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Addison Post Office (1838-1985)

Township & Section: the town of Addison, Addison Township, Section 15 or 16 Location: 1838, exact location not known
Established: 23 June 1838
First Postmaster: Joshua W. Parker
Discontinued: 26 September 1864
Re-Established: 11 May 1865, Saul Rothgeb PM
New Site: 1866, NE quarter of Section 15. Located on the W side of the Ohio River and on the N side of Campaign Creek, 5 miles SW of Cheshire PO, 7 miles NE of Gallipolis PO, 9 miles E of Pine Grove PO, 9 miles SE of Anselm PO
New Site: 1898, SE quarter of section 16. Located 1/22 mile from the W side of the Ohio River and ¼ mile N of Campaign Creek, 3 miles N of Kanauga PO, 5 miles S of Cheshire PO, 3 1/2 miles E of Bulaville PO, 40 yards W of the CHV & T RR [Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo] track
New Site: 1916, located 250 feet W of the Ohio River, 1800 feet N of Campaign Creek, 3 ½ miles NE of Kanauga PO, 4 ¾ miles S of Cheshire PO, 75 feet E of the Hocking Valley Railroad
New Site: 1918, NE quarter of Section 15, 150 feet W of the Ohio River, 350 feet NE of Campaign Creek, 3 miles N of Kanauga PO, 3 miles S of Cheshire PO, 7 miles NE of Gallipolis PO, 310 feet E of the Hocking Valley Railroad
New Site: 1939,located 200 feet W of the Ohio River, 600 feet N of Campaign Creek, 5 miles S of Cheshire PO, 4 miles N of Kanauga PO
Discontinued: 30 November 1985, had zip code 45610
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO

Alice Post Office (1860-1939)

Township & Section: Huntington Township, SW quarter of section 3
Location: 1 mile W of Big Raccoon Creek and about 2 miles NW of Ewington PO
Established: 13 September 1880
First Postmaster: Hutson P Hanna
New Site: 1898, moved 76 rods S
New Site: 1898, SW quarter of section 3, 1 mile W of Big Raccoon Creek, at the terminus of the mail route from Rempel PO [Jackson Co], 75 feet W of CHV [Columbus Hocking Valley] Railroad
Discontinued: 31 July 1939
Mail directed to Ewington PO

Angel Post Office (1895-1918)

Township & Section: Harrison Township, SW quarter of section 10
Location: directly on the mail route from Gallipolis PO to Proctorville PO, 2 miles SW of Thivener P O and about 2.5 miles S of Leaper PO, 2.5 miles E of Hilton PO
Name Selection : Bailey crossed out
In a Village? No, to serve population 150 or more
Established: 6 June 1895
First Postmaster: Lydotia F. Williams
Discontinued: 30 March 1918
Mail directed to Thivener P O

Angola Post Office (1895-1914)

Township & Section: Clay Township, NW quarter of section 20
Location: about 1 ¼ miles N of Eureka P O, 2 miles S of Raccoon Island PO and 4 miles E of Leaper PO
Name Selection : Riggs and Ladell both crossed out
In a Village? No, at Bashore's Lodge, to serve population of 400
Established: 2 August 1890
First Postmaster: George H. Bashore
Discontinued: 31 December 1914
Mail directed to Raccoon Island PO

Anselm Post Office (1850-1864)

Township & Section: Morgan Township, SE quarter of section 16
Location: Located from the township lines: 1.5 miles from the E boundary, 4 miles from the W Boundary, 3 miles from the N boundary, and 3 miles from the S boundary. 5 miles N of Pine Grove PO.
To be located in the country at cross road between the villages of Vinton and Cheshire, and Kyger and Porter. Is on the route from Jackson Court House to Cheshire PO
Name Selection: Ralph's replaced by Anselm [The postmaster's oldest child's name]
Populationin area: 75 families within two miles
Established: 1 May 1850
First Postmaster: Obadiah Ralph
Discontinued: 5 April 1864
Mail directed to [not listed]

Bays Bottom Post Office (1847-1870)

Township & Section:
Location: Location in 1847 not known
Local Name:
Established: 19 Aug 1847
First Postmaster: Nelson Layne
Discontinued: 21 June 1859
Re-Established: 2 July 1867 Cincinatus B. Blake PM
Location in 1857: Guyan Township, lot # 679. Located 4 miles E of Wilkesville PO, 4.5 miles W of Swan Creek PO, and 7 miles S of Mercerville PO.
In a village? No, 98 families in area.
Name Changed: 2 May 1870 to Crown City PO

Bellwood 's Post Office (1834-1835)

Township & Section:
Location: Location not known
Established: 14 May 1834
First Postmaster: Seth M. Belwood [his name variously spelled with one or two "l's"]
Discontinued: 3 Jan 1835
Mail directed to [not listed]

Bidwell Post Office 45614  (1892-Present) (Formerly Heatley PO)

Township & Section: Springfield Township, NE quarter of section 29
Location: 4 miles SE of Tycoon PO, 1 1/4 miles W of Pine Grove PO, and 3 miles NW of Evergreen PO
Former Name : Heatley PO
Name Changed: 28 September 1892
First Postmaster: John K. Powell
New Site: 1903 PO moved 30 feet N, located on same side [E] of the Hocking Valley Railroad as formerly, 85 feet from depot
New Site: 1934 PO moved 225 feet S, 378 feet E of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad

Blackaller Post Office (1889-1890)

Township & Section: Gallipolis Township
Location: 4 miles N of Gallipolis, across the Ohio River from Point Pleasant, WV and 2 miles S of George's Creek. In addition, ½ mile from the Point Pleasant Ohio flag station on the railroad
Established: 11 April 1889
First Postmaster: James A. Black
Discontinued: 30 July 1890
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO

Bladen Post Office (1890-1957)

Drawing of Bladen Post OfficeTownship & Section: Ohio Township, SE quarter of section 24
Location: In 1890, located 1 mile S of Eureka PO, 3 miles N of Bush's Mill PO, 5 miles E of Mercerville PO and 3 miles S of Angola PO, on the route from Gallipolis PO to Bush's Mill PO
Local Name: Bladensburg
In a village? Yes, forty residents in village, 300 to 500 to be supplied by post office.
Established: 11 November 1890
First Postmaster: Lewis F. Montgomery
Location 1939: on State 7, 200 yds from the Ohio River, 1 mile S of Eureka PO, 5 miles E of Mercerville PO, 10 miles NE of Crown City PO, 2 miles W of Apple Grove PO (W Va)
Moved: 1.3 miles N, 16 May 1943, it was moved to the NE quarter of section 19 of Clay Township when it was combined with the Eureka PO. Eureka PO was discontinued [May 15] with the mail to Bladen PO and with Bladen PO moved
Location: 300 yards W of Ohio River, ½ mile S of Tens Run Creek, 6 miles E of Mercerville PO, 11 miles S of Gallipolis PO, 10 miles N of Crown City PO, 1 mile S of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad tracks, 11 miles S of nearest station (Gallipolis)
Discontinued: 27 December 1957
Mail directed to Crown City PO

Blazer Post Office (1900-1927)

Township & Section: Green Township, NE quarter of section 32
Location: 5 miles NW of Northup PO, 6 miles W of Gallipolis PO, and 4 miles SE of Wigner PO
A Special Office – no indication where the mail was to be supplied from
In a Village? No, did not give the number people that would be supplied
Established: 23 June 1900
First Postmaster: Maggie Blazer
Name Selection: The location form indicates Bolte was considered. The requested names were: 1) Green, 2) Blazer, and 3) Hulbert
Discontinued: 15 March 1927
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO

Boggs Post Office (1880-1905)

Township & Section: Walnut Township, NW quarter of section 12
Location: 3 miles SE of Patriot PO, 3 ¼ miles NE of Sand Fork PO and 6 miles NW of Holcomb PO
In a Village? No, population 100 to 200
Established: 28 June 1880
First Postmaster: James A. Boggs
Name Selection: Lisbon was crossed out
Moved: 1892, NW quarter of section 14. 3 miles N of Sandfork PO, 3 miles S of Patriot PO, 3 1/2 miles W of Lincoln PO, 14 miles W of Gallipolis PO
New Site: 1898, PO moved 2 miles NE to the SW quarter of section 12, 2 ½ miles SE Patriot PO, 3 1/4 miles NE of Glady PO
New Site: 1904, PO moved to the S quarter of section 1, 3 miles N of Klages PO, 2 ½ miles from Patriot PO, 4 miles from Hollis PO
Discontinued: December 1905
Mail directed to Northup PO

Bowler Post Office (1888-1905)

Township & Section: Walnut Township, NE quarter of section 19
Location: Located 3 miles SE of McDaniel PO, 3+ miles NE of Waterloo PO, and 4 miles S of Cadmus PO, 9 miles SE of the Gallia Furnace Station of the CH&D [Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton] (branch) railroad
Local Name : Flag Springs
Established: 10 February 1888 (the topographer wrote on the location form: Est. Feb. 27-88)
First Postmaster: John Stewart
Moved: ¼ mile N October 1902 to SE quarter of section 18
A Special Office supplied from Patriot PO
Discontinued: 31 December 1905
Mail directed to Gallia PO

Breckenridge Post Office (1856-1858)

Township & Section:
Location:
Former Names : Mercerville PO and Smith's PO
Established: 1 December 1856
First Postmaster: John W. Mc Gath PM
Named changed to Mercerville PO, 6 May 1858 [see notes under Mercerville PO].

Bulaville Post Office (1880-1904)

Township & Section: Addison Township, NE quarter of section 28
Location: 4 miles W of Addison PO and on Campaign Creek at the site of Jacob Kerns' mill.
Local Name : Kerns' Mill (place of business)
A Special PO supplied from Addison PO
In a Village? No, about 200 people in PO area
Name Selection: Kern's Mills was rejected as being too long. Names crossed out: Alpha, Bula, and Lookout. Bulaville written in a different handwriting than Jacob Kerns'
Established: 18 May 1880
First Postmaster: Jacob Kerns [he died 6 August 1880 and William S. Bostwick was appointed second postmaster 20 August 1880]
New Site: 1898 PO moved ¼ mile W, still in NE quarter of section 28, 1 ½ miles S of Domino PO, 4 miles SE of Charity PO
New Site: 1903 PO moved ½ mile E Also known as Watson's Mill. Map drawn by county surveyor shows the 1898 PO site as being in the NW quarter and the 1903 site back E of the 1880 site – to be in the postmaster's house that was then under construction
Discontinued: 31 May 1904
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO

Bull Skin Post Office (1836-1842)

Township & Section: Harrison Township, SW quarter of section 10
Location: 8 Miles S of Gallipolis PO, 8 miles N of South New Castle PO, on N side of Bull Skin Creek
Local Name:
Established: 24 May 1836
First Postmaster: Cornelius Holley
Discontinued: 20 or 30 July 1842
Mail directed to [not listed]

Bush's Mill Post Office (1871-1907)

Township & Section: Ohio Township, NE quarter of section 16
Location: 3 miles N of Swan Creek PO, 3 ½ miles N of Swan Creek PO, 2 ½ miles S of Bladen PO, and 2 ½ miles E of Clemma PO, 4 miles S of Eureka PO at Chambersburg, OH
Former Name : South New Castle PO
Name Changed: 3 July 1871
First Postmaster: Seth R. Bush
Name Changed to Bushs Mill by 17 April 1899 (Gallagher & Patera gives "after 1 Dec. 1894")
PO Moved: 1899, 300 yards, located on SE corner of lot # 2 in fractional section 16, on the bank of the Ohio River and 3 miles N of Swan Creek, 2 ½ miles S of Bladen PO
Discontinued: 30 April 1907
Mail directed to Bladen PO


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