Middlefork 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 Middlefork 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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MIDDLEFORK POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    19 January 1901


HISTORY OF MIDDLEFORK POST OFFICE:
    office ordered discontinued on 1 March 1904, effective 15 March 1904, with 
        mail forwarded to Bernice


POSTMASTERS:

Marion M. Carroll, Jr., 10 Jan 1901 - 10 Oct 1901

William J. Moore, 11 Oct 1901 - 14 Mar 1904

     [Office ordered discontinued 1 Mar 1904, effective 15 Mar 1904, 
       with mail forwarded to Bernice.]



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COMMENTS:

Middlefork was one of those offices that opened along the railroad line from Junction City 
through Bernice and south into Lincoln Parish in 1898. It was located just inside Union Parish, 
near the Lincoln Parish line, approximately in Section 35, Township 21 North, Range 3 West.



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