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NARA page 693 · Record date: 1902

Post-office application

Office / subject as indexed: Whetsell

Issued Feb. 15; signed Feb. 21, 1902 by J. Walter Childs; received Feb. 26. Certified by W. H. Murdock, Kingwood. Portland District; Albrights–Lenox mail route, extension would add 5 miles. Albrights 5 miles northwest, Amblersburg 6 miles southeast, Kingwood 4 miles west. Office 2 miles east of Cheat River and about 100 feet south of Buffalo Creek. B&O station at Amblersburg 6 miles away. About 100 families; settlement rather than village. Whetsell/Whetzel: “Relationship unresolved as of September 28, 2026. Keep separate pending further evidence.”

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NARA page 694 · Record date: 1902

Location map

Office / subject as indexed: Whetsell

Map associated with page 693 application; year from application. Shows proposed Whetsell office, Kingwood, Albrights, Terra Alta, Rowlesburg, Cheat River, and B&O railroad; Lenox label faint. Whetsell/Whetzel: “Relationship unresolved as of September 28, 2026. Keep separate pending further evidence.”

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