NARA page 649 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Rowlesburg
Issued May 8; signed May 9, 1942, by L. E. Felty; received May 11. Main Street, Rowlesburg Township. Tucker County boundary 8 air/10 road miles away; US 50 three miles south. B&O Rowlesburg station 500 yards south, track 50 yards south; Cheat River 100 yards east. Manheim 2 miles north, Tunnelton 7 miles west, Erwin 7 miles southeast, Terra Alta 12 miles east. Railroad mail from Rowlesburg. Map on page 650.
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NARA page 650 · Record date: 1942
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Rowlesburg
Circular map associated with page 649; year from questionnaire. Shows Manheim, Tunnelton, Terra Alta, Erwin, Cheat River, B&O railroad, US 50, State Route 72, and Tucker County line. Square diagram unused. No independent map date.
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NARA page 651 · Record date: 1909
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Rowlesburg
Signed May 18, 1909; received May 19. Signature unclear; initials uncertain. Eastern part of central/Reno District. Office 400 feet west of Cheat River, 1,450 feet west of Salt Lick, and 530 feet north of B&O track. Route 16557. Etam 8 miles southwest, Hannahsville 12 miles south, Buckhorn 3 miles west. County boundary entered as 18 air miles. Map on page 652.
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NARA page 652 · Record date: 1909
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Rowlesburg
Circular map associated with page 651; year from questionnaire. Shows Cheat River, Salt Lick, B&O railroad, Buckhorn, Etam, and Hannahsville around the central post office. No independent map date.
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NARA page 653 · Record date: 1868
Post office location questionnaire / map
Office / subject as indexed: Rowlesburg
Issued October 17; signed October 29, 1868, by John W. Heckman (surname reading uncertain); received October 31. A loose map overlays and obscures much of the questionnaire. Visible place names include Hannahsville, Tunnelton, and Kingwood. Map shows Cheat River, Salt Lick Creek, B&O railroad, Tunnelton, and Hannahsville; surveyor Edward J. Norris of Kingwood. Covered questionnaire fields not transcribed.
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NARA page 654 · Record date: 1868
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Rowlesburg
Alternate / proposed name: Rowlesburgh
Uncovered view of the form partly obscured on page 653. Issued October 17; signed October 29, 1868, by John W. Heckman (surname uncertain); received October 31. Reno Township; west of Cheat River and Salt Lick. Route 4221: Hannahsville 12 miles south, Tunnelton 6 miles west; Kingwood 12 miles northwest off route. Portland 12 miles east; Fellowsville 10 miles southwest. County map on file at courthouse; surveyor Edward G. Norris, Kingwood.
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