Preston County postal records

Pisgah

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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.

Original records & research notes

NARA page 615 · Record date: 1945

Post office site-change questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Issued July 9; signed July 16, 1945 by Inez Cunningham, acting postmaster; received July 18. New site 840 feet SE of old site. Monongalia County 2 air / 2½ road miles. Highway 73 one mile SW; Morgantown B. & O. station 15 miles SW. Cheat River 7 miles SW, Laurel Run 2 miles NE. Bruceton Mills 9 miles NE, Morgantown 14 miles SW. Star-route supply from Morgantown and Albright, with Valley Point noted. Map and reverse pages 616–618.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Post office site-change questionnaire, NARA page 615

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NARA page 616 · Record date: 1945

Blank map form / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Reverse of page 615; year from questionnaire. Square and circular diagrams unused. Both stamped with instructions to follow directions on back of blueprint. Separate map on page 617.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Blank map form / reverse, NARA page 616

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NARA page 617 · Record date: 1945

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Map accompanying site-change questionnaire on page 615; year from associated record. Pale blueprint-style road map marks Pisgah with a dark dot and shows Rockville, Hudson, Big Sandy and local roads, streams and named properties. Many small labels faint. Instructions and receipt stamp on page 618.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Map / diagram, NARA page 617

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NARA page 618 · Record date: 1945

Map instructions / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Reverse of map on page 617. Instructions ask postmaster to mark correct location with a small dot, disregarding existing circle; north at top and 1 inch equals 1 mile. Stamps July 10 and received July 18, 1945. Otherwise mostly blank.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Map instructions / reverse, NARA page 618

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NARA page 619 · Record date: 1942

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Issued May 8; dated May 11, 1942; received May 13. Typed form, signature line blank. Monongalia County 2 air / 3 road miles. State Route 73 about 1.3 miles NW. Morgantown station, B. & O. and Pennsylvania railroads, 15 miles west; nearest track 6 miles north. Scott Run 2 miles west, Lick Run 1/4 mile north. Morgantown 15 miles west, Bruceton Mills 9 miles east, Gans, Pennsylvania, 11 miles north, Masontown 21 miles south. Star routes from Morgantown and Valley Point. Map on page 620.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Post office location questionnaire, NARA page 619

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NARA page 620 · Record date: 1942

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Reverse of page 619; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch marks Pisgah, Cheat River, Monongalia, Laurel Run, Scott Run and roads; lettering largely upside down relative to printed compass. Square diagram unused. No separate date.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Map / diagram, NARA page 620

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NARA page 621 · Record date: 1928

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Issued May 29; signed June 6, 1928 by Arleigh B. Cunningham, acting postmaster; received June 7. NW part of Grant District. Office 5 miles north of Cheat River and 4 miles east of Big Sandy as entered. Hudson 6 miles east, Morgantown 15 miles west, Bruceton Mills 7½ miles NE. County boundary 3 air miles west. Map on page 622.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Post office location questionnaire, NARA page 621

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NARA page 622 · Record date: 1928

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Reverse of page 621; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Bruceton Mills, Hudson, Valley Point, Morgantown road, Cheat River, Big Sandy, county roads, Monongalia County line and state line. Some peripheral labels faint. No separate date.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Map / diagram, NARA page 622

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NARA page 623 · Record date: 1883

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Issued August 17; signed September 7, 1883 by Jesse Cale, proposed postmaster; certified by James M. [unclear surname], Kingwood postmaster. Route from Albright to Laurel Iron Works not yet operating; proposed special supply from Bruceton Mills. Rockville 4 miles south, Laurel Iron Works 6 miles north, Bruceton Mills 8 miles east. Cheat River 9 miles west; Big Sandy 4 miles south. Margin requests petition, proposed postmaster name/address, and diagram. Population fields blank.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Post office establishment application, NARA page 623

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NARA page 624 · Record date: 1883

Map / diagram

Office / subject as indexed: Pisgah

Reverse of application on page 623; year from application. Sketch shows Pisgah, Rockville, Harned, Valley post office, Bruceton and Albright, with Big Sandy Creek, Little Sandy Creek, connecting roads and a large river along western side. Receipt stamps faint. No separate handwritten date.

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View image on this pagePisgah: Map / diagram, NARA page 624

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