NARA page 640 · Record date: 1911
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Rodamers
Issued March 13; signed March 20, 1911, by Spencer K. Elsey; received March 21. Southwestern Union Township. Office 7 miles east of Cheat River and 1/8 mile south of Spruce Run; 38 feet south of B&O track. Route numbers 11303 and 216184 entered. County boundary 9 air miles away. Map on page 641.
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NARA page 641 · Record date: 1911
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Rodamers
Circular map associated with page 640; year from questionnaire. Shows Rowlesburg, Amblersburg, Terra Alta, Amboy, Albrights, Cheat River, Spruce Run, Salt Lick Creek, and B&O railway. No independent map date.
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NARA page 642 · Record date: 1873
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Rodamers
Issued August 19; signed August 25, 1873, by proposed postmaster John Hardesty. Certified at Portland by J. P. Jones. Portland Township; daily B&O route between Portland and Rowlesburgh. Amended distances: Portland 5 miles (5 1/2 elsewhere), Rowlesburg 7 miles. Office 6 1/2 miles east of Cheat River, 100 yards south of Spruce Run, south of B&O at Rodamers depot. Population estimated 120–250; described as hardly a village. Letter on pages 643–644 supplied instead of map; blank reverse on page 645.
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NARA page 643 · Record date: 1873
Letter accompanying application, page 1
Office / subject as indexed: Rodamers
August 25, 1873, to Postmaster General J. A. J. Creswell. Returns questionnaire and offers written location description instead of a map. Rodamers on B&O main line, 132 miles east of Wheeling, 247 miles west of Baltimore, 7 miles east of Rowlesburgh, and 5 miles west of Portland (called Cranberry Summit in railroad affairs); elevation about 2,500 feet. Writer identifies himself parenthetically as Dawson and recalls a railroad mail map in Washington. Continues on page 644.
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NARA page 644 · Record date: 1873
Letter accompanying application, page 2
Office / subject as indexed: Rodamers
Continuation of August 25 letter on page 643. Explains that an existing map and B&O line would locate the proposed office. Settlement has a tannery, gristmill, and sawmill; county road crosses the railroad. Signed John Hardesty, proposed postmaster, per Dawson. No independent date.
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NARA page 645 · Record date: 1873
Blank location-map reverse
Office / subject as indexed: Rodamers
Associated with application on page 642; year from application. Map grid unused. Large handwritten 'See Inside' instructions; Rodamers, Preston County, West Virginia in margin. Location description supplied by letter on pages 643–644.
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