NARA page 679 · Record date: 1942
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Duplicate of May 8 request, issued June 18; signed June 19, 1942 (signature unclear); received June 22. No street address. Monongalia County 30 road miles away. Route 26 about 10 feet in front; B&O station 6 miles south. Muddy Creek 2 1/2 miles south; Sandy Creek 4 miles north. Albright 6 miles south, Bruceton Mills 6 miles north, Pisgah 12 miles west. Star-route mail from Albright, Bruceton Mills, and Pisgah. Track-distance answer reads 'Don't understand.'
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NARA page 680 · Record date: 1928
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Issued May 29; signed May 31, 1928, by Mollie Liston; received June 1. In center of a little village. Office 7 miles north of Cheat River and 2 miles north of Muddy Creek. Bruceton Mills 6 miles north, Albright 7 miles south, Hudson 4 miles west. B&O Albright station named; office north of railroad, distance entered as seven. County boundary 10 air miles southwest. Map on page 681.
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NARA page 681 · Record date: 1928
Post office location map
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Reverse of page 680; year from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows Bruceton Mills, Hudson, Cuzzart, Albright, Little Sandy Creek, Muddy Creek, Cheat River, B&O railroad, state road under construction, and county road. No independent map date.
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NARA page 682 · Record date: 1875
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Issued October 18, 1875, to Jacob W. Thomas, proposed postmaster; received November 1. Pleasant Township. Route 12267, Kingwood–Somerfield, three trips weekly; office within 15 feet of route, requiring no added travel. Muddy Creek office 2 3/4 miles south; Bruceton north (distance unclear). Site 6 1/2 miles north of Cheat River and 2 miles west of Muddy Creek; 13 1/2 miles northwest of B&O railroad. Village population 24; 50 or more to receive mail. Certified by Hosea Metheny at Muddy Creek. Signature date incomplete. Blank map reverse on page 683.
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NARA page 683 · Record date: 1875
Blank location-map reverse
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Reverse of establishment application on page 682; year from application. Printed grid and location fields unused. Margin identifies Valley Point, Preston County, West Virginia. No drawn map or independent date.
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NARA page 684 · Record date: 1869?
Site report
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Signed Nov. 18, 1869 John H. Feather, postmaster. Pleasant Township; 6 miles north of Cheat River and 2 miles west of Muddy Creek. Bruceton Mills 5 miles north; Muddy Creek office 5 miles south; Morgans Glade 3 miles east. Handwritten county-map note on following image.
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NARA page 685 · Record date: 1869?
Handwritten reverse / county-map note
Office / subject as indexed: Valley Point
Reverse of page 684; year taken from associated report, uncertain. Postmaster states that the county map burned in the courthouse. Names county surveyor Edgar J. Morris (middle initial uncertain), post office Kingwood.
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