| ADLAI POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Addison D. Coffman | 03 May 1886 |
| John W. Gorrell | 26 Nov 1889 |
| John W. Carpenter | 21 Nov 1893 |
| John W. Gorrell | 25 Aug 1896 |
| William E. Clovis | 13 Sep 1901 |
| Homer F. Simonton | 23 Dec 1907 |
| Josiah M. Whaley | 26 Sep 1910 |
| Arch E. Fleming | 06 Apr 1914 |
| Robinson A. Terry | 02 Jan 19 -- |
| Homer F. Simonton | 20 May 1918 |
| Robinson A. Terry | 03 Nov 1921 |
| J. C. Butcher | 02 May 1923 |
| Jas. C. Butcher | 18 May 1923 |
| Samuel H. Weiford | 10 Dec 1925 |
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Discontinued effective 30 Nov 1926. Mail to Hebron. |
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| ALGERIA POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Enos Knight | 02 Dec 1889 |
| Oliver Gorrell | 08 Jan 1894 |
|
Discontinued effective 15 Jun 1916. Mail to Wasp. |
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| ARVILLA POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Sarchell W. Williamson | 18 May 1900 |
| Clawson A. Galloway | 31 May 1901 |
| Ira C. Williamson | 17 Feb 1902 |
| Clawson A. Galloway | 19 May 1903 |
| Umber J. Morgan | 28 Apr 1906 |
| Bearl B. Farren | 07 Apr 1915 |
|
Discontinued 22 Sep 1941; effective 30 Sep 1941. Mail to Bens Run. |
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| BELMONT POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| James B. Craig | 04 Aug 1887 |
| William K. Rea | 28 Sep 1887 |
| Theodore N. Boss | 20 Nov 1888 |
| Joseph M. Hughes | 20 May 1893 |
| Joseph A. Swallow | 19 May 1897 |
| Daniel W. Boss | 19 Dec 1901 |
| Jacob O. Smith | 11 May 1909 |
| Wm. T. Locke | 06 Feb 1915 |
| Arthur D. Hannen | 06 Sep 1918 |
| Mrs. Leora A. Henson | 03 Jun 1922 |
| Miss Virginia Hammett | 01 Feb 1936 - (Act.) |
| Archie B. Hammett | 09 Mar 1936 |
| Mrs. Pearl I. Fauss | 31 Aug 1950 |
| Mrs. Helen Ruth Roby | 14 Jun 1968 |
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| BORLAND POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Sallie B. Borland | 05 Oct 1882 |
|
Discontinued 14 May 1883. Mail to Volcano, Wood Co. |
| Moses A. Ruckman | 22 Oct 1891 |
|
Discontinued 01 Jan 1913. Mail to Willow. |
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| CALCUTTA POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| George C. Stanley | 15 Jun 1891 |
| John R. Stanley | 14 Feb 1895 |
| Noah J. Williamson | 01 Aug 1900 |
| Asa W. Fitzwater | 20 Oct 1905 |
|
Discontinued 15 Mar 1922. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| CLUSTER POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| William Everly | 02 Mar 1888 |
|
Discontinued effective 15 Oct 1906. Mail to Waverly. |
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| CRAIG POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| James H. Saunderman | 15 May 1905 |
|
Discontinued 30 Sep 1913. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| CRISP POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Leander A. Ellis | 17 Mar 1896 |
| Merideth Nichols | 18 Apr 1899 |
| Lafayette Gorrell | 17 Nov 1899 |
| Stephen I. Weeks | 17 Nov 1900 |
| Albert Jones | 18 Jul 1900 |
| Robert L. Locke | 08 Oct 1906 |
| George Reed | 06 Jun 1907 |
| William H. Cox | 23 Jul 1908 |
| Franklin P. Locke | 05 Aug 1911 |
|
Discontinued 15 May 1912. Mail to Union Mills. |
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| DELONG POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Newton Kemp | 31 May 1882 |
| Theodore Suck | 05 Oct 1882 |
| Mrs. Esrua C. Scott | 01 Dec 1884 |
| Godfrey C. Roby | 21 Mar 1890 |
| Alonzo Flowers | 24 Apr 1896 |
| Owen S. Bailey | 10 May 1905 |
|
Discontinued 28 Feb 1920. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| EUREKA POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Clawson P. Cochran | 14 May 1883 |
| Marion Cochran | 12 Jan 1891 |
| Philip Simmons | 03 Jan 1895 |
| D. Smith | 17 Dec 1897 (Declined) |
| Philip Simmons | 31 Mar 1898 (Declined) |
| Frank W. Reese | 27 Jun 1898 |
| John W. Reese | 18 Jul 1900 |
| Marion Cochran | 21 Mar 1901 |
| Frank McTaggart | 25 Jun 1907 |
| Ben P. Goodman | 27 Jul 1921 |
| Luther Knowlton | 29 Mar 1922 |
| John B. Locke | 01 Jan 1926 |
| Miss Viola Ruckman | 01 Jan 1935 |
| Mrs. Alva B. Lyne | 01 Jan 1938 |
| Mary E. Lyne | 30 Sep 1958 |
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| FEDERAL POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Thomas E. Fleming | 03 Dec 1900 (Deceased 17 Nov 1934) |
| Mrs. Luray Fleming | 18 Nov 1934 |
|
Discontinued 31 Dec 1935. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| FERN POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John A. Riggs | 05 Jan 1901 |
| Lewis C. Watson | 19 Dec 1901 |
| A. G. Lamp | 14 Aug 1905 |
| Abraham C. Gorrell | 24 Nov 1906 |
|
Discontinued 30 Sep 1907. Mail to Pennsboro. |
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| GIBSON POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Charles A. Hackethorn | 28 May 1886 |
| Arberry S. Pointer | 13 July 1893 |
| George W. Fulmer | 16 Nov 1893 |
| Charles D. Hackethorn | 19 Jan 1898 |
| Adam Ward | 24 May 1905 |
| Oliver W. Varner | 03 Apr 1907 |
| Isaac M. Berkheimer | 14 Mar 1908 |
| John T. Sullivan | 13 May 1909 |
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Discontinued 30 Sep 1913. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| GRAPE ISLAND POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Daniel Bailey | 31 Jan 1826 |
| Joseph Taylor | 06 Jan 1846 |
| James L. Bailey | 02 Feb 1852 |
| Theodore Bailey | 14 Dec 1869 |
| Hugh R. Bailey | 13 Sep 1871 |
| Benjamin Covert | 14 Mar 1873 |
| John K. Bailey | 22 Dec 1878 |
| Clawson F. Cochrane | 28 Sep 1881 |
| James Patterson | 16 May 1882 |
| Mrs. Katie Bailey | 09 Jan 1885 |
| Robert Goerder | 02 Feb 1899 |
| Mrs. Catherine Goerder | 14 Jul 1923 |
|
Discontinued 16 Feb 1924. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| HEBRON POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Samuel Maxwell | 22 Jul 1847 (Tyler County) |
| Leonard C. Shingleton | 12 Dec 1856 |
| Benjamin F. Gorrell | 10 Dec 1879 |
| Theodore Clovis | 02 Jan 1886 |
| John H. Hudkins | 07 Mar 1888 |
| Theodore Clovis | 23 Apr 1889 |
| Alexander D. Gorrell | 08 Dec 1891 |
| Oscar D. Cline | 02 Sep 1893 |
| Thomas E. Clovis | 21 Apr 1897 |
| James McKnight | 15 May 1901 |
| David Wagner | 14 Oct 1904 |
| Caleb J. Hamilton | 23 Jan 1910 |
| Robert Anderson | 27 Jan 1914 |
| Eliza Gorrell | 15 Feb 1919 |
| Miss Minnie Stackpole | 01 Jan 1943 |
| Mrs. Edna V. Smith | 30 Aug 1950 |
| Miss Rebecca A. Weekley | 04 Sep 1971 |
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| HORSENECK POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Michael Kennedy | 12 Sep 1866 |
|
Discontinued 02 Sep 1868. |
| John C. Malone | 23 Oct 1882 |
| Bazel Childers | 06 Dec 1882 |
| John C. Malone | 01 Oct 1892 |
| Susan A. Childers | 24 Nov 1893 |
| John C. Malone | 17 May 1897 |
| Thomas Ingram | 26 July 1902 |
| John C. Malone | 14 Oct 1904 |
|
Discontinued 01 Jan 1913. Mail to Willow. |
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| JOSIAH POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Josiah D. Riggs | 04 May 1888 |
|
Changed to Tyler County 28 Apr 1901. |
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| LYTTON POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Addison J. Galloway | 28 Jun 1888 |
| Frederick Arn | 25 Jun 1889 |
| Isaac Smith | 01 Jun 1897 |
| H. I. Lindsey | 27 Apr 1898 |
| James Northcraft | 01 Apr 1902 |
| Archie C. Northcraft | 25 Jan 1905 |
|
Discontinued 15 Jul 1910. Mail to Bens Run. |
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| MAXWELL POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Orlando Eddy | 18 May 1886 |
| John Britton | 15 Sept 1897 |
| Albert W. Locke | 04 Apr 1903 |
| Norman S. Locke | 24 Mar 1908 |
| Samuel Thomas Fleming | 30 Aug 1913 |
|
Discontinued 31 Jan 1947. Mail to St.Marys. |
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| MCKIM POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| *Joseph H. Smith | 14 Jul 1930 |
|
Discontinued 15 Aug 1932. Mail to St.Marys. |
|
*Joseph H. Smith died 16 Jun 1932. |
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| NEWLANDSVILLE POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Carrie F. Leonhart | 30 Jul 1901 |
| Jacob Leonhart | 23 Apr 1902 |
|
Discontinued 26 May 1903. Mail to Borland. |
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| OUTWARD POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Jerome Bills | 07 Aug 1887 |
|
Discontinued 31 Jan 1888. Mail to Horseneck. |
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| PARRISH POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Victoria McHenry | 23 Dec 1899 |
| Robert L. Howard | 07 May 1901 |
|
Discontinued 15 Oct 1906. |
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| PLEASANTS POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Leander A. Ellis | 02 Jan 1900 |
|
Discontinued 14 Feb 1920. |
| |
| POYNETTE POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John J. Poynter | 12 May 1902 |
| Andrew J. Mercer | 08 Feb 1918 |
|
Discontinued 30 Oct 1920. Mail to St. Marys |
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| PRUITT POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Squire E. Poynter | 13 Nov 1907 |
| Willis C. Poynter | 09 Apr 1915 |
|
Discontinued 15 May 1916. Mail to Calcutta |
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| RAVEN ROCK POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John Beaver | 11 Apr 1878 |
| Commodore P. Barker | 07 Mar 1881 |
| George M. Williamson | 16 Feb 1882 |
| Commodore P. Barker | 28 Apr 1885 |
| George M. Williamson | 17 May 1889 |
| Commodore P. Barker | 25 May 1893 |
| Benjamin G. Riggs | 25 Mar 1897 |
| William I. Myers | 19 Apr 1901 |
| Jackson V. Hawkins | 07 May 1915 |
| William I. Myers | 05 Mar 1919 |
| Mrs. Edith Maybelle Myers | 01 Feb 1940 |
| Mrs. Minnie V. Rea | 02 Aug 1949 |
Discontinued 09 Dec 1953. Re-established 01 Feb 1954.
Discontinued 27 Dec 1968. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| SAINT MARYS POST OFFICE |
|
This office was established under the name of Vancluse, Wood County, Virginia. |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Alexander H. Creel | 28 Mar 1840 (Established) |
| John Hartwell | 08 Dec 1845 |
| Albert Logan | 18 Jun 1846 |
| John Logan | 04 Jun 1849 |
|
The name of this office was changed to Saint Marys, 18 May 1850. |
| John Logan | 18 May 1850 |
| Robert Horner | 20 Aug 1852 |
| Harman S. Jones | 01 Nov 1853 |
| Irwin D. Myers | 14 May 1855 |
|
This office was changed into Pleasants County - Date not shown. |
| Edward W. Johnson | 06 May 1856 |
| C. W. Core | 27 Oct 1857 |
| William G. H. Core | 17 Nov 1857 |
| James A. Medley | 05 Aug 1858 |
| George Kelsall | 27 Oct 1858 |
| James Craig | 08 Jun 1861 |
| Robert Harvey | 09 Jan 1863 |
| S. D. Knight | 17 Oct 1865 |
| Robert Harvey | 13 Dec 1865 |
| Joseph B. Watson | 31 Aug 1866 |
| William Carroll | 22 Feb 1875 |
| George Kelsall | 02 May 1881 |
| Newton Ogdin | 15 Aug 1889 |
| Lizzie Ogdin | 19 Nov 1890 |
| James M. Wells | 01 June 1893 |
| Alfred H. Cole | 15 May 1897 |
| Charles N. Matheny | 20 Feb 1899 |
| Alfred H. Cole | 02 Feb 1900 |
| Joseph Williams | 13 Dec 1904 |
| Oliver C. Sweeney | 27 Jun 1913 |
| Sylvester V. Riggs (Acting) | 15 Dec 1921 |
| Sylvester V. Riggs | 22 Dec 1921 |
| Howard E. West | 13 Mar 1936 |
| Oliver C. Barkwell | 15 Dec 1939 |
| James Denton Dinsmoor | 30 Nov 1954 |
| James W. Spence | 19 May 1967 |
| Harvey Barger | 1974-1978 |
| Robert Ruckman | 13 Nov 1982 |
| Jean Ruckman | 11 Oct 1986 |
| Nelle Harshburger | 01 Apr 1992 |
| Robin Pugh Boring | 16 Mar 1993 |
| Robin Hendershot | 28 Aug 1999 |
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| SALAMA POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| William H. Sheets | 08 Mar 1887 |
| James L. Ogdin | 04 May 1888 |
| William H. Sheets | 24 Mar 1890 |
| Pliny S. Pierpoint | 27 Aug 1894 |
| Alden Williams | 12 Jan 1895 |
| James S. Cornell | 30 Jan 1902 |
| Robert G. Anderson | 17 Feb 1905 |
| Granville H. Ingraham | 15 Oct 1906 |
| George K. Rayburn | 19 Dec 1910 |
| William T. Locke | 12 June 1911 |
| Granville H. Ingraham | 28 Oct 1913 |
| Anna Mallet | 07 Aug 1914 |
| Elizabeth Morrell | 08 May 1915 |
|
Discontinued 15 Dec 1915. Mail to Willow. |
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| SCHULTZ POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| George G. Hammett | 06 Jul 1981 |
| Henry T. Hammett | 02 Dec 1884 |
| Thomas C. Hammett | 08 Sep 1887 |
| George S. Hammett | 24 Apr 1894 |
| Eliza R. Smith | 17 Jul 1896 |
| Thomas H. Core | 07 Mar 1898 |
| Ernest W. Williamson | 04 May 1899 |
| C. A. Galloway | 06 Sep 1899 |
| Ernest W. Williamson | 23 Jan 1901 |
| Georgia G. Williamson | 11 Mar 1905 |
| Daniel R. Dunn | 30 Dec 1905 |
| Albert Lee Baker | 10 Jan 1910 |
| Hugh Mathers | 21 Jul 1910 |
|
Discontinued 01 Jan 1913. Mail to Willow. |
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| SELECTION POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John S. Morgan | 26 Sep 1890 |
| Clement S. Barron | 14 Aug 1891 |
|
Discontinued 28 May 1892. Mail to Maxwell. |
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| SHAWNEE POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Donald L. Stine | 25 Jul 1889 |
| Nathan Eddy | 20 Sep 1890 |
| Theodore E. Wagner | 14 May 1891 |
| Margaret J. Huggans | 10 Jun 1893 |
| Eliza R. Smith | 12 May 1894 |
| Addison E. Coffman | 27 Mar 1896 |
| Amos Smith | 21 Dec 1897 |
| John T. Waller | 08 Apr 1901 |
| Samuel K. Lamp | 19 Dec 1901 |
| Amos Smith | 18 Jun 1902 |
| Thomas B. Powell | 25 Jun 1903 |
| John R. Locke | 22 Apr 1907 |
| Thorton Hooper | 14 Mar 1910 |
| Jacob T. Brammer | 11 Jul 1921 |
|
Discontinued 31 Jul 1914. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| STYRON POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John A. Griffith | 21 Dec 1901 |
|
Discontinued 01 Jan 1913. Mail to Willow. |
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| SUGAR VALLEY POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Joseph Williamson | 30 Sep 1879 |
| George B. Powell | 01 Apr 1907 |
| Allen Powell | 23 Aug 1920 |
| Mrs. Shirley Powell | 13 Mar 1940 |
|
Discontinued 15 Jun 1943. Mail to St. Marys. |
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| TWIGGS POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Margaret Allen | 27 Feb 1862 |
| James L. Allen | 03 Jul 1863 |
| Asa Allen | 01 Nov 1876 |
| Oliver Gorrell | 10 Dec 1879 |
| Ralph Gorrell | 21 Jun 1886 |
| Moses W. Wells | 29 Aug 1889 |
| Warren Wagner | 28 Sep 1901 |
| Oliver C. Henry | 24 Sep 1902 |
| William L. Mahan | 10 Dec 1902 |
| James O. Campbell | 25 Apr 1905 |
| Everett A. Scott | 20 Oct 1911 |
|
Discontinued 31 Jul 1914. Mail to Meadville. |
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| UNION MILLS POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John Shingleton | 31 Dec 1867 |
| Mary E. Powell | 02 Nov 1889 |
| Arzy W. Powell | 14 Nov 1893 |
| Mary Powell | 16 Apr 1896 |
| Coalman Trickett | 05 June 1897 |
| Rufus Kidder | 25 Sep 1901 |
| Mary E. Powell | 29 Aug 1902 |
| Arzy Powell | 26 Jun 1903 |
| Milton E. Kidder | 01 Mar 1904 |
| Charles F. Little | 18 Jul 1906 |
| Joseph Higgans | 12 Jul 1912 |
|
Discontinued 30 Sep 1913. Mail to Delong. |
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| WASP POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Thomas C. Davis | 17 Sep 1889 |
| Willie R. Lardly | 05 Oct 1893 |
| Thomas C. Davis | 17 May 1897 |
|
Discontinued 31 Jul 1914. Mail to Bens Run. |
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| WILLOW ISLAND POST OFFICE |
Originally established as Cow Creek in Wood County 03 Sep 1849 with Hugh
McTaggart as Postmaster. Name changed to Willow Island 01 Oct 1849 in Wood County. |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| Richard Henderson | 15 Apr 1856 |
| William Irwin | 16 Aug 1858 |
| John L. B. Cox | 08 Jun 1860 |
| Inman H. Henderson | 15 Aug 1861 |
| Hamilton Williamson | 14 Jan 1862 |
| John Huffman | 15 Nov 1872 |
| Samuel Biddle | 22 Oct 1874 |
| William T. Sharp | 24 Jul 1879 |
| George M. Williamson | 16 Feb 1882 |
| Samuel C. Hammett | 20 Nov 1884 |
| James L. Ogden | 13 Mar 1890 |
| Andrew I. Stanbury | 27 Apr 1893 |
|
Name changed to Willow 11 Apr 1895. |
| Joseph I. Norris | 11 Apr 1895 |
| John Triplett | 06 Apr 1895 |
| Amon A. Adams | 24 Jul 1925 |
|
Discontinued 31 Jul 1935. Mail to St. Marys. |
|
Re-established as Willow Island, 1946. |
| Hadley C. Johnson | 29 Nov 1946 |
| Mrs. Marguerite L. Hammett | 31 Dec 1961 |
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| BENS RUN POST OFFICE |
| Name | Date of Appointment |
| John Pfander | 03 Jun 1862 |
| Selmon Wells | 22 Jul 1862 - (In Tyler Co.) |
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Sources:
- National Archives Microfilm Publication 841; Roll 140, "Record of
Appointment Postmasters 1832-30 Sep 1971. WV: Mason-Raleigh Counties."
- St. Marys, West Virginia Post Office employees.
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