SMALL-TOWN POST OFFICES
1824, 1851 & 1911

Herkimer County, N.Y.

The list of official post offices on Jan 1, 1824 comea from Spafford's 1824 New York State Gazetteer, which was reprinted in 1981 by Heart of the Lakes Publishing Co. Some current towns had not yet been created, while others are now officially in Fulton County, a daughter county of Montgomery Co.

The 1851 list was abstracted from Hayward's United States Gazetteer, published in 1853, and are the names of official post offices which existed on the 31st of May, 1851 in the State of New York. The compilers of the 1853 gazetteer stated that these were places of "small note" yet large enough to warrant having a separate post office from larger towns.

The 1911 list comes from the United States Official Postal Guide, Third Series. Vol. 4, No. 1. July 1911. For Sale by J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, Lyon Block, Market Square, Albany, N.Y. Changes over 60 years are partially accounted for by the changes in importance of railroads vs. the canal system.

Some Historical Perspective: According to Spafford's 1824 Gazetteer, in 1789 there were only 7 official post offices in New York State. These were Albany, Claverack, Fishkill, Kinderhook, New York City, Poughkeepsie, and Rhinebeck, i.e. up and down the Hudson River Valley.

By 1793, there were 20 post offices in New York State: Albany, Goshen, Kingston, Poughkeepsie, Schawangunk, Canajoharie, Hudson, Lansingburgh, Red Hook, Wardsbridge, Claverack, Kinderhook, New York City, Rhinebeck, Warwick, Fishkill, Kingsbridge, Peekskill, Schenectady, and Windsor.

On 1 Jan 1824, there were 876 official US post offices.

Cedar Lake
Cedarville
Cold Brook
Crain's Corners
Dennison's Corners
Devereux
East Schuyler
Eatonville
Frankfort Hill
Gravesville
Graysville
Ilion
Jacksonburg
Jordanville
Manheim Centre
Middleville
New Graefenberg
Newville
Ohio
Page's Corners
Paine's Hollow
Poland
Postville
Rockton
Salisbury Centre
South Columbia
Starkville
Van Hornesville
Warren
West Schuyler
West Winfield
Wilmut
Winfield

In 1911, some locations had salaried postmasters. Yearly salary in parentheses.

Atwell
Beaver River
Big Moose
Cedarville
Chepachet
Clearwater
Cold Brook
Darts
Dolgeville ($2,000)
Eagle Bay
East Creek
Fairfield
Frankfort ($1,900)
Fulton Chain
Grant
Gravesville
Gray
Herkimer ($2,600)
Honnedaga
Ilion ($2,600)
Jordanville
Little Falls ($2,900)
McKeever
Middleville
Millers Mills
Minnowbrook
Mohawk ($1,700)
Newport ($1,300)
Newville
Northwood
Norway
Ohio
Old Forge
Poland
Rondaxe
Salisbury
Salisbury Center
South Columbia
Starkville
Vanhornesville
Warren
West Winfield ($1,400)
Wilmurt
Winfield

* Post Offices Discontinued on Account of Rural Delivery July 1, 1908 - June 30, 1911
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