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NARA page 638 · Record date: 1883

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Rockville

Issued August 17; signed August 28, 1883 by Benjamin F. Huggins (surname uncertain), proposed postmaster; certified by Jacob M. Godwin (surname uncertain), Kingwood. Received September 10. Proposed route Albright to Laurel Iron Works not yet carrying mail. Pisgah 4 miles north, Howard 6 miles south, Bruceton Mills 5 miles east. Cheat River 3 miles west; on south side of Big Sandy. Railroad distance entered as 16, name blank. Village population 50; total to serve 600. Margin requests petition and diagram.

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NARA page 639 · Record date: 1883

Post office location map

Office / subject as indexed: Rockville

Reverse of page 638; year from associated application. Shows Rockville, Bruceton Mills, Harned, Valley Point, Albright, Cheat River, Muddy Creek, and roads. No independent map date.

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