Vernon Parish Post Offices Submitted by Jane McManus ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ This is a text only version - you may link to an HTML version, including a map, from the Vernon Parish Web Site. VERNON PARISH - POST OFFICES Post Office Established Discontinued Mail to: First Postmaster Adaline 18 Apr 1891 30 Jun 1892 Anacoco (1) Wayne T. German (Population 1891 - 50 families) Alco 30 Sep 1922 17 Aug 1981 Leesville William F. Currie (AKA Dusenbury. Named for sawmill - Alexandria Lumber Company) Alliance 8 Aug 1892 28 Feb 1899 Rosepine James J. Cryer (Population 1892 - about 200) Almadane 3 Nov 1882 31 Jan 1933 Evans Daniel R. Knight (Population 1882 - 75 in village, 150 total) Anacoco (1) 28 Sep 1875 15 Jul 1899 Orange John I. Kirk (Population 1875 - 200 - public sawmill & grist mill with cotton gin) Anacoco (2) 1 Jan 1912 OP Leatha Foster (was Orange - Population 1980 - 90) Aubrey 23 May 1902 6 Jul 1908 Dido James D. Stalsby (was Dido) Auburn 8 Aug 1905 15 Jun 1915 Anacoco (2) George C. Fort (Population 1905 - about 100) Barham 9 Dec 1902 31 Jul 1908 Hornbeck James E. Reeve 8 Mar 1909 15 May 1915 Hornbeck 3 Apr 1916 15 Feb 1918 Hornbeck 3 Nov 1919 15 Sep 1931 Hornbeck (Population 1902 - 250 in village, 300 total. AKA Talbot) Benasco 3 Nov 1919 30 Apr 1925 Sieper Benjamin F. Williams (Also known as Hood) Black Land Cottage 22 Dec 1873 21 Jun 1880 Leesville Cavil Bray (Population 1873 - about 150, country store) Bolton 11 Jul 1900 15 Dec 1919 Slagle James H. Robertson (Population 1900 - 100, no village) Boundary Road RS ca 1954 31 Mar 1959 Leesville Jul 1912 30 Nov 1918 Caney 30 Jun 1922 14 Oct 1922 Caney 27 Mar 1929 31 Jul 1933 Caney Burr's Ferry 22 Jan 1847 26 Jun 1867 Gilman B. Burr (In Sabine Parish until creation of Vernon Parish. Population 1872 100 families) Burr Ferry 5 Mar 1892 15 May 1909 Sea James Cavanaugh Camp Polk Bx 1 Jun 1941 -- Aug 1950 C to Ft. Polk Caney 22 Jun 1880 14 Nov 1936 Leesville Thomas Richardson (Population 1901 - 25 families, no village) Carmel 13 Sep 1881 2 Feb 1882 Leesville Aplin E. Chitty Comrad 19 Mar 1892 31 May 1898 Slabtown Napoleon B. Johnson (Population 1892 - 20 families, no village) Cooper 2 Mar 1898 30 Dec 1911 Pickering Charles B. Lockwood 7 Jun 1913 31 Jul 1915 Pickering (Population 1898 - 250 families) Cora 17 Dec 1887 31 Dec 1957 Pitkin Michael Smith (Population 1888 - 200, no village. AKA Smith's Mill) Cottonwood 5 Jun 1891 31 May 1908 Rosepine Isaac W. Midkif 2 Sep 1908 15 Oct 1909 Rosepine 4 Feb 1911 30 Jun 1915 Pinewood (Population 1891 - 50, no village; 1910 - about 300) Cravens 15 Nov 1906 30 Jun 1928 Pitkin Frank G. Price (Population 1906 - 200 families) Cryer 26 Sep 1916 15 Feb 1917 Pinewood Ed Cleveland Cryer (Named for first postmaster. AKA China) Daily 15 May 1914 15 Jun 1915 Leesville Robert A. Daily (Named for first postmaster) Davis Mills 10 Apr 1888 9 May 1898 (Calcasieu John C. Davis (Named for first postmaster. Population 1888 - 400) Parish) Dido 4 Jul 1886 22 May 1902 Aubrey John J. Weldon 7 Jul 1908 30 Jun 1916 Pitkin 28 May 1917 15 Mar 1923 Pitkin (AKA Aubrey) Drake 25 Nov 1902 14 Jan 1904 Rosepine Martin V. Johnson (Population 1902 - about 100) Dusenbury 2 Dec 1920 29 Sep 1922 Alco Wm. Lawrence Currie Eddy 1 Jul 1901 31 Dec 1909 Schley Bettie A. Faircloth Elmwood 26 Mar 1880 31 May 1898 Wingate Nathaniel S. Williams 29 May 1899 15 Apr 1921 Pickering (Population 1879 - 300; sawmill, gin house, grist & rise mill) Essa 1 Jun 1915 4 Mar 1930 Anacoco (2) Isaac N. Addison Evans 14 Apr 1909 OP Robert D. Evans (Population 1909 - 127; named for the first postmaster) Everett 31 May 1900 30 Apr 1907 Barham Nancy S. Everett (Population 1900 - 75 in village, 100 total; sawmill. Named for first postmaster) Fal 30 Jul 1917 31 Aug 1929 Knight Robert S. McClammoch Farwell 24 Jul 1916 15 Jan 1927 Fal John W. McDougald Fort Polk Bx Aug 1950 30 Sep 1959 Leesville Fullerton 9 Aug 1907 OP Theodore C. Holton (Population 1907 - ca 3500. Named for Fullerton Lumber Company, AKA Rustdale) Hamons 16 Aug 1911 15 Sep 1916 Fullerton Clemie R. Hamons (Population 1911 - 150; named for first postmaster. AKA Six Mile) Hardshell 10 Mar 1884 31 Oct 1918 Leesville Christopher C. Hunt (Population 1884 - 200) Hart 7 Aug 1902 15 Oct 1914 Hawthorn Wilber L. Hart (Population 1901 - 150 in village; sawmill village. Named for first postmaster) Hawthorn 17 Jul 1899 15 Sep 1931 Leesville James M. Killen (Population 1899 - 100 in village) Herbert 4 Feb 1897 15 Aug 1898 Smithville John Lannis (Population 1896 - 200, no village. AKA Savannah) Hicks 18 May 1887 OP James J. Hicks (Named for first postmaster who was first settler) Hornbeck 9 Aug 1897 OP Walter E. Cary (Population 1897 - 150 in village, 250 total; Named for F. A. Hornbeck, town developer) Huddleston 22 Jan 1847 22 Jun 1866 Isaac Huddleston (In Rapides Parish; discontinued prior to Vernon creation) Hutton 1 Jul 1920 31 Mar 1959 Alco George Franklin Ross Knight 24 Sep 1924 9 Apr 1965 DeRidder George W. Hawthorn Kurthwood 14 Jan 1920 1 May 1930 Leesville Joseph H. Kurth Jr. 19 Dec 1936 OP LaCamp 27 Sep 1923 31 May 1929 Leander Effie Long 3 Apr 1935 OP (Formerly in Rapides parish) Lake 10 May 1899 15 May 1905 Mora Edmond D. Robertson (Population 1899 - about 250) Leander 12 May 1903 26 Feb 1925 Cora James B. McCullough 30 Dec 1926 OP (Population 1903 - 175; AKA Starks) Leesville 22 Aug 1873 OP Isaac O. Winfree (Population 1873 - 95 in village, 500 total. Named for Robert E. Lee) Mayo 3 Jul 1899 1 Dec 1916 Walnut Hill Elijah L. Mayo 29 Sep 1917 30 Nov 1936 Slagle (Population 1899 - ca 75; named for first postmaster. AKA O.K.) Neame 14 Mar 1898 15 Mar 1932 Pickering Thomas H. Walton (Population 1898 - about 500. AKA Keith) New Llano 7 May 1919 31 Dec 1919 Leesville Walter H. Fread 24 Jun 1924 OP (Population 1950 - 277) Nona 31 Jul 1909 15 Dec 1921 Kurthwood James A. Grant Sr. (Population 1909 - ca 75) North Park RS ca 1954 ca 1960 Leesville Orange 7 Sep 1898 31 Dec 1911 Anacoco (2) John P. Cain (Population 1898 - 200 in village, 300 total. AKA Neon or Orangeville Station) Parkville 29 Sep 1908 15 Nov 1909 Fullerton Samuel S. Bedgood (Population 1908 - 300 in village) Pickering 19 Oct 1899 15 Aug 1927 Leesville Edward C. Pickering 13 Jan 1928 31 May 1934 Leesville (Population 1899 - 1200 in village; named for first postmaster) Pinewood 11 Sep 1912 31 Jan 1922 Neame Benjamin E. Poe Pitkin 20 Apr 1908 OP Ely Bedgood (was Sigler. AKA Lydia) Rena ca 1908-1909 1 Apr 1916 Cravens William E. Cole (Formerly in Calcasieu & Beauregard Parishes) Rosebud 5 Jun 1891 15 Apr 1899 Tilly Thomas S. Knight (Population 1891 - 75, no village) Rosepine 6 Apr 1898 OP Thomas J. Williams (Population 1898 - 75 in village, 250 total) Rudd Ferry 20 Feb 1903 14 Dec 1903 Burr Ferry Alvin L. Scoggins (Population 1902 - 40, no village) Sandy 11 Jul 1904 15 Mar 1905 Slabtown Henry M. Calhoun (Population 1904 - ca 75-100) Sandy Creek 30 Nov 1886 30 Nov 1895 Sandycrreek Young C. Palmer Sandycreek 1 Dec 1895 31 Dec 1897 Anacoco (1) (Population 1886 - 40 families, no village; AKA Palmer Mill) Sandy Hill RB 1 Jan 1965 31 Jul 1966 Leesville Schley 14 Jun 1899 15 Jul 1915 Anacoco (2) Archey Farris (Population 1899 - ca 40-50) Sea 3 Jul 1899 30 Oct 1909 Evans William Taylor Smith (Population 1906 - 45; AKA Star Foray) Sigler 29 Jan 1901 19 Apr 1908 Pitkin Eva E. Duhon (Population 1900 - ca 100; AKA Cherryville) Simpson 29 Sep 1891 OP William A. Jackson (Population 1891 - ca 200) Six Mile 14 Jul 1903 15 Feb 1908 Leesville Nancy E. Hamon (Population 1903 - 100, no village) Slab Town 5 Nov 1887 30 Nov 1895 Slabtown James S. Roberts Slabtown 1 Dec 1895 15 Jun 1909 Cravens (Population 1887 - 500, no village) Slagle 20 Oct 1919 OP Charles W. Hidgen Smithville 11 Apr 1891 15 Feb 1899 Cora Jeremiah Smith (Population 1891 - ca 150; named for first postmaster) South Park RS ca 1954 31 Mar 1959 Leesville Stables 27 Jul 1905 15 Oct 1917 Leesville Matthew F. Myers (Population 1905 - 400 in village, 500 total) Stille 3 Mar 1905 31 May 1940 Leesville George W. Boswell (Population 1904 - 145, no village) Temple 23 May 1914 OP Edgar Temple Tillman 14 Apr 1910 31 May 1924 Elizabeth John M. Terrell (Population 1910 - ca 250-260) Toledo 26 Jan 1880 10 Mar 1901 Schley William R. Shehane (Population 1879 - 225; AKA Bluff Springs) Velma 16 Mar 1910 31 May 1911 Schley Hattie M. McElveen Walnut Hill 10 Nov 1873 13 Oct 1879 Leesville Jesse E. Collins 5 Dec 1879 30 Aug 1902 Leesville 17 Aapr 1903 15 Nov 1925 Slagle (Population 1892 ca 600, 2 country stores) Westport RB 16 Apr 1965 31 Oct 1973 Pitkin Whiskachitto 12 Jun 1908 31 Jan 1909 Leesville William W. Davis (Population 1908 - ca 75) Wingate 1 Jul 1896 28 Feb 1900 Cooper William F Craft 11 Jun 1900 14 Feb 1903 Leesville (Population 1896 - 40 in village, ca 60-70 total. AKA Glays Spur)