Canyon 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, 6:40 pm bstracted 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 BOWMAN 1892-1894, 1894-1902 established July 14, 1892, Harrison C. Jackson Caser R. Smith, May 19, 1893 closed February 1, 1894 re-opened April 4, 1894, Mounce B. Bowman discontinued June 30, 1902, mail to Roswell BOWMONT 1911-1954 was NEWELL established January 26, 1910, as Newell renamed Bowmont, August 23, 1923 Maggie M. Messmore William Brothers, November 29, 1913 Frank Trayer, May 9, 1914 Arthur Diehlmar, March 29, 1918 Guy E. Kelly, August 17, 1918 William E. Marcum, October 17, 1919 Charles S. White, June 11, 1930 discontinued, July 15, 1954, mail to Nampa 10 m. S. of Nampa, 8 m. N. of Melba BYRAM 1910-1912 established May 25, 1910, Jessie P. Byram discontinued November 30, 1912, mail to Middleton CALDWELL 1883-Date (county seat) established October 29, 1883, Theodore F. Davidson Theodore W. Borne, June 11, 1885 Wilbur S. Bradley, April 24, 1887 Henry K. Hartley, February 6, 1895 Sophis Davis, January 28, 1899 Jake Horn, March 2, 1911 J. C. Ford, March 23, 1915 Justin B. Gowen, October 30, 1921 26 m. W. of Boise, 8 m. NW of Nampa 34 m. SE of Ontario, Oreg., 33 m. SE of Payette, Idaho CANYON 1869-1870 established September 21, 1869, George W. Burns discontinued March 2, 1879 GREENLEAF 1908-Date established April 30, 1918, Caleb J. Antrim George W. Glemmons(?), January 23, 1911 Caleb J. Antrim, August 5, 1911 Seburn D. Williams, August 27, 1919 Richard D. Street, March 9, 1921 7 m. W. of Caldwell, 6 m. E. of Wilder Section 27, T4N, R4W HOUSTON 1920-Date established March 8, 1920, Mildred March Carl O. Hammar, June 13, 1929 LEMP 1901-1904 was LOWER BOISE renamed NOTUS established September 21, 1869, as Lower Boise renamed Lemp, December 13, 1901, Ida B. Mansell renamed Notus April 14, 1904 LOWER BOISE 1869-1873, 1874-1882 1894-1901 renamed LEMP established September 21, 1869, James W. Tucker George A. Chapman, December 19, 1873 discontinued re-established February 18, 1874 Charles J. F. Peterson, March 11, 1874 Catherine E. Peterson, December 2, 1878 William McKnett, May 16, 1881 discontinued July 17, 1882, mail to Middleton re-opened March 12, 1894, Albert W. Pugsley renamed Lemp, December 13, 1901 MELBA 1916-Date established July 28, 1916, Clay C. Todd Rose J. Pettijohn, February 20, 1922 16 m. S. of Nampa MIDDLETON 1866-Date established February 15, 1866, Elijah Burner Perry Munday, June 26, 1868 Michner R. Jenkins, December 19, 1873 R. Byxbe, May 3, 1871 Abner Packard, June 21, 1875 William Jenkins, September 27, 1877 Edward Shainwald, September 30, 1878 Julus Shainwald, June 21, 1882 Montie B. Guinn, April 19, 1883 Abner Packard, March 24, 1884 Caleb K. Rosewell, May 5, 1885 Solomon Hasbrouck, May 11, 1886 Caleb K. Rosewell, May 24, 1887 Samuel S. Foote, September 27, 1887 Patrick J. Fahy, September 19, 1891 Joseph Hahn, March 30, 1896 Perry Smith, April 5, 1899 discontinued April 30, 1902 (rescinded April 28, 1902) Josiah Cave, January 12, 1903 Hiram Stark, May 21, 190? William Lemon, June 25, 1914 William W. McNair, April 3, 1922 6 m. NE of Caldwell, 8 m. W. of Star Section 9, T4N, R2W NAMPA 1887-Date Alexander Duffes, January 20, 1887 George M. Bowman, April 25, ______ George P. Thompson, October 16, 1888 Daniel Paxon, June 10, 1889 John W. Griffith, February 16, 1890 Dorwood King, April 15, 1893 Ozra E. Van Houten, May 4, 1897 Austin G. Nettleton, November 8, 1899 Claude H. Duvall, June 25, 1909 Howard H. King, July 25, 1913 Herman E. Gregory, May 1, 1920 George C. Jacossen, June 1920 Ned Jenness, May 31, 1924 on UPRy. 20 m. SW of Boise, 9 m. SE of Caldwell Section 27, T3N, R2W NEWELL 1910-1911 renamed BOWMONT established January 26, 1910, Carmel A. Williams renamed Bowmont, August 23, 1911 NOTUS 1886-1887, 1904-Date (was LEMP) established May 27, 1886, Daniel Harthoff Mary E. Rubelmann, August 17, 1886 discontinued September 14, 1887, mail to Caldwell re-established April 14, 1904, by renaming of Lemp Ida B. Mansell (see Lower Boise and Lemp) John B. Shank, August 11, 1905 William D. Pedigo, December 9, 1908 Oral T. Andrews, February, 3, 1915 on Boise River, 8 m. NW of Caldwell 8 m. SE of Parma on UPRy. Section 28, T5N, R4W PARMA 1884-Date established February 20, 1884, Albert Fouch Walter B. Mitchell, July 6, 1894 Richard H. Stockton, May 22, 1895 Walter B. Babcock, May 12, 1906 Daniel O. Castater, January 6, 1916 Ralph M. Castater, February 1, 1921 on UPRy. 16 m. NW of Caldwell, 20 m. S. of Ontario, Oregon on Boise R. Section 9, T5N, R5W RIVERSIDE 1879-1879, 1881-1886 established March 12, 1879, Eliza J. McDowell discontinued November 9, 1879 re-established September 8, 1882 Loring A. Sevey, March 27, 1882 Nathan Hulty, October 27, 1885 discontinued March 2, 1886, mail to Ontario, Oregon ROSWELL 1893-1954 established July 11, 1893, Mary A. Murray Helen M. Brush, June 23, 1899 Claude Van Cottier, May 24, 1907 Harvey E. Hunt, June 8, 1914 discontinued March 15, mail to Parma 4 m. SW of Parma, 6 N. of Wilder T5N, R5W UNION 1866-1868 established May 17, 1866, Edward Price discontinued September 10, 1868 WALTERS 1888-1898 established April 24, 1888, Lewellyn R. Walter Isreal Cannon, August 7, 1893 Shadrach L. Hodgins, August 14, 1896 George W. Resey, April 11, 1898 discontinued December 14, 1898, mail to Guffey on Snake R. (no bank), 18 m. S. of Nampa Section 16, T1S, R2W WILDER 1916-Date (was WILDERIA) established July 28, 1916, as Wilderia, Charles E. Burton renamed Wilder August 29, 1916 Charles E. Mitchell, May 7, 1918 Elmer C. Hull, May 31, 1924 Ethel V. Foley, August 22, 1926 Lilla M. Kowalk, September 1, 1926 Claude C. McPherson, Jamuary, 25, 1927 9 m. S. of Parma, 5 W. of Homedale Section 22, T4N, R4W Additional Comments: See also Mark Metkin's, Idaho Post Offices. (http://www.mindspring.com/~metkin/idahoindex.html) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/canyon/history/other/historyo27nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/idfiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb