Yuma County Post Offices and Postmasters 1882 to 1989 http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/yuma/history/ycpostoff.text Dates of establishment and postmaster appointments were compiled from the US Post Office archives by Stephen Chaplin for Yuma County's 1989 centennial history "Yuma County - The Hundred-Year Review". Transcribed and published here by Lee Zion with permission of the author. Those interested in exploring US Postal Service history can find a chronological listing of Postmaster appointments for most operating Post Offices in the US Postal Service webpages in the history section. See: www.usps.gov Abarr Established Feb 26, 1923 in SW S28 T2S R48W Donald C. Brown Feb 26, 1923 Silas E. Hoffman Jan 3, 1925 Ethel E. Hoffman Sep 22, 1928 Robert N. Fletcher Jun 1, 1947 Mail to Joes Nov 30, 1947 Alva Established Aug 6, 1887 in NW S20 T4S R44W Allen R. Ames Aug 6, 1887 Mail to Idalia Sep 18, 1888 Alvin Established Sep 12, 1910 in SE S28 T4N R43W Albert A. Currance Sep 12, 1910 James Coast Sep 3, 1912 George L. Dick Mar 5, 1915 Eula E. Sigler Feb 11, 1916 Charles W. Roberts Aug 1, 1918 Patrick F. Dempsey May 15, 1919 in NE S23 T4N R43W Mail to Wray Feb 28, 1929 Arlene Established Oct 30, 1916 in SE S4 T3N R44W Ada M. Light Oct 30, 1916 Eugene W. Walthall Sep 15, 1917 Mail to Wray Aug 31, 1918 Armel Established Oct 19, 1903 in SE S17 T3S R42W Armel S. Breninger Oct 19, 1903 Charles R. Breninger Jan 20, 1933 Herman E. Lindgren Oct 17, 1935 Gertrude Morris Jan 13, 1945 Closed May 31, 1958 Arnold Established Nov 17, 1913 in NW S23 T3N R44W Emma L. Arnold Nov 17, 1913 Mail to Wray Sep 15, 1914 Avoca Established Jun 10, 1889 in T1S R47W Closed Oct 27, 1891 Beecher Established Aug 12, 1902 in NW S22 T2S R43W Wouterji VanWyk Aug 12, 1902 Bessie Ekberg Dec 2, 1903 Mail to Armel Jan 31, 1905 Mable C. Bateman Aug 31, 1905 PO Closed Nov 3, 1905 Re-established as Glory PO Nov 13, 1924 Ida M. Miles Nov 13, 1924 Re-named Beecher Island Feb 1, 1925 Mable L. Miles Oct 30, 1925 Herman Lindgren Sep 20, 1927 Claude C. Maag Jul 2, 1931 George L. Oberg Aug 31, 1940 Closed May 31, 1958 Black Wolf Established Mar 9, 1885 in T2N R47W Thomas C. Bermingham Mar 9, 1885 Mail to Wray Oct 30, 1885 Bolton Established May 1, 1900 Closed Sep 9, 1901 Bryant Established Mar 27, 1888 in T6N R47W (Logan/Phillips County) Christian Golter Mar 27, 1888 A.J. Baker Aug 8, 1889 James Bryant Dec 3, 1889 M. Anderson Dec 6, 1894 Joseph Bryant Apr 7, 1899 James Bryant Apr 26, 1899 Elbert Coats Aug 18, 1902 Hiram Coats Jun 1, 1903 Moved into Yuma County Aug 8, 1904 to SE S1 T5N R47W Mattie B. Turner Aug 8, 1904 Peter Nordholm Jul 11, 1910 Minnie N. Allen May 2, 1913 Mail to Burdett Mar 31, 1916 Clarkville Established May 18, 1938 in NE S20 T5N R47W Theodore W. Clark May 18, 1938 Opal A. Williams Jul 31, 1946 Ethel L. Chamblin Oct 16, 1947 Mail to Haxtun Apr 30, 1954 Condon Established Jun 7, 1888 in SW S15 T1S R44W George B. Vaughn Jun 7, 1888 Mail to Vernon May 23, 1892 Eckley Established Nov 15, 1883 in NW S26 T2N R46W Albert L. Jaynes Nov 15, 1883 Mail to Wray Jun 16, 1884 Robert S. Wolf Aug 14, 1885 Willey McGee Aug 27, 1885 Frank M. Kearman Nov 20, 1885 Alfred W. Vorhees Jun 9, 1886 D.A. Clark May 19, 1887 Mary O. Harmon Mar 7, 1888 Darwin A. Clark Sep 27, 1892 John A. Griffin May 18, 1895 George A. Hughes Apr 29, 1897 Frank T. Griffin May 27, 1901 Elias H. Bailey Aug 22, 1904 Walter W. Shanan Jun 20, 1906 Samuel L. Rohr Apr 20, 1907 William R. Elliott Dec 3, 1907 Charles A. McCarthy Oct 12, 1909 Mark M. Catchpole Oct 10, 1910 Clyde D. Murphy Oct 12, 1912 Minor Edman Apr 2, 1918 George Haver Oct 28, 1918 Harold Riffle Dec 26, 1933 William Fred Cain Feb 1, 1945 Robert L. May Jan 31, 1947 Clestine Stroupe Oct 12, 1973 Karen R. McCasland Dec 15, 1979 Ford Established Jun 4, 1909 in NE S35? T5N R47W (Prob S25) Candacy J. Ford Jun 4, 1909 John C. Boyd Dec 10, 1913 Lewis W. Carle Jun 21, 1915 John W. Hedrick Mar 11, 1916 Mail to Wages Mar 31, 1917 Fox Established May 17, 1890 in NW S34 T4S R46W Perry D. Hadsall May 17, 1890 Frederick H. Furneaux Dec 23, 1890 David Manly Jun 20, 1898 Frank McClurg Apr 17, 1899 Frederick H. Furneaux May 28, 1900 Julius G. Colpitts Jun 19, 1907 Mail to Kirk Dec 15, 1912 Friend Established Jun 27, 1887 in SW S23 T4S R45W Read R. Decker Jun 21, 1887 James W. Bales Jul 23, 1890 Leah Madden Apr 28, 1891 Alvar O. Roys Feb 28, 1896 Kate Riedesel Mar 29, 1898 William E. Lucas Jun 24, 1898 Charles Ingalls Feb 3, 1900 Mail to Idalia Jul 23, 1901 Glory Established Nov 13, 1924 in NW S22 T2S R43W Ida M. Miles Nov 13, 1924 Re-named Beecher Island Feb 1, 1925 Gurney Established 1884 in Cheyenne Co, Kansas Gurney Blake 1884 Curtis Rice 1889 George Klie 1899 Sep 17, 1907 Moved to SW S27 T3S R42W George L. Klie Sep 17, 1907 Mail to St. Francis, Kansas Sep 15, 1923 Hale Established May 17, 1890 in SW S13 T5S R43W Alonzo F. Rockwell May 17, 1890 Mail to Newton Feb 16, 1894 Hannah F. Taylor Oct 30, 1900 Lula Roe Apr 21, 1909 George D. Westfall Nov 18, 1909 Almond H. Baker Mar 29, 1912 Glenn C. Wooley Jul 25, 1913 Thayne Johnson Jan 7, 1939 Martha Smith Mar 27, 1943 Archie Nash Feb 20, 1946 Calvin Stewart Apr 30, 1947 Helen Kreoger Aug 1, 1948 Arthur Rolow Jan 14, 1949 Closed Oct 2, 1982 There is evidence that Hale operated under acting Postmasters between late 1898 abd Oct 1900. Happyville Established Jul 26, 1910 in SE S20 T1S R46W Richard J. Gilmore Jul 26, 1910 Harry A. Andrews Dec 20, 1917 Clarence Gilmore Mar 14, 1918 Frank E. Zion Jun 21, 1919 Cleava Mason Feb 26, 1920 Mattie Taylor May 10, 1921 Mail to Heartstrong Feb 28, 1922 Heartstrong Established May 31, 1921 in SE S24 T1S R47W Maybelle A. Tucker May 31, 1921 Lorinne Barker May 9, 1922 Bertha Dickson Aug 11, 1922 Samuel Jones Mar 2, 1926 Richard Gilmore Sep, 8 1931 Mail to Eckley Jan 31, 1940 Hermes Established Sep 11, 1908 in SE S35 T5S R45W Edna M. Andrews Sep 11, 1908 William A. Richards Dec 29, 1912 Annetta M. Scherrer Mar 22, 1915 William A. Richards Feb 1, 1918 Mail to Burlington Nov 15, 1919 Hughes Established Apr 11, 1913 in NW S19 T2S R48W Martha J. Jackson Apr 11, 1913 Moved to SW S7 T3S R48W in 1915 Fred L. Shelters May 26, 1915 Elmer L. Otta Dec 10, 1919 Alva D. Otta Apr 21, 1921 Charles A. McClanahan Aug 18, 1921 Violet A. Stoops Jan 31, 1945 Florence B. Benedict Apr 29, 1950 Mail to Yuma Oct 31, 1954 Idalia Established Sep 18, 1888 in SE S16 T4S R44W George W. Means Sep 18, 1888 J.C. Harris May 9, 1889 J.C. Mitchell Jun 12, 1889 Charles O. Hill Aug 13, 1891 Robert I. Shoves Dec 6, 1893 William H. Cooper Sep 27, 1894 Herman H. Stutheit Sep 11, 1895 Minnie H. Scott Dec 8, 1897 Norton J. Payne Sep 8, 1905 William E. Lucas May 23, 1907 Charles S. Whisant Dec 26, 1907 George F. Conrad May 5, 1909 Herman W. Lidke Mar 2, 1911 George F. Conrad Jun 15, 1912 Edith N. French Jun 11, 1919 Anna Moellenberg Dec 31, 1944 Rose Ramseier Oct 1, 1948 Minnie Boden Sep 30, 1963 Wayne F. Wilcoxen Jul 1964 Jerry Weisshaar Oct 2, 1981 Jaqua Established Mar 13, 1919 in NW S34 T4S R42W A.H. Keiver Mar 13, 1919 Moved into Kansas? Joes Established Oct 22, 1912 in SW S31 T4S R47W Charles N. White Oct 22, 1912 Henry P. Nikkel Nov 7, 1913 Rosa B. Stager Feb 14, 1916 Henry P. Nikkel Dec 4, 1916 Ruth E. Snyder May 7, 1919 Hazel R. Dickinson Feb 12, 1920 Ruth E. Snyder Nov 2, 1920 Clifford M. Scofield Aug 31, 1955 Mary A. Martin Aug 24, 1956 Mary A. Blodgett Jan 11, 1965 Betty Wise Oct 16 1975 Doris Henry Sep 24, 1976 Rose Hindman Jan 21, 1977 Doris Henry May 19, 1977 Kirk Established Nov 18, 1887 in SW S25 T4S R47W George M. Niekirk Nov 18, 1887 Moved to NW S24 T5S R47W Ruben Kline Apr 11, 1890 Wilhelmina Friesthofer Apr 30, 1895 Appointment rescinded May 25, 1895 James A. Pratt Oct 28, 1908 Charles W. Brinkerhoff Dec 10, 1912 William Neitzel Sep 12, 1913 Andrew J. Wright Apr 12, 1914 James E. Duncanson Apr 20, 1915 Seth T. Duncanson Oct 13, 1916 Marian L. Darling Jul 11, 1918 Marian L. Collette Nov 24, 1920 Elizabeth Amy May 10, 1921 Gilbert Meade Feb 1, 1940 Raymond Preuss Sep 1, 1940 Velma McNair Jun 1, 1942 Fern Liming Feb 23, 1968 Colleen Edmunds May 13, 1981 Laird Established Jul 12, 1887 in SE S6 T1N R42W Mary Hambleton Jul 12, 1887 L.T. Wright Oct 30, 1889 Frederick Carey Dec 14, 1889 Renamed Seebarsee Feb 17, 1892 Isaac S. Porter May 7, 1892 William H. Porter Nov 3, 1894 Louis T. Wright Aug 27, 1897 Renamed Laird Jan 25, 1899 Alfaretta L. Hays Nov 28, 1900 Bruce H. Waller Jan 5, 1901 Sarah E. Allen Mar 20, 1903 Susan M. McGinnis May 4, 1907 Dewin J. Dowlin Jul 25, 1911 Nellie T. Roberts Oct 20, 1916 Charles Dimmick Oct 11, 1919 Ross E. Dowlin May 13, 1922 Paris Orndorff Jan 23, 1939 Fannie E. Smith Aug 30, 1946 Evelyn Noffsinger Jul 1, 1977 Dollie Yenter Aug 1985 Mail to Wray Oct 31, 1988 Landsman Established Mar 27, 1883 in SE S30 T5S R44W Edward E. McCrillis Mar 27, 1883 Frank Ireland May 27, 1887 Francis Ireland Jul 5, 1887 Elizabeth G. Yount Dec 18, 1897 Mail to Hale May 31, 1918 Lansing Established Sep 17, 1886 in NE S26 T3S R43W Lewis D. Hulett Sep 17, 1886 Mattie J. Jester Sep 28, 1886 Francis A. Greatsinger Aug 30, 1889 Asa Beam Sep 30, 1892 William Beck Dec 6, 1893 Desdemona Jenkins Jul 6, 1897 Lillian Kester Aug 18, 1905 Will A. Shockey Jan 25, 1908 Espy Shockey Sep 9, 1908 Mail to Armel Feb 28, 1910 Leslie Established Jun 6, 1888 in NE S12 T5N R49W (Washington County) Closed Mar 2, 1896 Logan Established May 14, 1887 in NE S8 T4S R43W William E. Vandeman May 14, 1887 Benjamin F. Rawalt Jan 20, 1888 Isaac N. Foster Oct 11, 1888 Charles R. Crable May 9, 1889 Alfred Kester Jan 17, 1895 John Kelly May 16, 1895 Fred Loffel Jan 30, 1900 Mail to Lansing Jul 13, 1901 Ludlum Established Sep 16, 1889 in SW S7 T4N R47W Alexander Ludlum Sep 16, 1889 Mail to Yuma Dec 24, 1890 Mildred Established May 21, 1910 in NE S2 T3S R46W Nelson Stanbrough May 21, 1910 German L. Kortz Jan 23, 1914 Archie Kindred Oct 13, 1916 Walter Moore Mar 10, 1918 Claude Duff May 2, 1928 Ertie A. Duff Jul 6, 1928 Lotus Wingfield Jun 30, 1952 Mail to Eckley Apr 30, 1954 Newton Established Aug 6, 1889 in NE S30 T5S R43W James B. Stanley Aug 6, 1889 David W. Burt Feb 12, 1890 Robert C. Cook Jul 16, 1890 William T. Bailey May 1, 1900 Mail to Hale Apr 15, 1918 Robb Established Dec 21, 1889 in NW S35 T2N R45W Charles W. Zepp Dec 21, 1889 Mail to Wray Oct 27 1893 Ernest Lieber Apr 13, 1920 Mail to Wray Nov 15, 1920 Rogers Established May 24, 1886 in NE S28 T3S R42W Closed Sep 21, 1888 Schramm Established Apr 11, 1913 in NE S27 T2N R47W James Hamilton Apr 11, 1913 Mail to Yuma May 16, 1914 Lillie M. York Jul 13, 1922 Hilaing W. Bengston Jun 16, 1924 Pearl E. Irelan Oct 30, 1924 Mail to Yuma Dec 31, 1925 Seebarsee Established Feb 17, 1892 in NW S6 T1N R42W Frederick Carey Feb 17, 1892 Isaac S. Porter May 7, 1892 William H. Porter Nov 3, 1894 Louis T. Wright Aug 27, 1897 Renamed Laird Jan 25, 1899 Shields Established Aug 6, 1887 in SW S25 T3S R45W Daniel Shields Aug 6, 1887 Mail to Idalia Aug 24, 1889 Minnie K. Scott Jul 28, 1890 William Cox Oct 1, 1891 Joseph Miller Sep 27, 1892 Mail to Vernon Sep 22, 1894 Steffens Established Aug 25, 1915 in NW S18 T1S R48W John Steffens Aug 25, 1915 Furness Kelso Jan 18, 1917 Laura White Aug 8, 1917 Mail to Yuma Nov 15, 1919 Vernon Established May 23 1892 in NW S28 T1S R44W Francis M. Boatman May 23, 1892 Joseph Miller Aug 17, 1895 John Gum Jul 28, 1898 Appointment Rescinded Aug 30, 1898 Joseph Miller Aug 17, 1898 Adaline Bennett Jun 16, 1906 Andrew Wakefield Nov 7, 1906 Henry Musselman Jan 26, 1911 Harry S. Allison Nov 6, 1913 Ola Robert Sep 21, 1922 Mae Chapman Dec 2, 1925 William Chapman May 2, 1935 Fern Wheatley Sep 1, 1944 Blanch DeVore May 10, 1951 Wages Established Mar 31, 1917 in SE S11 T5N R46W Middleton Wages Mar 31, 1917 Harry E. Robinson Feb 21, 1918 Horace G. Miles May 1, 1920 Milton C. Parsons Oct 29, 1923 Sarah E. Williams May 2, 1925 Nell Larsen Nov 4, 1936 Wayne R. Woolery Dec 18, 1946 Gwendolyn A. Schmidt Jul 1, 1949 Mail to Holyoke May 31, 1950 Wales Established Aug 6, 1887 in SW S29 T1S R44W John F. Wales Aug 6, 1887 George B. Vaughn Jun 7, 1888 Mail to Condon Sep 21, 1888 Witherbee Established May 28, 1912 in NE S25 T5N R43W Olive Elliott May 28, 1912 John Williams Oct 1, 1912 Mail to Alvin Aug 31, 1918 Wray Established Jun 26, 1882 in SW S6 T1N R43W Joseph Master Jun 26, 1882 Mail to Denver Apr 9, 1883 John Griffin May 2, 1883 Wickliff Newell May 1, 1886 James S. Hendrie Feb 19, 1887 Julius F. Sampson Nov 7, 1889 William R. Hays Jan 31, 1890 James M. Royall Dec 7, 1893 Mary E. Robinson Sep 14, 1897 Charles D. Pickett Aug 22, 1901 Lilian A. Hawks Oct 4, 1913 Edward M. Robinson Jan 27, 1919 Alfred B. Jennings Jul 13, 1920 John W. Hultquist Mar 8, 1922 Valcie Vining Jan 9, 1929 James Evans Jan 23, 1934 Ray Morgan Apr 1, 1947 Timothy Devlin Aug 7, 1947 Ward Tomlinson Jul 31, 1952 Carl Williams May 31, 1953 Robert E. Wilson Jul 9, 1971 Donald L. Rhone Nov 4, 1978 Yuma Established Nov 24, 1885 in SE S22 T2N R48W Isaac N. Foster Nov 24, 1885 Frederick C. Brobst Jul 22, 1886 Joseph B. Morton Feb 8, 1887 George W. Dobler May 14, 1889 Joseph B. Campbell May 11, 1894 William H. Conover Apr 8, 1898 Katherine B. Frantz Oct 3, 1907 Bruce Russell Jun 17, 1913 Harry M. McKinney Dec 20, 1916 Joynt G. Lett Aug 5, 1919 Ralph Weekly Sep 12, 1923 Oren E. Stallings Jun 27, 1934 Paul L. Kohlmeier Jun 1, 1949 Robert E. Wilson Jan 6, 1961 Hugh L. Garuerholz Feb 24, 1961 Beryl E. Lambert Apr 9, 1963 Lowell Hartwig, Dec 17, 1974 Faye W. Von Loh Jun 7, 1975 =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. 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