NARA page 666 · Record date: 1884
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Terra Alta
Alternate / proposed name: Cranberry
Issued October 20; signed October 24, 1884; postmaster signature appears J. M. Watson (reading uncertain). Addressed to Terra Alta, late Cranberry. Portland District. Office 12 miles east of Cheat River and on Snowy Creek. Route 12264: Painter Mills 8 miles north, Carmel 10 miles south; Huttons 4 miles east off route. B&O railroad named. Surveyor listed as A. C. Barker (surname uncertain), Evansville, West Virginia.
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NARA page 667 · Record date: 1910
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Terra Alta
Issued December 19; signed December 29, 1910, by W. T. White; received December 30. Office 6 miles east of Cheat River and 1/2 mile east of Salt Lick Creek; 100 feet north of Baltimore & Ohio railroad track. Nearest county boundary 3 1/2 air miles away. Neighboring-office fields largely blank. Map on page 668.
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NARA page 668 · Record date: 1910
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Terra Alta
Reverse of page 667; year from questionnaire. Detailed circular map shows Terra Alta, Kingwood, Albright, Rowlesburg, Manheim, Amblersburg, Rodamers, Amboy, Carmel, Aurora, Cranesville, Cuzzart, and Maryland places including Oakland, Crellin, and Swallow Falls. Includes Cheat and Youghiogheny rivers, Salt Lick, B&O and M&K railroads, roads, and West Virginia–Maryland state line; legend distinguishes railroads, roads, and streams. No independent map date.
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NARA page 669 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Terra Alta
Issued May 8; signed May 12, 1942, by acting postmaster (signature unclear); received May 15. East Washington Street. State Route 7 is 350 feet north; B&O Terra Alta station 720 feet east, tracks 15 feet south. Cheat River 7 miles west, Lake Terra Alta 2 miles east. Hopemont 2 miles east, Cuzzart 12 miles north, Amboy 8 miles south, Kingwood 10 miles west. Mail by railroad and star routes from Terra Alta and Morgantown.
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NARA page 670 · Record date: 1946
Post office site-change questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Terra Alta
Issued May 29; signed June 3, 1946 (signature unclear); margin dated June 26, 1946. Marked NEW SITE at Washington and Liberty streets, 461 feet east of old site. State Route 7 is 200 feet north; B&O station 259 feet east, tracks 10 feet south. Cheat River 8 miles southwest. Hopemont 2 miles east; Kingwood 10 miles west. Mail by railroad and star route. Map follows on page 671.
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NARA page 671 · Record date: 1946
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Terra Alta
Printed road-map excerpt following the 1946 site-change form on page 670; year from associated form, not independently dated on map. Shows Terra Alta, Hopemont, Corinth, Hutton, Rodamer, Amblersburg, Cranesville, road network, B&O railroad, and state boundary. Some labels and overprinted text are faint.
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