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 599 · Record date: 1908

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Morlan

Alternate / proposed name: Moreland

Issued May 1908; received June 1, 1908. Addressed to Jas. Doyle, Amblersburg. Proposed name Moreland amended to Morlan. Six-times-weekly route service. Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad and Trowbridge station 3½ miles NW; Whetsell 2½ miles north, Amblersburg 3½ miles SE. Cheat River 1½ miles west; Oilmill Run named, distance amended. Village population 140; total population to serve amended to 200. Certification and maps on pages 600–602.

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NARA page 600 · Record date: 1908

Map / diagram and certification

Office / subject as indexed: Morlan

Alternate / proposed name: Moreland

Continuation of page 599. Certification signed by James Doyle, proposed postmaster, and Annie C. Felton, Whetsell postmaster. Foldout map shows Morlan, Whetsell, Amblersburg, Kingwood, Albright, Cadell, Trowbridge Ferry, Rowlesburg, M. & K. Junction, Cheat River and railroads. Full map on page 601. June 25,1908 receipt stamp.

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NARA page 601 · Record date: 1908

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Morlan

Alternate / proposed name: Moreland

Full map associated with application on page 599, dated May 1908. Approximate scale 1 inch to 1 mile; key specifies wagon roads red, railroads black and watercourses blue. Shows Morlan, Whetsell, Amblersburg, Kingwood, Albright, Cadell, Trowbridge Ferry, Rowlesburg, M. & K. Junction, Cheat River, Morgantown & Kingwood Railroad and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

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NARA page 602 · Record date: 1908

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Morlan

Alternate / proposed name: Moreland

Grid sketch associated with page 599; year from application. Labels proposed office Moreland and shows Whetsell, Kingwood, Albright and Cadell, with connecting lines and distances, including 2½ miles between Whetsell and Moreland. No separate date.

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