Dale County AlArchives Photo place.....Clopton P.O  (2nd) July 1 2004
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Christine Thacker http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00033.html#0008100 July 5, 2004, 4:23 pm

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             CLOPTON POST OFFICE   1853-2003

 THE CLOPTON POST OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED ON AUGUST 22, 1853.
 THE FIRST POST OFFICE WAS IN THE SANDER'S STORE NEXT TO PRESENT POST OFFICE . 
JILL PRICE PRESENTLY HAS AN ANTIQUE STORE INSIDE THE ONCE POSTAL FACILITY.THE 
BUILDING ITSELF IS OWNED BY THOMAS WATERS.
  IN 1912 THE POST OFFICE WAS MOVED ACROSS THE STREET IN WHAT WAS THEN PEEBLES 
STORE. THE OWNER OF THE STORE GROVER PEEBLES WAS POSTMASTER LONGER THAN ANY 
OTHER POSTMASTER TO SERVE IN CLOPTON. MR. PEEPLES WAS POSTMASTER FROM 1919 
UNTIL 1959. AT THAT TIME HIS SON SAM PEEBLES TOOK OVER AS OIC. THEN IN 1961 SAM 
PEEBLES BECAME POSTMASTER. THE BUILDING IS NOW OWNED BY HOWELL PEEBLES AND HIS 
WIFE, ANNIE PEEBLES. ANNIE PEEBLES HAS SERVED AS 0IC IN CLOPTON MAY TIMES AND 
HAS BEEN THE POST MASTER RELIEF FOR THE CLOPTON POST OFFICE FOR THIRTY ONE 
YEARS.
 IN 1962 THE POST OFFICE MOVED BACK ACROSS THE STREET INTO IT'S PRESENT 
LOCATION, THIS BUILDING IS ALSO OWNED BY THOMAS WATERS. THOMAS WAS A STAR ROUTE 
CARRIER FOR MANY YEARS IN CLOPTON.
HE IS NOW THE RCA FOR ROUTE ONE CLOPTON.
 THE POST OFFICE SITS IN THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF DALE COUNTYAND ROUTE ONE 
CLOPTOK SERVES RESIDENTS OF DALE, HENRY , AND BARBOUR COUNTIES.
 CLOPTON CONTINUES THESE 150 YEARS MUCH AS IT DID IN THE 1800'S AS A CENTRAL 
LOCATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE STILL FILL OUT MONEY ORDERS, ADDRESS AND WRAP 
PACKAGES, AND EVEN READ A PERSON'S MAIL FOR THEM IF NECESSARY. THE WORLD HAS 
CHANGED MUCH OVER 150 YEARS , BUT THE QUALITY AND SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE 
CLOPTON POST OFFICE HAS ONLY IMPROVED.

Sent by Sandra Czarnecki with permission to post, June 23, 2004.
  Christine Thacker

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