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"]
ALMON | Alexander Gregory | 25 June 83 |
T37 R20 S14 | Daniel R. Jones | 29 Oct. 83 |
| John F. Anderson | 15 Feby 86 |
| Louis W. Burris | 15 Feb 88 |
| Saml P. Gregory | 20 Apl 89 |
| George G. Cook | 10 July 1893 |
| Samuel P. Gregory | 17 Nov 1896 |
| Charles A. Greene | 22 Mar 1900 |
| Henry R. McCain | 19 June 1901 |
| Chas. L. McCain | 3 Mar 1910 |
| James K. Park | 17 Oct 1912 |
| Thos. M. Green | 22 Oct 1919 |
| Discontinuedmail to Preston | 15 Nov 1922 |
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 Ό) | 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 Ό) | 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 Ό) | 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 Ό) | 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 |
| Discontinuedmail 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 | Abrm. B. McFarland | 9 Dec 56 |
| Nathl. McCracken | 13 Sept 1859 |
| Marquis L. Kelly | 9 June 1866 |
| Cornelius V. Hoagland | 9 May 70 |
| Joshua Hartzell | 16 Jany 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 Ό) | 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 Ό) | L. B. Dooley | 8 Apr 1902 [Rescinded 17 June 1902] |
| Erasmus J. Kelley | 27 March 1903 |
| Wm. W. Cowen | 3 Apr 1905 |
| Discontinuedto Wheatland | 30 Apr 1909 |
GOOSE NECK | George C. Dunn | 17 June 72 |
T37 R20 S24 (NE Ό) | 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 Ό) | 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 Ό) | Elizabeth Franklin | 1 Sept 79 |
| Emma Thurston | 11 June 91 |
| Calvin H. Franklin | 20 July 1892 |
T36 R21 S1 (NE Ό) | DiscontinuedMail 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 |
| DiscontinuedMail 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 Ό) | John T. Ferguson | 21 Nov 1906 |
| Eppa B. Carder | 17 Apr 1911 |
| DiscontinuedMail to Hermitage | 31 Jan 1913 |
PACKARD | Delos P. Thurber | 24 Nov 90 |
T38 R20 S26 (NW Ό) | Discontinuedto Cross Timbers | 1 Nov 1892 |
T38 R20 S26 (NE Ό) | 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 |
Judys 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 Ό) | 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 Ό) | Thomas G. Roney | 3 Oct 67 |
| Geo. H. Roney | 11 Dec 1886 |
T38 R21 S10 (NW Ό) | 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. |
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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 Ό) | 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 [???] |
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| 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 |
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