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Cadmus Post Office (1886-1908)

Township & Section: Walnut Township, section 5
Location: on the W bank of Symes Creek, 3 miles W of Patriot PO, 3 miles E of McDaniels PO, 7 miles from Waterloo PO, 6 miles N of Sandfork PO
In a village? No
Population Served: about 400
In 1907, A special PO supplied by mail train at Gallia Station (a flag station) CHV &Toledo RR [Columbus, Hocking Valley & Dayton]
Former Name : Sprinkle's Mills PO
Name Changed: 9 February 1886
First Postmaster: Samuel Drummond
Discontinued: 31 May 1908
Mail directed to Gallia PO

Carlton Post Office (1892-1917)

Township & Section: Cheshire Township, section 3
Location: 1/8 mile W of the Ohio River, 3 miles N of Leading Creek, 1/8 mile from Hocking Valley RR, 1 ¼ mile N of Cheshire PO, Ohio. 5 miles E of Kyger PO.
A Special PO supplied by mail train at a flag station 1/8 mile from PO
Former Name : Henking PO
Name Changed: 22 December 1892
First Postmaster: Charles A. Carl, Jr.
Discontinued: 31 January 1917
Mail directed to Cheshire PO

Chapman's Mill's Post Office (1872-1892)

Township & Section: Guyan Township, NW quarter of section 19
Location: 7 miles SW of Mercerville PO, 7 miles NE of Scott Town, 4 miles W of Crown City PO
Note: Application of 1872 stated that the Gallia PO was discontinued. Gallia PO was discontinued in April 1870 and Re-Established in September 1870
Established: 17 January 1872
First Postmaster:
Isaac Chapman
Name Changed: to Chapman Mills, 5 July 1892

Chapman Mills Post Office (1892-1895)

Township & Section:
Location: 2 miles s of Creuzet PO, 31/2 miles N of Platform PO, 2 ½ miles NW of Crown City PO
Local Name : Chapman's Mills
Established: 5 July 1892
New Site: 1894post office moved ¼ mile NW
First Postmaster: Elijah F. Williams
Discontinued: 5 February 1895
Mail directed to Polkadotte PO, Lawrence Co.

Charity Post Office (1889-1904)

Township & Section: Morgan Township, SE quarter of section 1
Location: 4 miles NE of Pine Grove PO, 2 ½ miles SW of Malaby PO, 3 ½ miles SW of Eno PO, on the mail route from Pine Grove PO to Vanceton PO
Population : 200 +
Established: 19 October 1889
First Postmaster: William Malady
Discontinued: 31 March 1903, Mail to Malaby PO
Re-established: 12 May 1903
Discontinued: 31 January 1904
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO

Cheshire Post Office 45620 (1826-Present)

Township & Section: [information from 1998 ] Cheshire Township, NW quarter of section 1 (a fractional township)
Location: (Information from 1939) 5 miles N from Addison PO, 5 miles SE from Kyger PO, 6 miles S from Middleport PO [Meigs Co.], on Depot St which is also State Route 554 and 200 feet from Hobson Station on the C & O Railroad [Chesapeake & Ohio]
Established: 23 June 1826
First Postmaster: Phineas Matthews

Chestnut Grove Post Office (1870-1895)

Township & Section: Huntington Township, SW quarter of section 16
Location: Near the mail route from Camba PO via Rocky Hill PO to Keystone PO [Jackson Co.], 4 miles E of route, 4 miles E of Keystone PO, 3 miles W of Ewington PO, 3 ½ miles SW of Alice PO
Local Name : Chestnut Grove
Population : 28 in village, about 58 families in area
Established: 20 December 1870 (form from 1886 said no village, population of 180 in area)
First Postmaster: Stephen Wilcox
Discontinued: 5 November 1885
Mail directed to Ewington PO
Re-Established : 5 Jan 1887
Name Changed : 30 November 1895 to Chestnutgrove PO

Chestnutgrove Post Office (1895-1905)

Township & Section: In 1898, Huntington Township, SW quarter of section 17 New Site: 1898, PO moved 1 mile W, 4 ½ miles SW of Alice PO, 4 Miles NW of Obal PO
1898, Special Post Office: supplied from Alice PO
First Postmaster: William S. Wilker
Discontinued: 31 December 1905
Mail directed to Vinton PO

Clemma Post Office (1890-1907)

Township & Section: Ohio Township, SW quarter of section 22
Location: 3 miles NE of Bushs Mill PO, 4 miles SE of Slater PO, 4 miles NW of Swan Creek
In a Village? No, to serve about 75 families (1901 population served was 93)
Special Post Office: supplied from Bushs Mill
Established: 8 March 1890
First Postmaster: Joab Aaron King
New Site: 1901 PO moved ½ mile, 2 ½ miles N of Bushs Mill PO, 2 ½ miles SE of Spicy PO, 3 ¾ miles N of Swan Creek PO
Discontinued: 30 April 1907
Mail directed to Bladen PO

Clipper Mills Post Office (1869-1906)

Township & Section: Clay Township, SW quarter of section 14
Location: 4 miles SE of Gallipolis PO, 6 miles NW of Eureka PO, 3 miles E of Thivener PO, on the mail route from Ironton PO to Gallipolis
In a Village? No, to serve 30 to 40 families
Established: 15 June 1869
First Postmaster: Stephen Cottrell
New Site: PO 100 yards N of Ohio River, 100 yards W of Rock Run Creek, 3 miles from Raccoon Island PO, 4 miles from Gallipolis PO, and 3 miles from Thivener PO
New Site: 1901, PO Moved ¼ mile W
Discontinued: 19 May 1892
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO
Re-Established: 4 Aug 1892
Discontinued: 14 April 1906
Mail Directed to: Gallipolis PO

Cora Post Office (1866-1913)

Township & Section: Perry Township, NE quarter of section 23
Location: 4 miles NE of Patriot PO, 7 miles SW of Wales PO, 6 miles SW of Rodney PO, 2 miles off the mail route from Rodney PO to Sand Fork PO
Local Name :
Established: 31 May 1866
First Postmaster: Charles C. Ross
Discontinued: 26 April 1874
Re-Established: 9 September 1874
New Site: 1898, SE quarter of section 11, 5 miles W of Rodney PO, 5 miles S of Rio Grande PO
Discontinued: 15 March 1913
Mail directed to Siloam PO

Coy Post Office (1894-1905)

Township & Section: In 1897 Raccoon Township, NE quarter of section 26
Location: 1897, 1 ½ miles E of Rio Grande PO, 3 miles N of Cora PO, 2 miles S of Harris PO, on mail route from Gallipolis PO to Oak Hill PO.
In a Village? (1897) Yes, 60 in village, population in area 400
Established: 13 January 1894
First Postmaster: John Clifford. Stewart
Discontinued: 26 May 1896
Mail directed to Rio Grande PO
Re-Established: 15 June 1897, Wellington W. Williams PM
Discontinued : 3 December 1905
Mail directed to Bidwell PO

Creuzet Post Office (1887-1905)

Township & Section: NW quarter of section 27(1898, NE quarter of section 21)
Location: Near mail route from Gallipolis PO to Proctor PO, 4 miles SW of Yoho PO, 4 miles W of Crown City PO
In a Village? No, population in area 300
Established: 26 January 1887
First Postmaster: Jacob Lindewood
New Site: 1898, ¾ mile E, 5 ¼ miles S Yoho of PO, 6 miles NE of Platform PO [Lawrence Co.]
Discontinued: 31 December 1905
Mail directed to Crown City PO

Crown City Post Office 45623 (1870-Present)

Township & Section: (Information from 1907) Guyan, NW quarter of section 7 Location: [ Application of 1870 not on Microfilm]
Location: 1887) 4 miles N of Millers PO [Lawrence Co.], 6 miles SW of Glenwood PO, WV, 2 ½ miles E of Chapmans Mill PO, 6 miles S of Mercerville PO: E. L. Alcorn PM
Location: (1907) 1 ¼ miles from B & O RR [Baltimore & Ohio] in WV, 7 miles S of Mercerville PO, 4 miles N of Miller PO [Lawrence Co.], Averill Caldwell PM
Location: (1939) 4 miles N of Miller PO [Lawrence Co.], 6 7 miles S of Mercerville PO, 10 miles W of Bladen PO
Local Name : Rankins Point
A Special PO
Established: 2 May 1870
First Postmaster: John A. Seidler

Dale Post Office (1893)

Established 3 or 9 March 1893
Postmaster : Daniel Jones
Discontinued : 28 June 1893 (never in operation)

Domino Post Office (1889-1901)

Township & Section: Township, NW quarter of section 29
Location: Near route from Addison PO to Bulaville PO, 1 ¾ miles N of Bulaville PO, 2 ¾ miles SE of Charity PO, 3 miles SW of Malaby PO
In a Village? No, population in area 60
Established: 5 December 1889
First Postmaster: Nathan Rife
Discontinued: 15 Aug 1901
Mail directed to Bulaville PO

Durgan Post Office (1880-1909)

Township & Section: Huntington Township, SE quarter of section 10 Location: 50 feet E of the Ewington Railroad Station – CHV & T RR [Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo], 1 mile S of Alice PO, 3 miles N of Vinton PO
In a Village? No, population 100+
Established: 15 November 1889
First Postmaster: John H. Cherrington
Discontinued: 15 August 1905
Mail directed to Ewington PO
Re-Established : 12 December 1905, John A. Dodrill
New Site: 60 feet E of the Railroad Station – Hocking Valley RR, 1 mile SW of Ewington PO, 1 ½ miles S Alice PO, 6 miles E of Keystone PO
Discontinued: 25 July 1906
Discontinued: 31 May 1909
Mail directed to Alice PO

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