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List of Postmasters
FirstLastServiceStateCountyPlaceNotesSrc
Hollis E. 1861NHHillsborough CoAmherst
James 1808-1927MIWayne CoDetroit
Joseph B. 1855NYBroome CoBinghamton
Sidney 1837ILCook CoChicago
William 1824GAPutnam CoEatonton
Levi 1804GAChatham CoSavannah
Ephraim Leister 1860PAMontgomery CoNorristown
Julius M. 1849NYTompkins CoIthaca
Ansell 1840KYWhitley CoWilliamsburg
Benjamin 1836OHLake CoPainesville
Bessie L. 1937NCBeaufort CoBlounts Creek
Edward 1869NCHyde CoFairfield
Elbert S. 1910CTFairfield CoNorwalk
Elizabeth C. 1896VARadford
George 1796PAAllegheny CoPittsburgh
Hamilton M. 1889WVCabell CoHuntington
James Q. 1834MIMonroe CoMonroe
John C. 1875NYOrange CoNewburgh
John S. 1874FLDuval CoJacksonville
Richard H. 1893VARadford
Sidnie E. 1883NCBeaufort CoBath
Thomas E. 1872OHHancock CoFindlay
Wirt 1885MSHinds CoJackson
John 1833MDMontgomery CoRockville
John, Jr 1817MDMontgomery CoRockville& 32
John 1802CTFairfield CoGreenwich
Elijah F. 1856KYWhitley CoWilliamsburg
James M. 1866KYWhitley CoWilliamsburg
Jerry D. 1885KYWhitley CoWilliamsburg
Robert S. 1889MOJackson CoKansas City
James William 1945NYDutchess CoFishkill
Patrick H. 1861NYOnondaga CoSyracuse
Park 1890VAAlexandria
Joseph H. 1915NCCatawba CoHickory
Jacob E. 1866OHCrawford CoNew Washington
Daniel B. 1880DCWashington
Richard 1842MABarnstable CoBarnstable
Moses 1863INPutnam CoClovedale
Solomon 1855INPutnam CoClovedale
Thomas Jasper 1909-1919MOSt Louis City
Charles W. 1935MABristol CoFall River
Levi C. 1872NJAtlantic CoAtlantic City& 90
F. G. 1874INPutnam CoBrick Chapel
A. J. 1893INPutnam CoManhattan
Isaac T. 1919PAChester CoCoatesville
Judson D. 1922NCMecklenburg CoCharlotte
Alonzo 1866NYRensselaer CoTroy
Dewitt C. 1882NYSteuben CoBath
Ichabod 1857MAPlymouth CoDuxbury
Judah 1800MAPlymouth CoDuxbury
Timothy P. 1853NYTioga CoNichols& 66
Cyrus 1867-1871MNHennepin CoMinneapolis
Truman H. 1911ALJefferson CoBirmingham
Charles M. 1868DCWashington
Elijah E. 1849SCPickens CoPickens
Ezekiel 1815LAEast Baton Rouge ParishBaton Rouge
Hugh 1821LAEast Baton Rouge ParishBaton Rouge& 29
James Rufus 1914OHMuskingum CoZanesville
Jesse D. 1859INPutnam CoPortland Mills
John P. 1875TXTarrant CoFort Worth
John S. 1889INPutnam CoPortland Mills& 98
Mary 1893WVHardy CoMoorefield
Pleasant 1836SCPickens CoPickens
Abner M. 1889VACulpeper CoCulpeper
Edgar, Jr 1909VARichmond City
Douglass C. 1903DEKent CoDover
Almon 1824PATioga CoMansfield
Augustus F. 1911NYChautauqua CoJamestown
Caleb J. 1838CTNew London CoNew London
Charles W. 1942PABedford CoBedford
Clarence T. 1921NCBeaufort CoAurora
Dollie 1902GASchley CoEllaville
Gabriel 1813RIProvidence CoProvidence
George 1853MAHampshire CoHadley
George P. 1853-1861CTLitchfield CoWoodbury
Henry 1859CODenver CoDenver
Henry Crosby 1926-1935NJPassaic CoPaterson
Henry P. 1853NCBeaufort CoWashington& 60, 61
Jackson 1840OHLogan CoBellefontaine
James M. 1866SCGreenville CoGreenville
James W. 1890NJBurlington CoBordentown
Jason 1820VTWindsor CoNorwich
John William 1870-1875OHCuyahoga CoCleveland
Judson 1830-1839NYBroome CoHarpursville
Martin B. 1900PAWayne CoHonesdale
Nathaniel 1811NYMonroe CoHoneoye Falls
Thomas H. 1873-1877INVermillion CoClinton
Thomas M. 1869NCHyde CoFairfield
William P. 1853MAPlymouth CoScituate
Nathan J. 1890CTNew London CoNew London
Pruden 1833NJEssex CoNewark
Hubbard S. 1853NYMonroe CoRochester
Gordon 1827VAFairfax CoFairfax
James G. 1837VAFairfax CoFairfax
Robert 1841VAFairfax CoFairfax
Samuel E. 1877OHLogan CoBellefontaine
Seth B. 1868NYSullivan CoMonticello
Albert J. 1885MDMontgomery CoRockville& 93
Augustus P. 1922NYOrange CoPort Jervis
Alfred E. 1856MNHennepin CoMinneapolis

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25PostmastersCA, Los Angeles Co, Los Angeles
18PostmastersCA, San Joaquin Co, Stockton
21PostmastersCO, Denver Co, Denver
22PostmastersCT, Fairfield Co, Norwalk
13PostmastersCT, Hartford Co, Farmington
19PostmastersCT, New Haven Co, Wallingford
33PostmastersDE, Kent Co, Dover
14PostmastersFL, Dade Co, Miami
25PostmastersFL, Duval Co, Jacksonville
29PostmastersFL, Hillsborough Co, Tampa
23PostmastersFL, Leon Co, Tallahassee
1PostmastersFL, Seminole Co, Sanford
35PostmastersGA, Chatham Co, Savannah
1PostmastersGA, Schley Co, Ellaville
1PostmastersIA, Black Hawk Co, Cedar Falls
19PostmastersIA, Dubuque Co, Dubuque
21PostmastersIL, Bureau Co, Princeton
1PostmastersIL, Kankakee Co, Kankakee
1PostmastersIL, Montgomery Co, Litchfield
1PostmastersIL, Morgan Co, Lynnville
1PostmastersIL, Pike Co, Atlas
1PostmastersIL, Pike Co, New Salem
2PostmastersIL, Sangamon Co, Springfield
22PostmastersIN, Howard Co, Kokomo
24PostmastersIN, Marion Co, Indianapolis
1PostmastersIN, Spencer Co, Rockport
1PostmastersKS, Cowley Co, Arkansas City
11PostmastersKS, Labette Co, Parsons
1PostmastersKY, Clark Co, Winchester
1PostmastersKY, Scott Co, Georgetown
44PostmastersLA, Orleans Parish, New Orleans
16PostmastersMA, Barnstable Co, Eastham
12PostmastersMA, Barnstable Co, Wareham
13PostmastersMA, Berkshire Co, Great Barrington
21PostmastersMA, Bristol Co, Fall River
1PostmastersMA, Bristol Co, Mansfield
1PostmastersMA, Bristol Co, New Bedford
8PostmastersMA, Bristol Co, Rehoboth
21PostmastersMA, Bristol Co, Taunton
26PostmastersMA, Essex Co, Haverhill
9PostmastersMA, Plymouth Co, Bridgewater
16PostmastersMA, Plymouth Co, Brockton
17PostmastersMA, Plymouth Co, Hingham
1PostmastersME, Sagadahoc Co, Bath
1PostmastersMI, Berrien Co, Benton Harbor
1PostmastersMI, Berrien Co, Niles
1PostmastersMI, Berrien Co, St Joseph
2PostmastersMI, Branch Co, Coldwater
1PostmastersMI, Charlevoix Co, Charlevoix
1PostmastersMI, Chippewa Co, Emerson
1PostmastersMI, Chippewa Co, Sault Ste Marie
1PostmastersMI, Genesee Co, Flint
2PostmastersMI, Ingham Co, Lansing
1PostmastersMI, Ionia Co, Ionia
2PostmastersMI, Jackson Co, Jackson
2PostmastersMI, Kalamazoo Co, Kalamazoo
2PostmastersMI, Kent Co, Grand Rapids
1PostmastersMI, Lenawee Co, Adrian
1PostmastersMI, Lenawee Co, Deerfield
1PostmastersMI, Macomb Co, Romeo
2PostmastersMI, Muskegon Co, Muskegon
1PostmastersMI, Ontonagon Co, Ontonagon
2PostmastersMI, Saginaw Co, East Saginaw
1PostmastersMI, Sanilac Co, Peck
1PostmastersMI, St. Joseph Co, Mottville
1PostmastersMI, St. Joseph Co, Nottawa
1PostmastersMI, St. Joseph Co, Sturgis
1PostmastersMI, Tuscola Co, Wahjamega
1PostmastersMI, Washtenaw Co, Ypsilanti
5PostmastersMI, Wayne Co, Detroit
20PostmastersMN, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis
22PostmastersMN, Olmsted Co, Rochester
18PostmastersMN, Ramsey Co, St Paul
1PostmastersMO, Christian Co, Sparta
27PostmastersMO, Jackson Co, Kansas City
4PostmastersMO, St Louis City
20PostmastersMS, Lauderdale Co, Meridian
25PostmastersNC, Bertie Co, Colerain
25PostmastersNC, Buncombe Co, Asheville
23PostmastersNC, Catawba Co, Hickory
17PostmastersNC, Guilford Co, Greensboro
31PostmastersNC, Mecklenburg Co, Charlotte
1PostmastersNC, Mecklenburg Co, North Charlotte
23PostmastersNC, Orange Co, Chapel Hill
12PostmastersNC, Surry Co, Elkin
1PostmastersNE, Douglas Co, Omaha
1PostmastersNH, Grafton Co, Campton
19PostmastersNH, Grafton Co, Littleton
18PostmastersNH, Hillsborough Co, Manchester
21PostmastersNH, Hillsborough Co, Nashua
29PostmastersNH, Merrimack Co, Concord
15PostmastersNJ, Atlantic Co, Atlantic City
23PostmastersNJ, Mercer Co, Trenton
28PostmastersNY, Broome Co, Binghamton
1PostmastersNY, Broome Co, Lestershire
1PostmastersNY, Chautauqua Co, Silver Creek
21PostmastersNY, Dutchess Co, Amenia
29PostmastersNY, Dutchess Co, Fishkill
24PostmastersNY, Dutchess Co, Hyde Park
27PostmastersNY, Dutchess Co, Poughkeepsie
28PostmastersNY, Dutchess Co, Rhinebeck
25PostmastersNY, Dutchess Co, Wappingers Falls
19PostmastersNY, Greene Co, Jewett
19PostmastersNY, Greene Co, Tannersville
23PostmastersNY, Greene Co, Windham
1PostmastersNY, Madison Co, Cazenovia
24PostmastersNY, Monroe Co, Rochester
22PostmastersNY, Montgomery Co, Amsterdam
1PostmastersNY, Onondaga Co, Pompey Hill
22PostmastersNY, Onondaga Co, Syracuse
1PostmastersNY, Ontario Co, Canandaigua
12PostmastersNY, Orange Co, Cuddebackville
19PostmastersNY, Orange Co, Middletown
22PostmastersNY, Orange Co, Port Jervis
1PostmastersNY, Queens Co, Flushing
17PostmastersNY, Rockland Co, Nyack
14PostmastersNY, Rockland Co, Palisades
18PostmastersNY, Rockland Co, Suffern
21PostmastersNY, Schenectady Co, Schenectady
23PostmastersNY, Seneca Co, Waterloo
21PostmastersNY, Sullivan Co, Liberty
24PostmastersNY, Sullivan Co, Monticello
17PostmastersNY, Sullivan Co, Neversink
18PostmastersNY, Sullivan Co, Wurtsboro
12PostmastersNY, Ulster Co, Marbletown
26PostmastersNY, Ulster Co, Saugerties
21PostmastersNY, Ulster Co, Woodstock
1PostmastersNY, Washington Co, Cambridge
1PostmastersNY, Washington Co, Whitehall
1PostmastersNY, Westchester Co, Tarrytown
1PostmastersOH, Ashland Co, Ashland
2PostmastersOH, Ashtabula Co, Ashtabula
2PostmastersOH, Butler Co, Hamilton
1PostmastersOH, Butler Co, Middletown
1PostmastersOH, Carroll Co, Carrollton
1PostmastersOH, Champaign Co, Urbana
21PostmastersOH, Clark Co, Springfield
1PostmastersOH, Coshocton Co, Coshocton
1PostmastersOH, Defiance Co, Evansport
22PostmastersOH, Erie Co, Sandusky
1PostmastersOH, Greene Co, Cedarville
29PostmastersOH, Hamilton Co, Cincinnati
16PostmastersOH, Hancock Co, Findlay
1PostmastersOH, Hardin Co, Kenton
1PostmastersOH, Harrison Co, Cadiz
1PostmastersOH, Highland Co, Greenfield
1PostmastersOH, Highland Co, Hillsboro
1PostmastersOH, Holmes Co, Millersburg
26PostmastersOH, Lake Co, Painesville
1PostmastersOH, Licking Co, Johnstown
1PostmastersOH, Licking Co, Newark
1PostmastersOH, Lorain Co, Lorain
1PostmastersOH, Lorain Co, Oberlin
2PostmastersOH, Lucas Co, Toledo
1PostmastersOH, Madison Co, London
1PostmastersOH, Madison Co, Plain City
1PostmastersOH, Medina Co, Medina
1PostmastersOH, Medina Co, Wadsworth
1PostmastersOH, Meigs Co, Pomeroy
21PostmastersOH, Muskingum Co, Zanesville
1PostmastersOH, Perry Co, Crooksville
1PostmastersOH, Perry Co, Somerset
2PostmastersOH, Pike Co, Waverly
1PostmastersOH, Ross Co, Chillicothe
1PostmastersOH, Sandusky Co, Clyde
1PostmastersOH, Scioto Co, Portsmouth
1PostmastersOH, Seneca Co, Fostoria
2PostmastersOH, Seneca Co, Tiffin
2PostmastersOH, Stark Co, Canton
1PostmastersOH, Vinton Co, McArthur
1PostmastersOH, Washington Co, Marietta
1PostmastersOH, Wood Co, Mermill
1PostmastersOH, Wood Co, Moline
21PostmastersPA, Carbon Co, Jim Thorpe
2PostmastersPA, Dauphin Co, Harrisburg
25PostmastersPA, Erie Co, Erie
1PostmastersPA, Fayette Co, Uniontown
19PostmastersPA, Monroe Co, Delaware Water Gap
1PostmastersPA, Philadelphia Co, West Philadelphia
34PostmastersPA, Pike Co, Milford
1PostmastersPA, Tioga Co, Charleston
1PostmastersPA, Warren Co, Columbus
24PostmastersPA, Wayne Co, Honesdale
22PostmastersSC, Greenville Co, Greenville
1PostmastersTN, Warren Co, McMinnville
19PostmastersTX, Bexar Co, San Antonio
1PostmastersTX, Ellis Co, Italy
1PostmastersTX, Lampasas Co, Lampasas
1PostmastersUT, Juab Co, Nephi
23PostmastersUT, Salt Lake Co, Salt Lake City
1PostmastersVA, Lynchburg
29PostmastersVA, Norfolk
8PostmastersVA, Radford
27PostmastersVA, Washington Co, Abingdon
26PostmastersVT, Chittenden Co, Burlington
1PostmastersVT, Chittenden Co, Fort Ethan Allen
1PostmastersVT, Chittenden Co, Underhill
1PostmastersWI, Eau Claire Co, Eau Claire
23PostmastersWI, Milwaukee Co, Milwaukee
1PostmastersWY, Lincoln Co, Diamondville

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