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 703 · Record date: 1900

Post-office application

Office / subject as indexed: Zar

Issued Dec. 16, 1899; signed Jan. 2, 1900 by J. J. Kelly; certified by W. L. Arthurs (surname uncertain), Hazelton. Morgans Glade–Friendsville route, six times weekly; off route, diversion would add 1 mile. Requests special supply from Hazelton. Hazelton about 3 miles northeast, Cuzzart about 3½ miles southeast, Brandonville 4½ miles west. Office 14 miles northeast of Cheat River and 10 miles north of Beaver Creek, as entered. Nearest railroad B&O; station entry reads Friendsville, Md., 11 miles west. Population 150; not a village.

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NARA page 704 · Record date: 1900

Location map

Office / subject as indexed: Zar

Map associated with page 703 application; year from signed application. Simple grid marks proposed office, Hazelton, and Cuzzart. Includes printed Post Office Department naming rules; faint topographer receipt stamp.

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