Ada County ID Archives History .....History Of Post Offices, Idaho ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon McConnel sharon@bigskytel.com October 24, 2010, 6:36 pm Abstracted from "History of Post Offices in Idaho." U.S. Post Office; Gem County Historical Society, http://www.gemcountymuseum.org/. Also available at Idaho State Archives, 2205 Old Penitentiary Rd., Boise, Idaho BARBER 1909-1936 established February 1, 1909, Thornwald Holm Kenneth Phippen, March 22, 1934 discontinued March 31, 1936, mail to Boise on Boise River, 5 m. SE of Boise center Section 29, T3N, R3E BOISE 1896-Date was BOISE CITY (county seat and state capital) established June 18, 1864, as Boise City renamed Boise January 31, 1896, Edgar B. Tage Warren C. Fenton, September 17, 1899 John McMillan, February 18, 1910 Peter M. Davis, April 6, 1914 Louis W. Thrailkill, January 9, 1923 on UP Ry, 122 miles W. of Pocatello, 63 m. SE of Ontario, Oregon BOISE CITY 1864-1896 renamed BOISE established June 18, 1864, Bolivar P. Bishop Alonzo G. Cook, January 10, 1865 Joseph H. Missenor, August 6, 1866 (rescinded) May 15, 1866 Robert K. Lindsay, November 27, 1966 Thomas C. Logan, April 19, 1869 John A. Post, March 10, 1870 Jeremiah McKean, October 4, 1883 John A. Post, June 22, 1885 Thomas B. Goss, September 28, 1886 Charles P. Bilderbach, February 9, 1888 Emeric R. Leonard, June 18, 1889 Edgar B. Tage, December 11, 1890 renamed BOISE January 31, 1896 EAGLE 1908-Date established March 16, 1908, Louis E. Diehl 9 miles NW of Boise, 22 miles SE of Emmett 8 miles E. of Star; Section 26, T4N, R1E EUREKA 1898-1899 established February 16, 1898, William M. Mason Kate Mitchell, October 29, 1898 Belle Mitchell, November 28, 1898 George Fisher, June 19, 1899 discontinued December 22, 1899, mail to Meridian HAWTHORNE 1901-1902 established November 19, 1901, Susanna DeWitt discontinued February 12, 1902 HIGHLAND 1898-1907 established May 9, 1898, Henry C. Sandlin Hanna M. Spockman, March 4, 1903 (this may be different p.o. & in Boise Co.) Oliver P. Call, December 23, 1904 discontinued April 30, 1907, mail to Boise and Ola? on Boise River, 18 m. E. of Boise Section 16, T3N, R4E HORNET 1896-1896 established January 20, 1896, Charles F. Ruddy discontinued June 20, 1896, mail to Boise HUNTER 1888-1892 1892-1894 renamed MERIDIAN established September 11, 1888, John P. Willburn Christian Zenger, February 5, 1887 John P. Willburn, December 11, 1890 discontinued September 10, 1892, mail to Boise City re-opened December 30, 1892, George Curl Julia A. Bower, September 9, 1893 renamed Meridian, April 3, 1894 HURT 1903-1907 established December 22, 1903, William Hurt Mrs. Ada M. Pickle, October 20, 1906 discontinued February 13, 1907, mail to Boise KUNA 1884-1887 was OWYHEE, 1905-Date established as OWYHEE October 17, 1883, Frank A. Nource renamed Kuna April 24, 1884, William B. Kusty discontinued September 22, 1887, mail to Nampa re-opened July 21, 1905, Fremont H. Teed Franklin B. Fiss, July 26, 1909 Lillie B. Young, August 5, 1921 on UPRy. 14 m. SE of Nampa 9 m. S. of Meridian Section 31, T2S, R1E MERIDIAN 1894-Date was HUNTER established September 11, 1888, as HUNTER re-named Meridian April 3, 1894, Julia A. Bower George Curl, January 16, 1896 Samuel M. C. Reynolds, January 1, 1898 Joseph J. Caldwell, March 10, 1914 William H. Peer, June 11, 1920 Oren M. Lain, August 5, 1921 on UPRy. 10 m. W. of Boise, 10 m.NE of Nampa Section 11, T3N, R1E MORA 1909-1918 established September 8, 1909, Sherman O. Fairchild Leonard L. Folwell, December 13, 1911 Michael Rusch, March 19, 1918 discontinued June 15, 1918, mail to Kuna 20 m. SW of Boise, 3-4 m. SE of Kuna Section 11, T11N, R1E ORCHARD 1893-1911,1921-1967 established July 13, 1893, Isaac T. Glenn Jospeh L. Lawler, January 26, 1895 William J. Goodwin, September 14, 1896 William J. Dewere, December 12, 1896 Mary E. Collins, November 16, 1899 closed March 18, 1911 re-opened July 8, 1921, Sarah A. Hoffman discontinued September 22, 1967, mail to Boise on UPRy. 26 m. (S?) of Boise, 30 m. NW of Mountain Home Section 11, T1S, R3E OWYHEE 1883-1884 established October 17, 1885, Frank A. Nource renamed KUNA April 24, 1884 OWYHEE 1910-1919 established May 2, 1910, James A. Allen Earl L. Bainbridge, June 29, 1911 James A. Allen, December 15, 1913 discontinued May 31, 1919, mail to Kuna on UPRy. 20 m. S. of Boise, 9 SE of Kuna Section 24, T1N, R2E POMEROY 1878-1879 established June 27, 1878, E. Frost R. L. Short, September 23, 1878 discontinued January 22, 1879 SHEPHARDSVILLE 1867-1869 established May 31, 1867, J. C. Shephard discontinued January 21, 1869 SOUTH BOISE 1907-1915 established August 29, 1907, William P. Patterson Mary B. Dickson, February 16, 1910 Edward F. Thornton, October 14, 1910 discontinued September 30, 1915, mail to Boise. STAR 1880-Date established November 8, 1880, Silas S. Gray David W. Fouch, February 11, 1888 Frederick W. McDowell, October 13, 1890 Mark A. Bates, June 5, 1895 Malinda A. Stucker, April 8, 1897 James R. Potter, June 14, 1897 Mrs. Malinda A. Wood, February 16, 1904 Leaborn C. Means, April 28, 1904 Leonard B. Wehr, August 3, 1904 on Boise River, 17 m. NW of Boise 12 m. E. of Caldwell, Section 17, T4N, R1W THURMAN'S MILLS 1878-1886 established April 17, 1878, William L. Thurman discontinued July 28, 1886, mail to Boise City. USTICK 1908-1958 established March 2, 1908, William H. Spangenberg Elga E. Everett, December 10, 1909 Mary L. Sny, May 28, 1910 Nora O. Pelton, September 6, 1913 discontinued June 30, 1958, mail to Boise 6 m. W. of Boise, 4 S. of Eagle, 2 NE of Meridian USTICK RURAL (STATION) BRANCH OF BOISE established July 1, 1958 Additional Comments: See also Mark Metkin's, Idaho Post Offices. (http://www.mindspring.com/~metkin/idahoindex.html) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/ada/history/other/historyo26nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 6.3 Kb