NARA page 672 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Issued May 8; signed May 12, 1942, by J. F. Graham (surname reading uncertain); received May 13. Railroad street address. Taylor County approximately 12 road miles away. WV 26 is 75 feet north; US 50 is 8 miles southwest. B&O station 1,140 feet northeast, tracks 8 feet northeast. Sulphur Creek 125 feet southwest, Cheat River about 2 1/2 air miles east. Howesville 5 miles north; Rowlesburg 20 highway/6 rail miles southeast; Newburg about 15 highway/6 rail miles west; Kasson about 18 miles southwest. Mail by railroad and star routes. Map on page 673.
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NARA page 673 · Record date: 1942
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Reverse of page 672; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Tunnelton, Newburg, Fellowsville, Howesville, Kingwood, Albright, Reedsville, Terra Alta, Rowlesburg, Cheat River, streams, B&O railroad, US 50, and state roads. Square diagram unused. No independent map date.
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NARA page 674 · Record date: 1928
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Issued May 24; signed June 4, 1928, by L. B. Halbritter (initials uncertain); received June 5. Center of Tunnelton, Kingwood District. Office 4 1/2 miles west of Cheat River and about 2,500 feet west of Pringle Run. Rowlesburg about 6 miles east, Newburg about 7 miles west, Howesville 5 miles north. Office 12 feet south of B&O track at Tunnelton station. County boundary about 10 air miles southwest. Map on page 675.
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NARA page 675 · Record date: 1928
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Reverse of page 674; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows B&O railroad through Tunnelton between Newburg and Rowlesburg, state road 26 north to Howesville. Pringle Run and Cheat River. No independent map date.
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NARA page 676 · Record date: 1898
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Issued October 28; signed November 7, 1898, by Willis Taylor (middle initial unclear); received November 8. Office 2 miles west of Cheat River and 3 miles east of Sandy Creek as entered. Mail route 116021; railroad mail-service notation includes B&O and West Virginia Northern. Office 10 yards north of railroad track; county boundary 12 air miles away. Neighboring-office fields blank. Map on page 677.
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NARA page 677 · Record date: 1898
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Reverse of page 676; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch includes Tunnelton, Austen, Newburg, Rowlesburg, Kingwood, Gladesville, Evansville, Fellowsville, Morgansville, and Sinclair; Cheat River, Sandy Creek, B&O and West Virginia Northern railroads. Handwriting is inverted relative to printed diagram orientation. No independent map date.
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NARA page 678 · Record date: 1868
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Tunnelton
Issued October 17; signed October 20, 1868, by Charles Jessop; received October 31. Reno Township. Office 3 miles west of Cheat River and 1 mile west of Pringle Run. Route 4216: Kingwood 10 miles north; Fellowsville 6 miles south off route. Austen in Lyon Township 3 rail miles west; Rowlesburg in Reno Township 6 rail miles east. Detailed county map at recorder's office in Kingwood; Henry Startzman, recorder; E. E. Morris (initials uncertain), county surveyor at Kingwood.
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