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NARA page 686 · Record date: 1901

Post-office application

Office / subject as indexed: Victoria

Issued Jan. 10; signed Jan. 15, 1901; received Feb. 6. Proposed postmaster Albanus H. Whitsett (given name uncertain). Lyon District; route 16192, Independence–Gladesville. Independence 2½ miles south; Gladesville 4 miles north; Halleck 6 miles northwest. West of Three Fork Creek; B&O station at Independence 2½ miles away. About 400 people served; village population 150 and increasing.

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NARA page 687 · Record date: 1901

Location map

Office / subject as indexed: Victoria

Map associated with page 686 application; no independent date. Shows Victoria, Three Fork Creek, Independence, Gladesville, Grafton, Irontown, Newburg, B&O railroad, roads, and Imperial coal/coke works. Existing mail route marked 7 miles.

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NARA page 688 · Record date: 1901

Location map

Office / subject as indexed: Victoria

Proposed Victoria post office; signed A. H. Whitsett; received Feb. 6, 1901. Shows Independence, Gladesville, Halleck, Newburg, Three Fork Creek, Laurel Run, B&O and short-line railroad, roads, Morgantown Pike, and mail route 16192. Independence 2½ miles, Gladesville 4 miles, and Halleck 6 miles.

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