Walnut Lane 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 Walnut Lane 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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WALNUT LANE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    23 July 1880


HISTORY OF WALNUT LANE POST OFFICE:
    Discontinued on 31 March 1914, with mail forwarded to Downsville 


POSTMASTERS:

Sallie C. Sellers, 23 July 1880 - 25 May 1886 

Sarah A. Sellers, 26 May 1886 - 8 Feb 1904

Edmund D. Wallace 9 Feb 1904 - 15 Feb 1910 

Wesley J. Hodge, 16 Feb 1910 - 30 Mar 1914 

     [Office discontinued on 31 March 1914 with mail forwarded to Downsville.]

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COMMENTS:

Located in the Walnut Lane settlement east/southeast of Downsville, at the intersection 
of Louisiana Highway #15 from Farmerville to West Monroe and Union Parish Road #5573, 
in Section 27, Township 19 North, Range 1 East. Located about 1.5 miles north of the 
Ouachita/Union parish line. This is the southernmost post office of modern (post 1873) 
Union Parish Louisiana.



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