Enterprise Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 8/2004


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Early Postmasters of Enterprise Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana
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SOURCE:
Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 – September 30, 1971, located in the 
National Archives, identifed as Record Group 28, Microfilm Publication M841, 
Reels #51 & 52. 

T. D. Hudson transcribed this information from the original records and donated 
it to the Union Parish Archives in August 2004. 

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ENTERPRISE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    2 May 1840

HISTORY OF ENTERPRISE POST OFFICE:
    office discontinued 8 March 1842

POSTMASTERS:

Wilson C. Eubank, 2 May 1840 - 10 Nov 1840

Willoughby J. H. Dees, 11 Nov 1840 - 7 March 1842 

       [office closed permanently on 8 March 1842]

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COMMENTS:

Wilson C. Eubanks purchased the property surrounding the present-day community of 
Crossroads in 1840 or 1841 from the government. His property lay in the West 1/2 
of Section 13, Township 20 North, Range 2 East. His land included the site of the 
Crossroads Cemetery, located at the intersection of Louisiana Highway #2 east of 
Farmerville and #143 towards Rocky Branch. 

Undoubtedly the Enterprise post office was located on Eubanks' farm at this site. 
One of the earliest Union Parish roads led from Farmerville towards Port Union 
on the Ouachita River, and it passed through Eubanks' farm. In September 1840 
the Union Parish Police Jury authorized Eubanks to put a gate across the road 
as long as he kept it unlocked for "passersby". 

Wilson Eubanks also served as an early Union Parish Justice of the Peace and 
elections commissioner.



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