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 661 · Record date: 1914

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Taylor

Alternate / proposed name: Burk

Undated signature of C. W. Robinson; May 1914 receipt stamp supplies year (day unclear). Burk crossed out and Taylor inserted as proposed name; railroad station remains Burk. Northwestern part of county. Site 6 miles west of Cheat River, 100 yards east of Deckers Creek, and 30 feet west of M&K railroad. Reedsville 2 miles south, Bretz 2 miles north, Gladesville 8 miles southwest. County boundary 6 air miles north. Map on page 662.

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NARA page 662 · Record date: 1914

Post office location map

Office / subject as indexed: Taylor

Alternate / proposed name: Burk

Reverse of page 661; year from associated application receipt. Circular map centers on Taylor and shows Reedsville, Bretz, Masontown, Gladesville, Manown, Kingwood, Deckers Creek, Cheat River, M&K railroad, county roads, and county line. No independent map date.

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