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 625 · Record date: 1876

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Plainview

Alternate / proposed name: Plain View

Issued February 21; signed March 14, 1876 by Thomas H. Huddleson, proposed postmaster; certified by J. Fream, Raccoon. Valley District; route 12260, Raccoon to Pleasant Valley, twice weekly. Site ¾ mile north of route; proposed diversion near Gladesville, rejoining at Reedsville. Gladesville 3 miles, with conflicting north/south entries; Reedsville 4½ miles NE. Fields Creek 1 mile west; 9 miles north of Independence B. & O. depot. About 100 people to serve. Received March 24. Reverse on page 626.

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NARA page 626 · Record date: 1876

Blank map form / reverse

Office / subject as indexed: Plainview

Alternate / proposed name: Plain View

Reverse of page 625. Heading identifies Plain View, Valley township, Preston County, West Virginia. Margin docket March 24, 1876. Printed grid largely blank with stains or ink marks; no clearly legible mapped locations.

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