Handy 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 Handy 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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HANDY POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    30 July 1904


HISTORY OF HANDY POST OFFICE:
    Office ordered discontinued on 1 March 1905, effective 31 March 1905, with 
           mail forwarded to Ouachita (formerly Ouachita City)


POSTMASTERS:

James P. Montgomery, 30 July 1904 - 30 Mar 1905

    [office discontinued effective 31 Mar 1905, with mail forwarded to Ouachita.]


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COMMENTS:

The Handy Post Office was locatedin eastern Union Parish, east of a north/south 
line that connects Haile and Spencer. Although I have not determined the precise 
location, it was somewhere near Sections 24 or 25, Township 21 North, Range 3 East.


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