Preston County postal records

Newburg

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Newburgh

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 604 · Record date: 1942

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Newburg

Issued May 8; signed May 12; received May 13, 1942. Acting postmaster Mrs. Mildred Shrader. Water Street, Newburg township. Taylor County 10 air / 14 road miles; Highway 92 about ⅕ mile east. Station entered as Tunnelton, 251 feet north; station name/distance inconsistent as entered. B. & O. track 125 feet south; Raccoon Creek parallel to building. Tunnelton 6 miles east, Independence 1 mile west, Reedsville 10 miles north, Kasson 14 miles south. Railroad mail supply. Map on page 605.

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View image on this pageNewburg: Post office location questionnaire, NARA page 604

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NARA page 605 · Record date: 1942

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Newburg

Associated with page 604; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Newburg, Reedsville to north, Tunnelton to east and Independence to west, with Raccoon Creek, B. & O. Railroad, Route 50 and Route 92. Square diagram unused. No separate date.

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View image on this pageNewburg: Map / diagram, NARA page 605

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NARA page 606 · Record date: 1894

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Newburg

Alternate / proposed name: Newburgh

Issued January 20; signed January 31, 1894 by J. H. [last name uncertain]; received February 3. Addressed Newburg, late Newburgh. Office 13 miles west of Cheat River and 150 yards west of Raccoon Creek. Route 16188; Gladesville 9 miles NE, Reedsville 13 miles NE, Independence 1 mile west. About 200 yards from Baltimore & Ohio railroad station, north side of railroad. Map on page 607.

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View image on this pageNewburg: Post office location questionnaire, NARA page 606

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NARA page 607 · Record date: 1894

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Newburg

Reverse of page 606; year from questionnaire. Grid map marks Newburg, Independence, Evansville, Gladesville and Reedsville. Printed scale ½ inch to the mile. No separate date or signature.

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View image on this pageNewburg: Map / diagram, NARA page 607

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NARA page 608 · Record date: 1869

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Newburg

Alternate / proposed name: Newburgh

Issued November 11; signed November 12, 1869 by S. L. Allen (initials uncertain). Addressed Newburgh; office name entered Newburg. Lyon township; on north side of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 30 feet from track. Cheat River 12 miles east; Raccoon Creek about 50 yards south. Route 2904; Raccoon 1¼ miles west, Austen 3 miles east and Evansville 4 miles south.

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View image on this pageNewburg: Post office location questionnaire, NARA page 608

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