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 HISTORICAL POSTOFFICES


THIS DATABASE COMPILED BY TOM PHILLIPS-----



Office

Established

Discontinued

Moved To

From

Agua Fria

Oct. 7th, 1851

Oct. 14th, 1862

 

 

Bagby

June 30th, 1897

June 30th, 1851

Coulterville

 

Baxter

Feb. 15th, 1890

Oct. 31st, 1907

Varain

 

Bear Valley

June 21st, 1858

Nov. 30th, 1912

 

 

Bear Valley

July 10th, 1914

July 31st, 1919

Bagby

 

Bear Valley

Oct. 12th, 1933

1955

 

 

Ben Hur

June 6th, 1890

Aug. 31st, 1902

 

 

Ben Hur

Nov. 29th, 1904

Oct. 31st, 1951

Raymond

 

Bondville

Nov. 19th, 1855

May 3rd, 1860

 

 

Bootjack

Feb. 19th, 1903

Dec. 31st, 1912

Mariposa

 

Briceburg

Oct. 26th, 1909

July 31st, 1926

Clearinghouse

 

Buck Meadows

Nov. 24th, 1915

April 15th, 1925

Groveland

 

Camp Curry

April 29th, 1909

March 30th, 1920

Yosemite

 

Cathay

April 6th, 1882

Oct. 31st, 1918

Hornitos

 

Cathay

Sept. 4th, 1918

 

 

 

Cathey’s Valley

June 19th, 1879

Feb. 15th, 1881

 

 

Chowchilla

Oct. 22nd, 1883

Sept. 30th, 1905

Bootjack

 

Clark’s Station

April 18th, 1878

Sept. 10th, 1883

Wawona

 

Clearinghouse

Aug. 2nd, 1913

Oct. 14th, 1933

Inclined

 

Cold Springs

Aug. 29th, 1879

Sept. 17th, 1883

Mariposa

 

Colorado

June 2nd, 1858

March 26th, 1860

 

 

Coulterville

March 5th, 1872

Open

 

Maxwell’s Creek

Darrah

Oct. 18th, 1880

Sept. 20th, 1889

Jerseydale

 

Darrah

July 10th, 1890

Sept. 14th, 1907

Jerseydale

 

Dunaway

Jan. 14th, 1901

Sept. 30th, 1904

Knowles

 

El Portal

May 6th, 1907

 

 

 

Exchequer

Mar. 6th, 1907

Mar. 31st, 1919

 

 

Exchequer

April 20th, 1922

June 15th, 1926

Merced Falls

 

Fish Camp

Sept. 10th, 1924

Sept. 30th, 1933

Oakhurst

 

Fish Camp

Feb. 10th, 1939

Open

 

 

Office

Established

Discontinued

Moved To

From

Forlorn Hope

Aug. 17th, 1854

 

Merced Co.

 

Grant Springs

June 29th, 1883

Dec. 14th, 1992

 

 

Grants Springs

May 26th, 1893

Rescinded    Aug. 21st, 1893

 

 

Gwin

July 13th, 1855

 

Merced Co.

 

Haydensville

Jan. 21st, 1851

Aug. 20th, 1852

 

 

Hite

April 10th, 1901

March 31st, 1902

Jerseydale

 

Hites Cove

Dec. 1st, 1868

June 15th, 1869

 

 

Hites Cove

Jan. 10th, 1878

Sept. 11th, 1889

Darrah

 

Hites Cove

Jan. 7th, 1890

July 21st, 1890 “No Papers”

 

 

Hornitas

June 18th, 1856

Aug. 20th, 1877

Hornitos

 

Hornitos

Aug. 20th, 1877

 

 

 

Hunters Valley

April 8th, 1907

Sept. 15th, 1923

Hornitos

 

Incline

May 8th, 1924

Aug. 15th, 1953

El Portal

 

Indian Gulch

July 3rd, 1855

Jan. 15th, 1901

 

 

Indian Gulch

May 8th, 1901

Nov. 15th, 1912

Hornitos

 

Jasper Point

July 27th, 1909

Dec. 15th, 1909

Varain

 

Jerseydale

Sept. 20th 1889

April 15th, 1930

Usona

Darrah

Kingsley

Nov. 17th, 1896

Nov. 30th, 1928

Coulterville

 

Leach’s Store

Dec. 19th, 1855

March 26th, 1859

 

 

Lewis

Dec. 17th, 1879

March 31st, 1927

Le Grand

 

Mariposa

July 28th, 1859

Open

 

 

Maxwell’s Creek

Nov. 20th, 1852

March 5th, 1872

Coulterville

 

Miami

May 22nd, 1894

July 31st, 1926

Nipinnawaee

 

Midpines

April 23rd, 1929

Open

 

 

Millerton

Oct. 11th, 1853

 

Fresno Co.

 

Minear

Sept. 9th, 1895

May 15th, 1896

Jerseydale

 

Mountain King

July 20th, 1907

June 30th, 1922

Briceburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office

Established

Discontinued

Moved To

From

Mount Bullion

July 10th, 1862

March 11th, 1887

 

 

Mount Bullion

Dec. 13th, 1887

 

Mariposa

 

Mount Ophir

Nov. 3rd, 1856

June 1st, 1868

 

Ophir

Ophir

Feb. 20th, 1852

Nov. 3rd, 1856

Mount Ophir

 

Opie

Nov. 17th, 1896

Nov. 17th, 1898

Coulterville

 

Opim

May 29th, 1882

July 10th, 1884

Hites Cove

 

Phillips Flat

Oct. 17th, 1857

Nov. 17th, 1858

 

 

Pine City

Feb 13th, 1888

Nov. 21st, 1889

 

 

Pine City

June 16th, 1890

May 6th, 1892

Grants Springs

 

Pleasant Valley