Chronicles of Oklahoma
Volume 7, No. 1
March, 1929
EARLY POST OFFICES OF OKLAHOMA
Grant Foreman
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(Continued from December issue)
OKLAHOMA
Payne County
| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Webb |
|
|
| (Discontinued March 14, 1896) |
| (Mail to Stillwater) |
| Greenland |
|
|
| (Discontinued June 24, 1897) |
| (Mail to Stillwater) |
| Otego |
C. H. Stone |
June 18, 1898 |
| (Discontinued September 4, 1903, effective September 30, 1903) |
| (Mail to Stillwater) |
| Shafter |
William M. Wilson |
November 1, 1898 |
| (Discontinued August 4, 1905, effective August 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Yale) |
| Glenco |
George W. Murphy |
December 6, 1899 |
| (Changed to Glencoe June 14, 1901) |
| Mehan |
Francis M. Gramm |
February 8, 1900 |
| Ripley |
John P. Hinkel |
February 23, 1900 |
| Clayton |
| (Discontinued April 2, 1900, effective April 14, 1900) |
| (Mail to Ripley) |
| Donnelly |
Frank Donnelly |
May 21, 1900 |
| (Discontinued April 11, 1901, effective April 30, 1901) |
| (Mail to Perry) |
| Floyd |
|
|
| (Discontinued June 8, 1900, effective June 15, 1900) |
| (Mail to Glenco) |
| Plumb |
|
|
| (Discontinued August 17, 1900, effective August 31, 1900) |
| (Mail to Ripley) |
| Youst |
Thomas T. Sears |
January 29, 1901 |
| (Discontinued June 17, 1905, effective July 14, 1905) |
| (Mail to Glencoe) |
| Spurgeon |
John H. Thomason |
April 24, 1901 |
| (Order rescinded July 16, 1901) |
| Glencoe |
James H. Williams |
June 14, 1901 |
| (Late Glenco) |
| Cimarron |
|
|
| (Discontinued August 7, 1901) |
| (Mail to Goodnight) |
| Lovel |
|
|
| (Discontinued March 6, 1902, effective March 31, 1902) |
| (Mail to Yates) |
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| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Eden |
|
|
| (Discontinued May 21, 1902, effective June 30, 1902) |
| (Mail to Stillwater) |
| Star |
John H. Thomason |
June 2, 1902 |
| (Discontinued February 15, 1906, effective March 15, 1906) |
| (Mail to Yale) |
| Clarkson |
| (Discontinued February 21, 1903, effective February 28, 1903) |
| (Mail to Coyle, Logan County) |
| Vinco |
Horace L. Page |
March 5, 1903 |
| Westpoint |
|
|
| (Discontinued February 24, 1904, effective March 15, 1904) |
| (Mail to Glencoe) |
| Paradise |
|
|
| (Discontinued December 15, 1904, effective January 14, 1905) |
| (Mail to Coyle) |
| Marena |
|
|
| (Discontinued January 22, 1907, effective February 15, 1907) |
| (Mail to Mulhall) |
| Ingalls |
|
|
| (Discontinued October 4, 1907, effective October 31, 1907) |
| (Mail to Stillwater) |
OKLAHOMA
Pottawatomie County
| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Lakeview |
Lorenzo Heath |
December 29, 1896 |
| (Discontinued June 10, 1905, effective July 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Wanette) |
| Pink |
|
|
| (Discontinued January 21, 1897; mail to Burnett) |
| Boyer |
Addie Boyer |
November 8, 1897 |
| (Discontinued August 2, 1904, effective August 13, 1904) |
| (Mail to Wanette) |
| Morvin |
Clara Hurst |
April 13, 1898 |
| Aurora |
Samuel Stokes |
June 23, 1898 |
| (Discontinued July 13, 1905, effective August 14, 1905) |
| (Mail to Trousdale) |
| Inez |
Hannah Scott |
August 9, 1898 |
| (Discontinued September 3, 1901, effective September 14, 1901) |
| (Mail to Remus) |
| Violet |
John Middleton |
April 6, 1899 |
| (Discontinued September 12, 1906, effective September 29, 1906) |
| (Mail to Konawa) |
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| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Curry |
James Enouf |
May 27, 1899 |
| (Discontinued January 6, 1900, effective January 15, 1900) |
| (Mail to Shawnee) |
| Ecoutuchka |
Dora Giles |
October 19, 1899 |
| (Discontinued October 26, 1907, effective November 30, 1907) |
| (Mail to Earlsboro) |
| Waco |
William T. Willson |
June 12, 1900 |
| (Discontinued February 3, 1904, effective February 13, 1904) |
| (Mail to McLoud) |
| Vista |
Joel E. Cunningham |
December 22, 1900 |
| (Discontinued November 6, 1905, effective December 14, 1905) |
| (Mail to Asher) |
| Gaddy |
David P. McGehee |
April 26, 1901 |
| (Discontinued October 17, 1904, effective October 31, 1904) |
| (Mail to Shawnee) |
| Pink |
|
|
| (Re-established July 25, 1901) |
| (Discontinued January 24, 1906, effective February 14, 1900) |
| (Mail to Tecumseh) |
| Ellaville |
Willie D. Moren |
October 14, 1901 |
| (Discontinued June 9, 1905, effective June 30, 1905) |
| (Mail to Maud) |
| Avoca |
|
|
| (Changed to Asher November 26, 1901) |
| (Re-established February 10, 1902) |
| (Discontinued September 26, 1906, effective October 31, 1906) |
| (Mail to Asher) |
| Asher |
George A. McCurry |
November 26, 1901 |
| (Late Avoca) |
| Meanks |
|
|
| (Discontinued September 4, 1902, effective September 30, 1902) |
| (Mail to Vista) |
| Corner |
Francis S. Blair |
March 4, 1903 |
| (Discontinued April 11. 1906, effective April 30, 1906) |
| (Mail to Konawa, Indian Territory) |
| Siller |
Ivy Tarter |
March 4, 1903 |
| (Discontinued December 11, 1905, effective December 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Romulus) |
| McComb |
William Wesselhoft |
May 29, 1903 |
| Trousdale |
Thomas M. McCall |
March 7, 1904 |
| Cook |
|
|
| (Discontinued October 28, 1904, effective November 15, 1904) |
| (Mail to Maud) |
| Anderson |
|
|
| (Discontinued December 27, 1904, effective January 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Romulus) |
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|
|
Date |
| Tribbey |
Thomas Anderson |
February 4, 1905 |
| Sewell |
Jonathan F. Waters |
June 17, 1905 |
| (Discontinued December 11, 1905, effective December 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Tecumseh) |
| Adell |
|
|
| (Discontinued July 31, 1905, effective August 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Avoca) |
| Brown |
|
|
| (Discontinued January 17, 1906, effective February 14, 1906; mail to Tecumseh) |
| Remus |
|
|
| (Discontinued January 27, 1906, effective February 15, 1906) |
| (Mail to Maud) |
| Bellemont |
|
|
| (Discontinued June 27, 1906, effective July 14, 1906) |
| (Mail to Prague) |
| Burnett |
|
|
| (Discontinued December 7, 1906, effective January 2, 1907) |
| (Mail to McComb) |
| Eason |
|
|
| (Discontinued January 18, 1907, effective February 15, 1907) |
| (Mail to Trousdale) |
| Neal |
|
|
| (Discontinued April 23, 1907, effective May 15, 1907) |
| (Mail to Earlsboro) |
| Hagar |
|
|
| (Discontinued January 9, 1908, effective January 31, 1908) |
| (Mail to Shawnee) |
OKLAHOMA
I County
(I County abolished. See Postal Bulletin July 10, 1901)
| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Cobb |
Hugh B. Brady |
September 20, 1899 |
| (Now in Caddo County, July 10, 1901) |
| Dell |
Emma Sights |
August 28, 1900 |
| (Order rescinded November 21, 1900) |
| Ballaire |
John Kerns |
June 27, 1903 |
| (Now in Woodward County) |
| Beryl |
Maud L. McClure |
June 27, 1903 |
| (Now in Woodward County) |
|
|
OKLAHOMA
Roger Mills County
| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Wash |
Charley M. Boren |
July 6, 1898 |
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| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| (Discontinued January 7, 1908, effective January 31, 1908) |
| (Mail to Carter) |
| Crowe |
Cicero S. Sitton |
May 10, 1899 |
| (Name changed to Busch March 18, 1901) |
| Cade |
Hugh F. Wynne |
July 6, 1899 |
| (Discontinued April 9, 1902, effective April 30, 1902) |
| (Mail to Carpenter) |
| Poarch |
James H. Poarch |
July 15, 1899 |
| Pior |
John F. Bolding |
March 3, 1900 |
| (Name changed to Doxey December 5, 1902) |
| Carter |
Jabus P. Nowlin |
March 5, 1900 |
| (Discontinued November 24, 1902, effective December 6, 1902) |
| (Mail to Wash) |
| (Re-established January 14, 1904) |
| Peaster |
Daniel N. Dudgeon |
December 3, 1900 |
| (Discontinued October 26, 1906, effective January 2, 1907) |
| (Mail to Doxey) |
| (Re-established December 3, 1900) |
| (Discontinued February 2, 1907, effective February 28, 1907) |
| (Mail to Doxey) |
| Carpenter |
John A. Hart |
January 3, 1901 |
| (Changed into Custer County March 19, 1901) |
| Indian |
George M. Scott |
January 23, 1901 |
| Grimes |
John G. Lancaster |
March 1, 1901 |
| Busch |
Perry C. Hughes |
March 18, 1901 |
| (Late Crowe) |
| (Changed to Elk City July 20, 1907) |
| Joy |
Caswell B. Wear |
May 25, 1901 |
| Yoho |
Thomas J. Yoho |
June 4, 1901 |
| (Discontinued May 17, 1902, effective May 31, 1902) |
| (Mail to Sayre) |
| Merritt |
Victor H. Waggoner |
August 9, 1901 |
| (Discontinued June 26, 1908, effective July 15, 1908) |
| (Mail to Elk City) |
| Mac Arthur |
Charles N. Wheeler |
October 14, 1901 |
| (Discontinued July 9, 1907, effective July 31, 1907) |
| (Mail to Hammon) |
| Sayre |
Theophilus L. Keen |
October 23, 1901 |
| Wingo |
Gabe Sparks |
April 17, 1902 |
| (Discontinued June 29, 1906, effective July 31, 1906) |
| (Mail to Mayfield) |
| Rankin |
John T. Rankin |
May 12, 1902 |
| Hamilton |
Ben Linley |
June 27, 1902 |
| (Discontinued March 19, 1906, effective April 14, 1906) |
| (Mail to Busch) |
| Larned |
Eliza Dykes |
July 16, 1901 |
| (Discontinued September 27, 1906, effective October 31, 1906) |
| (Mail to Carpenter) |
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| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Doxey |
Henry A. Russell |
December 5, 1902 |
| (Late Pior) |
| Mayfield |
Alfred S. Mayfield |
December 23, 1902 |
| Prentiss |
Ursa L. Fockler |
January 26, 1903 |
| Harrington |
John G. Harrington |
April 30, 1903 |
| Sedalia |
Leroy Jones |
May 7, 1903 |
| (Discontinued November 30, 1907, effective December 31, 1907) |
| (Mail to Cheyenne) |
| Ollie |
August W. Fuchs |
May 26, 1903 |
| (Discontinued February 24, 1906, effective March 31, 1906) |
| (Mail to Prentiss) |
| Pilot |
Lula M. Tucker |
June 18, 1903 |
| (Discontinued November 2, 1905, effective November 30, 1905) |
| (Mail to Harrington) |
| Dempsey |
Marion Frankford |
June 23, 1903 |
| (Discontinued May 29, 1908, effective June 15, 1908) |
| (Mail to Grimes) |
| Trammell |
James Trammel |
August 20, 1903 |
| (Discontinued December 27, 1905, effective January 31, 1906; order rescinded January 22, 1906) |
| (Mail to Cheyenne) |
| (Discontinued February 1, 1907, effective February 28, 1907) |
| (Mail to Cheyenne) |
| Rhoads |
Albert H. Rhoads |
April 26, 1904 |
| (Discontinued June 20, 1905, effective July 14, 1905) |
| (Mail to Grimes) |
| London |
David L. Wininger |
July 21, 1904 |
| (Discontinued November 2, 1905, effective December 14, 1905) |
| (Mail to Carter) |
| Mateer |
Edward C. Mateer |
October 24, 1904 |
| (Discontinued November 6, 1905, effective November 30, 1905) |
| (Mail to Harrington) |
| Ridgeton |
Bessie S. McColgin |
December 19, 1904 |
| (Discontinued December 13, 1907, effective December 31, 1907) |
| (Mail to Hamburg) |
| Ural |
|
|
| (Discontinued October 16, 1905, effective November 15, 1905) |
| (Mail to Busch) |
| Harold |
Benjamin F. Egnew |
August 4, 1906 |
| (Discontinued November 15, 1907, effective December 14, 1907) |
| (Mail to Cheyenne) |
| Elk City |
Perry C. Hughes |
July 20, 1907 |
| (Late Busch) |
| Sweetwater |
|
|
| (Discontinued March 20, 1908, effective April 30, 1908) |
| (Order rescinded April 29, 1908) |
| (Mail to Mayfleld) |
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OKLAHOMA
Washita County
| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Plano |
Andrew J. McMillan |
July 21, 1897 |
| (Discontinued February 24, 1904, effective March 31, 1904) |
| (Mail to Mountain) |
| Maharg |
John R. Graham |
June 17, 1898 |
| (Discontinued June 8, 1901, effective June 15, 1901) |
| (Mail to Foss) |
| Rocky |
John C. Riffle |
July 12, 1898 |
| Canterberry |
Sarah R. Gordon |
September 28, 1898 |
| (Discontinued June 27, 1902, effective July 15, 1902) |
| (Mail to Mountain View) |
| Herald |
Walter F. McWhorter |
November 30, 1898 |
| (Discontinued May 21, 1902, effective June 14, 1902) |
| (Mail to Stout) |
| Scheidel |
Frank J. Scheidemantel |
January 5, 1899 |
| (Discontinued February 16, 1905, effective March 15, 1905) |
| (Mail to Foss) |
| Anxier |
Charlotte E. Taylor |
January 13, 1899 |
| (Discontinued March 14, 1904, effective March 31, 1904) |
| (Mail to Weatherford) |
| (Late in Custer County) |
| Canute |
Eli B. Keen |
February 24, 1899 |
| Sentinel |
Charles W. Brooks |
March 6, 1899 |
| (Order rescinded July 14, 1899) |
| (Re-established October 13, 1899) |
| Boggy |
|
|
| (Changed to Stout June 14, 1899) |
| Stout |
Benjamin W. Stout |
June 14, 1899 |
| (Late Boggy) |
| (Changed to Bessie May 22, 1903) |
| Hardin |
Florence J. Kinman |
July 21, 1899 |
| (Changed into Kiowa and Comanche Reservation June 14, 1900) |
| Retrop |
Ira J. Porter |
January 12, 1900 |
| (Discontinued February 8, 1905, effective February 28, 1905) |
| (Mail to Sentinel) |
| Mountview |
|
|
| (Discontinued March 5, 1900, effective March 15, 1900) |
| (Mail to Segar) |
| Hefner |
William E. Hefner |
March 11, 1900 |
| (Discontinued April 8, 1905, effective April 29, 1905) |
| (Mail to Canute) |
| Redcliff |
Charles E. Perry |
July 21, 1900 |
| Foss |
William Radford |
September 15, 1900 |
| Oakdale |
|
|
| (Changed to Mountain View October 9, 1900) |
| Mountain View |
Charles B. Snow |
October 9, 1900 |
| (Late Oakdale) |
| (Now in Kiowa County, June 14, 1904) |
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| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Cowden |
Henry C. Bell |
January 23, 1901 |
| (Discontinued December 13, 1907, effective January 15, 1908) |
| (Mail to Cloudchief) |
| Port |
William H. Bunch |
February 21, 1901 |
| Gid |
Ella H. Bryan |
March 9, 1901 |
| Moonan |
Emma Fallen |
March 14, 1901 |
| (Discontinued April 8, 1905, effective April 29, 1905) |
| (Mail to Dill) |
| Odessa |
|
|
| (Discontinued December 6, 1901, effective December 31, 1901) |
| (Mail to Canterberry) |
| Sully |
Arthur D. Berry |
April 17, 1902 |
| (Discontinued March 14, 1906, effective April 14, 1906) |
| (Mail to Cloudchief) |
| Wood |
|
|
| (Discontinued August 2, 1902, effective September 30, 1902) |
| (Mail to Pope) |
| (Order rescinded September 18, 1902) |
| (Discontinued January 3, 1906, effective January 31, 1906) |
| (Mail to Port) |
| Dill |
Ellis R. DePriest |
August 9, 1902 |
| (Order rescinded September 6, 1902) |
| (Re-established October 31, 1902) |
| Bessie |
Benjamin W. Stout |
May 22, 1903 |
| (Late Stout) |
| Redwood |
James Cummins |
August 28, 1903 |
| (Discontinued April 14, 1905, effective May 15, 1905) |
| (Mail to Rocky) |
| Salem |
|
|
| (Changed to Portland May 16, 1904) |
| Portland |
James M. Wheeler |
May 16, 1904 |
| (Late Salem) |
| (Discontinued December 11, 1905, effective December 31, 1905) |
| (Mail to Rocky) |
| Combs |
|
|
| (Discontinued July 9, 1904, effective July 30, 1904) |
| (Mail to Sentinel) |
| Burns |
|
|
| (Discontinued September 17, 1904, effective October 15, 1904) |
| (Mail to Hefner) |
| Friendship |
Mary E. Crank |
October 27, 1904 |
| (Discontinued October 26, 1907, effective November 30, 1907) |
| (Mail to Korn) |
| Rainy |
|
|
| (Discontinued April 14, 1905, effective May 15, 1905) |
| (Mail to Rocky) |
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| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Seger |
George Martin |
September 30, 1904 |
| (Discontinued October 30, 1905, effective November 30, 1906) |
| (Mail to Korn) |
| (This order rescinded November 8, 1905) |
| (Discontinued March 16, 1906, effective April 14, 1906) |
| (Mail to Korn) |
| Shelly |
|
|
| (Discontinued June 28, 1906, effective July 14, 1906) |
| (Mail to Cordell) |
OKLAHOMA
Woods County
| Post Office |
First Postmaster |
Date of Appointment |
| Orion |
William H. Painton |
October 4, 1895 |
| Mirabile |
|
|
| (Discontinued April 18, 1896) |
| (Mail to Virgel) |
| Middleton |
|
|
| (Discontinued September 22, 1896) |
| (Mail to Alva) |
| Mendon |
Perry Chinn |
January 19, 1897 |
|
|
|
| (Discontinued August 2, 1906, effective August 31, 1906) |
| (Mail to Byron) |
| (This order rescinded August 23, 1906) |
| Marion |
Lewis A. Pierce |
January 26, 1897 |
| (Discontinued December 14, 1901, effective December 31, 1901) |
| (Mail to Ingersoll) |
| Forrest |
David L. Gardiner |
January 27, 1897 |
| (Discontinued October 7, 1907, effective October 31, 1907) |
| (Mail to Ringwood) |
| Alamo |
|
|
| (Discontinued April 2, 1897) |
| (Mail to Leslie) |
| Short Springs |
|
|
| (Changed to Ashley September 24, 1897) |
| Ashley |
Edward F. Giblin |
September 24, 1897 |
| (Late Short Springs) |
| (Discontinued April 8, 1908, effective April 30, 1908) |
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