Preston County postal records

Whetzel

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Alternate or proposed names as indexed: Bells

Dates below identify the documents, not the office’s full operating period. Applications and proposed site changes should not be read as confirmed establishment or relocation dates. Original spellings and qualifications are retained in the checked index notes.

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NARA page 695 · Record date: 1892

Post-office application

Office / subject as indexed: Whetzel

Alternate / proposed name: Bells

Issued Oct. 12; signed Oct. 24, 1892 by John A. Bell; certified by Felix Elliott Jr., Kingwood. Form uses both Bells and Whetzel. Care of D. M. Wotring. Terra Alta–Smithfield, Pa., route 7–8 miles away; proposed special supply from Rowlesburg and Albrights. Rowlesburg 6 miles south, Albrights about 8 miles north, Amblersburg 4 miles east. Cheat River 2 miles away (direction overwritten/unclear); Salt Lick Creek also named. About 150 people. Refers to first letter and petition. Relationship unresolved as of September 28, 2026. Whetsell/Whetzel: “Relationship unresolved as of September 28, 2026. Keep separate pending further evidence.”

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Whetzel: Post-office application, NARA page 695

National Archives · M1126, roll 651 · Preston_382_NARApage_695.jpg

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