Preston County postal records

Portland

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Cranberry Summit; Cranberry; Terra Alta

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 665 · Record date: 1868

Post office location questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Portland

Alternate / proposed name: Cranberry Summit; Cranberry; Terra Alta

Issued October 17; signed October 30, 1868, by Clinton L. Jones; received October 31. Official name Portland, local name Cranberry Summit; Portland Township. Later heading annotations refer to changes to Cranberry and Terra Alta, with April '80 visible. Cheat River noted as 7 miles distant and 12 miles by railroad; office east of river. Salt Lick and Snowy Creek named; office 1–2 miles east of Salt Lick and at source of Snowy Creek. Route 4318: Willey about 7 miles north. German Settlement 10 miles by road on route 4219.

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Portland: Post office location questionnaire, NARA page 665

National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · Preston_352_NARApage_665.jpg

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