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Thivener Post Office (1850-1938)

Township & Section: Harrison Township, section 5
Location: on the mail route from Guyan PO to Gallipolis PO, 4 miles N of the Ohio River, 4 ½ mile N of Smith's PO, 4 miles S of Raccoon Island PO, 5 ½ miles S of Gallipolis PO,
Name: Pekin had been requested by there was one in Carroll Co, other possible names on the torn form included Thevin's Mills and another is partly visible
In a Village? No, population in the area is 93 families
Established: 10 September 1850
First Postmaster: Henry Hallery
1897 Location: NW quarter of section 5, 2 ½ miles W of the Ohio River, on the S side of Raccoon Creek, 5 miles SW of Gallipolis PO, 2 ½ mile N of Angel PO, 4 miles N or Northup PO
Discontinued: 30 November 1938
Mail directed to Gallipolis PO

Thurman Post Office 45685 (1846-Present)

Township & Section: Raccoon Township, NW quarter of section 19
Location: 18 miles N of the Ohio River, on the N W side of Symmes Creek and 3 miles NE of Raccoon Creek, 6 miles NW of Rio Grand PO, 7 ½ miles E of Oak Hill PO [Lawrence Co], 3 miles N of Wales PO, 9 ½ miles SW of Vinton PO, 6 miles W of Harris PO, 10 Miles W of Pine Grove PO, 10 miles NW of Rodney PO, 10 miles N of Patriot PO [location form signed 20 March 1845 by G. W. Thompson, PM]
Local Name: Centerville
Name Changed: 28 January 1846 from Ridgeway PO
First Postmaster: William Steeler, Jr.
1898 Location: 18 miles N of the Ohio River, 6 miles W of Raccoon Creek, 3 miles E of Jimes (?) PO, 5 miles W of Rio Grande PO, 3 miles N of Wales PO, 5 miles E of the Ironton Branch of the CH&D [ Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton] RR
1937 Location: moved 300 ft. W still in NW quarter of section 19, 4 miles W of Rio Grande PO, 8 miles NE of Oak Hill PO [Jackson Co.], 1/8 mile E from the nearest point of county line
1939 Location: on State Street, 10 ft N of U.S. 35, 50 ft from county line, 8 miles E of B&O RR at Oak Hill Station, 5 miles W of Rio Grande PO, 8 miles E of Oak Hill PO [Jackson Co.], supplied by mail route from Gallipolis PO to Oak Hill PO

Trace Post Office (1902-1903)

Township & Section: Greenfield Township, NW quarter of section 25
Location: 2 to 2 ½ miles off the route from Gallia PO to Thurman
Special Post Office: to be supplied from Cadmus PO [Lawrence Co.], 3 miles NW of Cadmus PO, 3 miles SW of Holcomb PO
Proposed Names: Sims, Wetzel and Wright crossed out, Trace (second choice) underlined
In a Village? No, population in area at least 100
Established: 1 April 1902
First Postmaster: Lewis W. Sims
Discontinued: 31 January 1903
Mail directed to Cadmus PO

Tycoon Post Office (1881-1905)

Township & Section: Raccoon Township, NE quarter of section 1
Location: on a proposed alteration in the mail route from Rio Grande PO to Pine Grove PO, 13 miles w of the Ohio River, on the W side of Raccoon Creek, 4 miles from the Vinton Station of the O&W Va [Ohio & West Virginia] RR, 3 ½ miles S of Vinton PO, 3 ½ miles N of Harris PO
In a Village? No, population in area is more than 60 families
Established: 4 February 1881
First Postmaster: Sylvester P. Wood
Discontinued: 31 December 1905
Mail directed to Bidwell PO

Vancetown Post Office (1886-1904)

Township & Section: Morgan Township, SW quarter of section 16
Location: 2 ½ miles NW of the mail route of Eno PO, 9 miles N of the Ohio River, on E bank of Campaign Creek, 4 miles NW of Pine Grove PO, 2 ½ mile SE of Rowlesville PO, 2 ½ miles W of Eno PO, 4 miles SE of the Vinton Station of the Columbus Hocking Valley & Toledo RR
Name Selection: Morgan Center crossed out and Vanceton written in [the same quarter section where Anselm PO was located 1850-1864]
In a Village? No, population of 150 to 200 in area
Established: 4 August 1886
First Postmaster: Charles Walter
Discontinued: 31 January 1904
Mail directed to Vinton PO

Vinton Post Office 45686 (1834-Present)

Township & Section: Huntington Township, SW quarter of section 24
Location: (1865) 15 miles N of the Ohio River, on the W bank of Raccoon Creek, 4 miles S of Ewington PO, 5 miles NW of Pine Grove PO, 7 miles S of Wilkesville PO [Vinton Co.], 10 miles N of Rio Grande PO, 9 miles NE of Thurman PO, 8 miles E of Keystone PO, [Jackson Co], 12 miles N of Rodney PO
Name Changed : 11 January 1834 from McGhees PO
1898 Location: 75 rods N of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo RR
1917 Location: center of section 24, 16 miles N of the Ohio River, on the west bank of Raccoon Creek, 3 miles SE of Ewington PO, 3 ½ miles E of Chestnut Grove PO, 20 miles E of the Oak Hill of the Portsmouth & Jackson RR station, 7 miles from Wilkesville PO and 6 miles from Alberta PO
1939 Location: E quarter of section 13, 850 ft. E of Raccoon Creek, on Jackson Street and 10 ft N of State 160, 590 ft. N of the Vinton RR Station of the Chesapeake & Ohio, 3 miles S of Ewington PO, 6 miles NW of Porter PO, 7 miles NW of Bidwell PO, 8 miles N of Rio Grande PO
First Postmaster: Anselm T. Holcomb

Wales Post Office (1855-1906)

Township & Section: Perry Township, SW corner of the NW quarter of section 6
Location: 17 miles NW of the Ohio River, 3 miles from Sims Creek, 3 ½ miles S of Thurman PO, 7 ½ miles NE of Patriot PO, 6 miles E of Gallia Furnace PO,7 miles W of Rio Grande PO, 10 miles SE of Oak Hill PO [Jackson Co.]
Local Name :
Established: 24 December 1855
First Postmaster: John J. Rickabaugh
Discontinued: 28 February 1906
Mail directed to Oakville PO

Walnut Post Office (1852-1869)

Township & Section: Walnut Township, in section 1 [in sections in T 5 Range 17]
Location: on the mail route from Jackson Co. to Guiandotte, W Va, 17 miles N of the Ohio River, 6 miles S of Gallia Furnace PO, 9 miles N of Waterloo PO [Lawrence Co.], 6 miles W of Patriot PO, 11 miles E of Campbell PO [Lawrence Co.] [15 March 1852 Friend McDaniel PM]
In a Village? No, 65 families in area
Established:
First Postmaster: Friend McDaniel
Discontinued: 15 July 1869

Walnut Ridge Post Office (1857-1869)

Township & Section: Walnut Township, in section 36
Location: on the mail route from Gallipolis PO to Ironton PO, 10 miles N of the Ohio River, 6 miles W of Greasy Ridge PO, 12 miles E of Gallipolis PO 6 miles NW of Smith's PO, 10 miles N of Bay's Bottom PO 10 miles S of Patriot PO
In a Village? No, population of 200 in area
Established: 26 January 1857
First Postmaster: Nicholas Null
Moved: 7 April 1859 to Lawrence Co. where it was Discontinued: 24 April 1869
Mail directed to Greasy Ridge PO

Waterloo Post Office (1857-1864 moved to Lawrence Co.)

Re-Established: 16 March 1857 from Lawrence Co., William Null
Moved : 14 November 1864 to Lawrence Co.

White Post Office (1892-1896)

Township & Section: Walnut Township, SW quarter of section 1
Location: 4 miles S of Raccoon Creek, 1 mile E of Sand Fork Creek, 3 miles SW of Glady PO, 3 miles SE of Patriot PO, 3 miles NE of Boggs PO
In a Village? No, population of 150 in area
Special Office: supplied from Patriot PO
Established: 22 June 1892
First Postmaster: William Harvey White
Discontinued: 18 September 1906 [Gallagher & Patera gives 30 September 1906]
Mail directed to Glady PO

Wigner Post Office (1885-1906)

Township & Section: Green Township, NE quarter of section 5
Location: 8 ½ miles W of the Ohio river, on the W bank of the Raccoon Creek, 3 ½ miles NE pf Patriot PO, 6 miles S of Rodney PO, 3 3.14 miles W of Northup PO
In a Village? No, at a flouring mill, population of 300 to 400 in area
Established: 3 September 1885
First Postmaster: Joseph Smeltzer
Discontinued: 14 May 1906
Mail directed to Northup PO

Wilkesville Post Office 45695 in Vinton Co., Ohio (1819-Present)

Township & Section:
Location:
Local Name :
Established: 6 Jan. 1819 in Township, Gallia Co.
1819, 1821, 1823 Postmaster was Henry Dux/Duc b France
1830: Postmaster was Henry B. Due
1835 Willard Stowell PM
Moved: 31 January 1845 to Vinton Co.

Woods Mills Post Office (1816-1839)

Township & Section: Raccoon Township, SW quarter of section 25
Location: 11 miles W of Gallipolis PO, 15 miles from Mangers PO in Jackson Co. on the mail route from Gallipolis to Chillicothe
Local Name :
Established: 23 October 1816
First Postmaster: Nehemiah Wood
1819: Postmaster was Nehemiah Wood b Virginia
1821, 1823: Postmaster was David Ridgeway b Virginia
1830: Postmaster was David Ridgeway
Name Changed: 19 July 1839 to Ridgeway PO

Yoho Post Office (1882-1905)

Township & Section: Guyan Township, middle of section 16
Location: on the mail route from Proctorville PO to Gallipolis, 3 miles W of the Ohio River, 1/10 mile E of Guyan Creek, 2 1/2 miles SE of Mercerville, 3 miles NE of Chapmans Mills PO, 4 miles NE of Crown City PO
In a Village? No, population of 75 in area
Established: 2 June 1882
First Postmaster: Jeremiah Yoho
Discontinued: 1 December 1882
Mail directed to Crown City PO
Re-Established: 12 August 1885, William F. Lanier PM
1896 Location: new site ½ mile NE,NW quarter of section 10, 1 ½ miles SW of Mercerville PO, 3 ½ miles NE of Creuzet PO, 1 ½ miles NW of Slater PO
Discontinued: 3 1 December 1905
Mail directed to Crown City PO

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