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NARA page 611 · Record date: 1898

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Orr

Issued December 21; signed December 27, 1898 by Joseph Dillon, proposed postmaster. Route 16179 from Henry [unclear], Orr, to Terra Alta, six times weekly. Cranesville 2 miles east (entry crossed out), Cuzzart 3 miles north and Pleasant Hill 3 miles south. Cheat River 10 miles west; on east side of Muddy Creek. B. & O. railroad named. Population to serve 85. Reverse on page 612.

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NARA page 612 · Record date: 1898–1899

Blank map form / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Orr

Reverse of December 1898 application on page 611. Orr, W. Va. written in margin; printed grid contains no hand-drawn map. Receipt stamps dated January 5, 1899 and February 1899 (day faint).

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