RECORDS OF APPOINTMENTS OF POSTMASTERS, 1832-1971

Source: National Archives microfilm series M841, Roll 71 (Hickory), 70 (Benton) & 73 (Polk & St. Clair)
  Transcribed and reformatted by Ginny Sharp.

Post office locations based on copied pages from microfilm M1126, Roll 331 by Harold John.

Locational information is aligned with the date closest to when location was filed with Post Office Department.

Map showing locations is in the works.

The original records were organized by county and covered the following time periods:
	ca. 1848-1855   [Note that Hickory County was formed 14 April 1845.]

	ca. 1858-1867
	ca. 1867-1878
	ca. 1877-1895
	ca. 1894-1930
	ca. 1930 through September 30, 1971 [different table format with more dates; 

dates entered are those found in the column "Assumed Charge Date"]

AVERY [now in Benton Co.]
Geo. W. Wright
21 Dec ‘90
 
John A. Breshears
14 Sep ‘92
T38 R22 S4
Wm. A. Byrum
6 July 1897
 
Levi B. Ihrig
1 Oct 1898
 
William A. Byrum
28 Jany 1903
 
Andy Breshears
8 June 1903
 
Levi B. Ihrig
8 Jan 1914
 
Wm. F. Breshears
6 Jan 1916
 
Mrs. Ollie Breshears
1 May 1930
 
Mrs. Ollie Breshears
1 Jan 1931
 
Mrs. Lizzie Rush
24 Apr 1935
 
Mrs. Bonnie L. Knight
20 May 1952
 
Discontinued-mail to Wheatland
13 Jan 1956
 
Modified-mail to Fairfield
27 Jan 1956
 
BLACK OAK POINT
J. F. Powers
27 May ‘50
T37 R21 S22
Asa Johnson
7 Oct ‘50
 
J. F. Powers
21 June ‘53
 
Richard I. Robertson
3 Dec ‘53
 
Discontinued
4 Feby 1863
 
Reestablished
18 Apr ‘63
 
Joel B. Halbert Jr.
18 Apr ‘63
 
Discontinued
29 Dec ‘63
 
Reestablished
9 July ‘64
 
Lemuel J. Flesher
9 July ‘64
 
Benjamin A. Reeder
22 June ‘65
 
Monroe Moore
21 Dec ‘65
 
Edmun Freeman
29 May ‘66
 
Alfred Lindsey
20 Dec. ‘66
 
Washington F. Reser
31 Dec ‘78
[became PRESTON 15 Aug 81]
Washington F. Reser
15 Aug ‘81
 
Nathan Edde
18 Mch ‘86
 
Washington F. Reser
31 May ‘89
 
Thomas W. Stewart
18 Apr 1893
 
Alfred Lindsay
10 Dec 1896
 
Winer D. Reser
28 June 1909
 
William J. Edde
30 Sept 1914
Retired 31 Jan 1940
 
Mrs. Della Stewart
1 Feb 1940
 
Miss Leta D. Lindsey
Appt. 9 Oct 1940
Rescinded 29 Nov 1940
 
Mrs. Ada E. Lynch
1 Jan 1941
 
BLEDSOE - T37 R22 S7 (SE ¼)
Joseph C. Montgomery
12 Aug ‘52
 
Van Rensselaer Bennett
27 Aug 1858
 
became Wheatland
12 Nov ‘67
WHEATLAND [Late “Bledsoe”]
John D. Cook
12 Nov 67
T37 R23 S24 (NE ¼)
Benjamin Gilliam (?)
28 Sep 69
 
Samuel Dent
2 Aug 70
 
Wm. Moore
7 Nov 1870
 
P. W. Hargiss
12 Feb 72
 
John Mussick
28 Jan 73
 
Mort H. Moore
17 July 74?
 
Harry D. Silsby
3 Apr ‘76
 
Thos. G. Messick
22 May ‘76
 
V. Bennett
27 June ‘76
 
Philip L. Hargiss
11 Apl. ‘78
 
Wm. P. Dougherty
24 Jany ‘81
 
Amos M. Paxton
15 Feby 81
 
William P. Daugherty
27 Dec ‘82
 
Amos M. Paxton
19 Mar ‘84
 
George Holmes
30 July ‘83
 
John H. Davidson
25 May ‘87
 
George Holmes
30 Dec ‘87
 
James A. Pine
25 Feby ‘89
 
Ephraim Dent
31 Oct ‘89
 
Joel N. Boone
6 Nov 1893
 
William D. Harryman
15 Oct 1897
 
John E. Morton
30 Dec 1910
 
John W. Powell
11 June 1914
Pres. Jan 1, 1921
 
William P. Murphy (P&S)
2 Feb 1922
Reappt 25 Mar 1926
 
William P. Murphy
Confirmed 15 Apr 1930
 
Mrs. Edna Largent
1 Aug 1933
 
Christian E. Kleck
15 Nov 1935
Retired 31 July 1954
 
Garland E. Beem
31 July 1954
 
Hobart W. Hunt
12 June 1958
Died 11 July 1965
 
Mr. Ethelbert T. Chaney
13 Aug 1965
 
STAFFORD
Eslie Stafford
14 May 1898
T38 R20 S9 (NE ¼)
Arnold Tucker
27 Oct 1898
 
To Childers
13 May 1899
CHILDERS
Arnold Tucker
13 May 1899
T38 R20 S10
William C. Dyer
14 Oct 1902
 
Robt R. Hayden
2 July 1906
 
Wm. Lear
7 Feb 1907
 
Joseph S. Dyer
26 Feb. 1910 [declined]
 
Discontinued
31 March 1912
 
CORNERSVILLE
Shadrach Mustain
6 May ‘54
T36 R23 S9 (NW ¼)
James T. Wheeler
8 Nov 1859
 
Discontinued
17 Feby 1863
T36 R23 S8
William W. Grimes
6 June ‘71
 
John A. Butler
14 Aug ‘85
 
John T. Gentry
20 Mar 1891
 
Discontinued—mail to Weaubleau
20 Dec 1895
 
CROSS TIMBERS
James H. Brooks
7 Oct ‘47
Joel B. Halbert
15 Sept 1851
John C. Brown
28 July ‘73
Elisha T. Condley
12 May ‘75
Wm. Graves
8 Nov ‘75
Elisha T. Condley
11 Feby ‘80
William Graves [N. B. 24 Sept ‘84]
14 Aug ‘82
Robt. F. Doak
13 Apl ‘85
John C. Brown
18 June ‘89
Robert F. Doak
19 May 1893
Frank P. Devin
22 Apr 1897
William W. Graves
12 Feby 1904
Albert P. Dickenson
6 Apr 1904
Lemuel W. Dickenson
12 Dec 1908
Russell H. Jenkins
14 Jan 1910
Heard Martin
22 June 1914
Clarence O. Little (act.)
1 Feb 1921
Russell H. Jenkins
29 Nov 1921
Mrs. Neeta Scruggs
27 Feb 1934
Mrs. Nannie C. Kugler
8 Mar 1935 [retired 28 Feb 1962]
Mrs. Zula May Stover
28 Feb 1962
 
ELKTON [Polk Co.]
Cyrus P. Arbuckle
16 Apr 1838
 
William H. Able
26 Aug 1841
 
Wm. R. Vestal
15 July 1842
 
Alexander Blue
7 June 1843
Elkton [late in Polk Co.]
Andrew Yost
7 July ‘45
T36 R23 S5
Abr’m. B. McFarland
9 Dec ‘56
 
Nath’l. McCracken
13 Sept 1859
 
Marquis L. Kelly
9 June 1866
 
Cornelius V. Hoagland
9 May ‘70
 
Joshua Hartzell
16 Jan’y 1871
 
Jeremiah Butcher
12 Feb ‘72
T38 R21 S22 (SW1/4)
James K. Estes
25 Feb ‘73
 
Wm. L. McCaslin
1 July ‘73
 
James B. Remington
1 Dec ‘76
 
Samuel J. George
7 June ‘77
 
L. N. Goodrich
Mar 21 ‘79
 
Jamie Vaughn
3 Mar 82
 
Wm. L. Sowells
30 July ‘85
 
Elijah H. Spilman
5 Mch 87
 
Chas. V. Steward
11 July ‘87
 
William L. Sowell
24 Aug 1888
 
Curtis Rule
31 May ‘89
 
Samuel L. Williams
8 Feb 1895
 
William C Kelley
24 June 1898
 
Wm. S. Thatch
4 Feb 1908
 
William C. Kelley
10 July 1909-20 July 1910
 
John H. Mashburn
14 Sept 1911
 
S. Florence Hatcher
2 June 1914
 
Zona M. Hastings
11 Oct 1918
 
Edna L. Burgess
3 Feb 1920
 
Bessie Nutt (acting)
9 Sept 1920
 
Buell N. Forehand
31 March 1921
 
Roy Stewart
25 May 1922
 
Perlie M. Brenner
5 Dec 1924
 
Mrs. Perlie M. Bremer
1 Jan 1925
 
Mrs. Gertrude M. Yoast
24 Jan 1946
 
Discontinued-mail to Flemington
31 Dec 1954
 
GALMEY
Erasmus J. Kelley
4 June ‘87
 
Archibald Hollingsworth
16 Oct 88
 
Wm. T. Bennett
17 Apl 89
T36 R22 S4 (SW ¼)
Joseph Aspey
20 Dec 1890
 
Erasmus J. Kelley
14 July 1899
 
Elijah Parkhurst
25 Jany 1901
 
Archibald Hollingsworth
23 Apr 1901
T36 R22 S3(SW ¼)
L. B. Dooley
8 Apr 1902 [Rescinded 17 June 1902]
 
Erasmus J. Kelley
27 March 1903
 
Wm. W. Cowen
3 Apr 1905
 
Discontinued—to Wheatland
30 Apr 1909
 
GOOSE NECK
George C. Dunn
17 June ‘72
T37 R20 S24 (NE ¼)
Daniel J. Parks
10 Aug ‘74
 
Discontinued
29 July ‘80
 
HERMITAGE  (c.h.)
Thomas Davis
22 June ‘48
 
William Woodrum
5 July ‘62
 
Ephraim F. Halbert
11 April 1863
 
Willis G. Robertson
8 Nov ‘78
 
John A. McCartney [N. B. 2 Apl ‘84]
22 June ‘82
 
James H. Bentley
30 July ‘85
 
Ephraim F. Halbert
13 May ‘87
 
William W. Hiatt
31 May ‘89
 
William Howard
18 Apr 1893
 
John W. Robertson
23 Apr 1897
 
Charles M. Bentley
28 July 1898
 
Ross Coon
7 Aug 1906
 
Albert Pitts
7 Aug 1911
 
Lucy A. Mabary
1 July 1914
 
Oliver L. Johnson
8 Dec 1916
 
Oliver L. Johnson
1 Jan 1917
 
Mrs. Anice McKinley
1 July 1942
 
Miss Florence B. Ellison
26 Jan 1943
 
Mrs. Florence B. Browning
Name change 18 Apr 1943
Died 26 July 1963
 
Mrs. Gloria B. Merritt (acting)
3 Sep 1963
terminated 30 Feb 1970
 
Mrs. Flavis G. Taylor
12 June 1971
 
JORDAN  T36 R21 S1 (NE ¼)
Maggie Ashley
14 Feb 1906
 
Richard C. Cox
7 July 1909
 
David P. Harris (acting)
25 June 1921
 
David P. Harris
18 Aug 1921
 
William J.  Harris
31 May 1927
 
Joseph C. Reed
9 July 1934
 
Mrs. Maggie A. Willett
1 Apr 1935
 
Mrs. Trudie Howard
28 Feb 1947
 
Mrs. Clorene Trudie Howard
23 Sept 1947
 
Discontinued-mail to Cross Timbers
31 Dec 1954
  
LIME STONE
James H. Nun 
20 Jany ‘71
T36 R23 S18
Discontinued
19 Sep ‘71
 
LONE SPRING
Irene French
28 Feby ‘79
T36 R21 S1 (SE ¼)
Elizabeth Franklin
1 Sept ‘79
 
Emma Thurston
11 June ‘91
 
Calvin H. Franklin
20 July 1892
T36 R21 S1 (NE ¼)
Discontinued—Mail to Preston
31 Jan 1908
  
MELBURN
Wm. T. Williams
5 June ‘95
 
Rescinded
6 Aug ‘95
  
MOBERLY
Justin F. Powers
Too faint to read
 
Mortimer Payne
3 Dec ‘51
 
Andrew S. Armstrong
16 Aug. ‘52

 
 
John M. Hunter
13 Apr ‘54
 
William Bird
31 Jan ‘55
N.B.: Moberly is only listed for the first time period, but William Bird is listed as postmaster at Quincy starting 31 Jan 1855, so presumably Moberly was merged into Quincy P.O.
 
NEMO
Richard Cross
2 Mar 1893
 
Discontinued—Mail to Pittsburg
14 Apr 1896
 
James A. Bush
25 Apr 1899
 
Allen W. Huckaby
15 May 1900
 
George M. Dryer
7 March 1905
 
John W. Hooper
4 Nov 1905
T36 R22 S17 (NE ¼)
John T. Ferguson
21 Nov 1906
 
Eppa B. Carder
17 Apr 1911
 
Discontinued—Mail to Hermitage
31 Jan 1913
  
PACKARD
Delos P. Thurber
24 Nov 90
T38 R20 S26 (NW ¼)
Discontinued—to Cross Timbers
1 Nov 1892
T38 R20 S26 (NE ¼)
William J. Harris
28 Dec 1899
 
PO to Cross Timbers
15 May 1902
  
SALEM [Benton Co.]
Saml. Brown 
23 Sept 1840
 
Edward S. Whitehead 
15 May 1843
 
To Hickory Co.
4 Feb 1847
Salem [now Hickory Co.]
Aaron Tippett
4 Feb 1847
 
To “Juldalis Gap”
19 Aug ‘47
Judy’s Gap
Isaac M. Cruce
19 Aug ‘47
 
Henry F. Burns
26 Apr ‘50
 
Justus F. Powers
4 Oct ‘50
 
To Quincy
3 Dec 1850
QUINCY
William Bird
31 Jan ‘55
 
Avery S. Mustain
21 Nov ‘55
 
John M. Hunter
26 Feb ‘56
 
Avery S. Mustain
11 Dec ‘56
 
Washington Hutton
1 May 1857
 
Bradford L. Dozier
18 Mar ‘59
 
Daniel Abernathy
9 Dec ‘59
 
John J. Miller
9 Apr ‘61
 
Joseph C. Montgomery
8 July ‘62
 
Albert Crouch
13 Aug ‘62
 
Joseph C. Montgomery
22 Nov ‘62
 
James Raymond
10 Feby ‘63
 
Shadrick W. Nowell
22 Feby ‘64
 
William S. Swicegood
29 Apr ‘64
T38 R23 S33 (NW ¼)
William Thomas
25 Aug 1865
 
Joshua Hartzell
8 July 1867
 
Wm. S. Swicegood
8 Nov ‘69
 
William Flesher
8 March 1870
 
Danl H. Hatton
11 Mar ‘74
 
Alexander W. Brownlee
22 Apl ‘78
 
Levi S. Naftzinger
8 Oct ‘79
 
Albert A. Crouch
19 Sept ‘81
 
Patterson D. Logan
30 July ‘85
 
J. Hunter Crouch
31 May ‘89
 
Nathaniel L. Nowell
12 Dec ‘90
 
William Stiltz
18 Oct 1893
 
Nathaniel L? Nowell
22 Sep 1897
 
Bertie C. Leord
31 Jan 1901
 
Vinson T. Cunningham
4 Sept 1912
 
Thos. C. McCaslin
27 Jan 1914
 
Miss Rena Stiltz
31 Oct 1916
Retired 31 Jan 1940
 
Mrs. Virginia O. Quaintance
1 Feb 1940
 
Miss Eula V. Gilbert
18 Oct 1940
 
Mrs. Eula V. York
Name change 14 Aug 1943
 
Miss Ardith Scott
31 Oct 1944
 
Mrs. Ardith Parker
Name change 3 Apr 1946
 
Discontinued-mail to Weaubleau
1 Dec 1960
 
Rescinded
2 Feb 1961
 
Mrs. Minnie M. Taylor
28 Mar 1960
 
Mrs. M. Lucille McCaslin
17 Feb 1961
 
Mrs. Mary K. Gilbert
9 Mar 1962
  
PITTSBURG(H) --spelled with & without "h" over time
T36 R22 S25
Henry L. Green
25 June 1846
Chris F. Friend
27 Oct ‘47
Henry L. Green
11 June ‘49
Robert Stewart
12 Feb ‘50
Jno. F. Morrison
7 May ‘52
John S. Hall
20 Dec ‘54
Charles H. Hudson
2 Jan ‘1861
Samuel Ralston
19 July 1862
Discontinued
21 Feby ‘65
Moses Darby
29 June ‘65
Abel Benson
15 Jany 1866
Benjamin L. Mallonee
16 Dec ‘67
Callinder L. Dennis
16 Oct ‘74
John L. Ferguson
7 Dec ‘81
Robt. S. Pitts
1 Aug ‘83
William C. Gentry
12 Dec ‘83
Wm. H. Howser
24 Mch ‘87
Wesley Q. Freeman
2 Jan ‘89
Napoleon L. McDonald
19 June 89
To Pittsburg
3 July 93
Phebe J. Dennis
3 July 1890
Andrew L. Kirkpatrick
23 July 1897
Mary D. Robertson
29 Oct 1898
Jasper Creed
29 Jany 1900
Bonnie Cooper
10 Dec 1904
Wm. H. Houser
1 July 1914
Arthur Pitts (acting)
9 Dec 1920
Bonnie Bowen
10 Oct 1921
Edith A. Pitts (acting)
15 Sept 1928
Edith A. Pitts
1 Dec 1928
Mrs. Edith A. Pitts
26 Dec 1928
Mrs. Maude Patterson
3 Feb 1936; retired 30 June 1952
Mrs. Maude Pitts
Name change 3 Feb 1943
Mrs. Lula M. Lightfoot
30 June 1952
 
RONEY - T38 R21 S7 (SE ¼)
Thomas G. Roney
3 Oct ‘67
 
Geo. H. Roney
11 Dec 1886
T38 R21 S10 (NW ¼)
mail to Stafford
5 May 1899
 
URBANA
Thomas Glanville
5 Jan ‘48
 
James H. Vaughn [1st name?]
20 Aug ‘52
 
Thos. Glanville
31 May ‘54
 
Discontinued
25 Sept ‘55
 
Reestablished
17 Dec. ‘55
 
Thomas Glanville
17 Dec ‘55
 
Preston W. Duckworth
13 May ‘56
 
In “Dallas Co.”
 
 WEAUBLEAU
Warblow [St. Clair Co.]
James Dudley
22 Nov ’48; discontinued 17 Mch ‘51
Weaubleau [St. Clair Co.]
John Simms
11 Oct ‘53
 
Discontinued
17 Mar ‘55
 
John Simms
19 May ‘55
 
Stephen A. Richardson
29 May ‘59
 
John H. Choice
22 Nov 1859
 
Discontinued
27 July ‘67
Weaubleau City
Jno Whitaker
10 Mch ‘76
 
Charles G. McMahon
15 Aug ‘77
 
Chas. G. McMahon
16 Aug. ‘77
 
Samuel B. Hudson
2 Sep ‘78
 
Thomas J. Phipps
7 May ‘79
 
Emerson Barben ?
20 June ‘79
 
To Haran
14 Dec. ‘80
Haran
Emerson Barben
14 Dec ‘80
T36 R24 S11 (SE ¼)
Alonzo A. Johns
5 Jany ‘81
 
To Weaubleau
2 May ‘81
Weaubleau
Alonzo A. Johns
2 May ‘81
 
Wm. E. Crouch
14 Aug ‘85
 
Albert H. Doermann
20 Feb ‘89
 
Elizabeth James
16 Nov 1889
 
Edwin L. Butler
18 Nov 1890
 
William S. Knight
17 Dec 1894
 
Nadyne E. Estes
29 Oct 1898
 
Chas. C. Brookshire
11 July 1914
 
Pres. Oct. 1, 1920  [???]
 
 
Chas. O. Vaughn (P&S)
17 Feb 1922
Reappt 25 Mar 1926
 
Charles O. Vaughn
8 Apr 1930
 
Roy Brookshire
22 May 1934
Deceased 30 Oct 1934
T36 R24 S11 (center)
Mrs. Fay B. Swicegood
5 Jan 1935
Retired 31 Jan 1957
 
Dorris G. Hammond
31 Jan 1957
 
Sidney F. Kittel
27 Nov 1959
 
John L. Boswell
28 Feb 1961
 
Elvin Norris Meredith (acting)
18 Feb 1966
 
Elvin N. Meredith
14 July 1966
Posted October 2006 by Ginny Sharp.
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