: 1875

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Mason Town

Alternate / proposed name: Masontown

Issued June 24; signed July 2, 1875 by Jas. A. Cox, proposed postmaster; received July 5. Valley District; route 12260, Raccoon–Pleasant Valley, twice weekly, contractor Wm. Wheeler. Site north of route; 3 miles additional travel via Reedsville. Reedsville 3 miles south, Easton about 10 miles direct. Cheat River and Deckers Creek entries amended. Independence B. & O. station named; village population 300, about 800 served. Numerous marginal corrections; map reportedly already forwarded. Reverse on page 588.

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NARA page 588 · Record date: 1875

Blank diagram / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Mason Town

Alternate / proposed name: Masontown

Reverse associated with page 587; year from application. Heading identifies Mason Town, Valley District, Preston County; Kingwood and Reedsville named above grid. Printed grid has no locality sketch. No separate date or signature.

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NARA page 589 · Record date: 1868

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Masontown

Alternate / proposed name: Mason Town

Issued October 17; signed November 3, 1868 by Isaac W. Cobun. Valley township; Cheat River and Deckers Creek named. Office ¼ mile from Deckers Creek, on east side. Reedsville 3 miles south; Easton 10 miles NW; Clinton 10 miles SW, Albright about 10 miles east, Kingwood 10 miles SE.

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