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NARA page 590 · Record date: 1903

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Mildred

Signed April 29, 1903 by Lloyd W. Wilson; received August 1. Proposed special-office supply from Tunnelton. Austen 1¼ miles west, Tunnelton 1¾ miles SW, Anderson 1¾ miles east. Cheat River 1½ miles east of office; Pringle Run named, creek distance entered as 1/5 miles. West Virginia Northern Railroad, site on a side track. About 300 served, 200 village residents. Certified by S. B. Montgomery at Tunnelton. Map on page 591.

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NARA page 591 · Record date: 1903

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Mildred

Reverse of page 590; date from application. Small sketch with sideways lettering shows Cheat River, Tunnelton, proposed site and neighboring office, with distances and connecting lines. Printed post office naming instructions below grid. No separate date.

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