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Branford’s first permanent Post Office was built in 1912 at the corner of Main Street and Hillside Avenue under the guidance of Branford postmaster H. Guy Linsley. The new brick building became known as the Post Office Block and upstairs was home to a men’s club, The Wallacabuckers.
Jan 18, 2004 · That year, Spotswood established New Post, the first post office to serve the European settlers who had settled in southern Fauquier County, then part of Stafford and King George counties.
Enter a city, select a state, and click Search to see a list of postmasters, acting postmasters, and officers-in-charge reported to have served at that Post Office. Acting postmasters and officers-in-charge are listed only when they served in between two different postmasters.
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Before 1837, the U.S. Post Office Department had no official mapmaker and purchased its maps from commercial firms or private individuals. On March 13, 1837, Henry A. Burr was appointed the first Topographer of the Post Office, and he began preparing maps for postal officials' use. The reports of site locations provided data that the Topographer us...
Although Post Office site location reports changed in format over the years, most requested the following information about a post office: 1. County and State (or Territory); 2. Land description used by the Federal survey system (range, township, and section), if applicable; 3. Mail route number and distance to the nearest mail route; and 4. Closes...
The Post Office site location reports are arranged alphabetically by state (including the District of Colombia). Reports for states are followed by reports for territories (Panama Canal Zone, Guam, Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands). The reports for each state or territory are then arranged alphabetically by major c...
Alabama 1. Roll 1: Alabama, Autauga – Blount Counties 2. Roll 2: Alabama, Bullock – Chilton Counties 3. Roll 3: Alabama, Choctaw – Cleburne Counties 4. Roll 4: Alabama, Coffee – Crenshaw Counties 5. Roll 5: Alabama, Cullman – De Kalb Counties 6. Roll 6: Alabama, Elmore – Fayette Counties 7. Roll 7: Alabama, Franklin – Houston Counties 8. Roll 8: Al...
Founded as a trading post just east of New Haven, CT, Branford was first settled in 1644, and over ensuing decades the town grew as agriculture, fishing, and commercial trade interests continued to expand.
Jun 28, 2016 · Winifred Gallagher presents the history of the post office as America’s own story, told from a fresh perspective over more than two centuries.
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This would become Branford including what is now North Branford. After an earlier unsuccessful attempt to attract settlers, in 1643, when Eaton was called upon to settle a dispute among the people of Wethersfield about who should be allowed to vote in Society matters, the area was offered.
