1873 – 1890 Post Office Location Applications

  • Adena
  • Amsterdam
  • Annapolis
  • Bloomingdale
  • Creswell
  • Croxton (Brush Creek Twp.)
  • East Springfield
  • Fair Play
  • Hammondville (Saline Twp.,Wallace)
  • Holmes Mill (Cross Creek Twp., Andrew Manns, March 11, 1878)
  • Irondale
  • Island Creek
  • Jeddo (also known as Browns, Island Creek, A.J. Ault)
  • Knoxville
  • Linton (located near Big Yellow Creek, Postmaster Groff)
  • McCoy’s Station (changed to Empire by 1883, Shanghai local name given, Atkinson)
  • Mitchell’s Salt Works
  • Mount Pleasant
  • New Alexandria
  • New Somerset
  • Philipsburgh (later changed to Brilliant, also known as LaGrange, Wells Twp., W.H. Rogers)
  • Port Homer (Henry Lewis, Hammondsville)
  • Portland Station (changed to Rayland, Feb. 27, 1878, Robert W. Hodgrus)
  • Richmond (surveyor Henry Lewis, Steubenville, James Hartup, postmaster, Steubenville, Mar. 15, 1878)
  • Rush Run
  • Sloan’s Station (also known as Newburgh, Knox Twp., 1878, A.C. Peters, postmaster)
  • Smithfield
  • Steubenville
  • Town Fork at Osage (Bowling Green)
  • Unionport
  • Updegraff (Jun, 22, 1888, local name is York, B.M. Hastings)
  • Warrenton (Feb. 27, 1878, Warren Twp., surveyor Joseph Rickey, Steubenville)
  • Wintersville (Feb. 27, 1878, near Wills creek, Cross Creek Twp., Wm. Fisher, postmaster)
  • Calumet ( Atkinson & A.L. Peters)
  • Tiltonville
  • Elliotsville
  • Yorkville ( Jun. 3, 1879)
  • Reeds Mills (Apr. 3, 1879, William W. Rabe, near Creswell and Holmes Mills, proposed postmaster, Jno. Simeral, postmaster signature)
  • Trainer
  • Toronto
  • Freeman (on RR route to New Cumberland, WV, Atkinson, postmaster at McCoy)
  • Goulds Station (to be called Verbena, post office to be kept at train station. Crane at old station is in good order which was used for old post office, distance from Mingo 3 miles, from Fernwood 5 miles, on line with RR, Apr. 14, 1887, proposed by Thomas R. Thompson, J.J. Criswell postmaster at New Alexandria.