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Adirondack Daily Enterprise, June 12, 2004

Merrillsville Post Office

Franklin Falls may have been the earliest settlement in the town of Franklin, founded in about 1827, but [[1]] was settled a couple of years later and boasted the earliest United States Post Office in Franklin Township, which was established on July 29, 1837.

In 1831, a 24 year-old man by the name of John Robertson Merrill came over from Vermont with a group of friends and built the [Inn], which still stands today in pretty much its original condition. The inn was the site of that early post office, and of course, Merrill was named postmaster. . . .

This list of Post Offices, transcribed by Teresa R. Eshelman from information from the National Archives, is given in Volume IV (1991) of the [of Franklin] journal, "[Told Me So]." {| |- |

[R. Merrill]||

Postmaster||

July 29, 1837| |- |

Discontinued||

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December 29, 1843| |- |

Reestablished||

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March 26, 1844| |- |

[D. Merrill]||

Postmaster||

January 4, 1855| |- |

[A. Smith]||

Postmaster||

June 18, 1858| |- |

Name changed to [Home]||

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June 18, 1858| |- |

Name changed back to Merrillsville||

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between 1858 and 1861| |- |

[Merrill]||

Postmaster,||

July 5, 1861| |- |

[B. Lyman]||

Postmaster||

December 20, 1864| |- |

[W. Merrill]||

Postmaster||

May 24, 1867| |- |

[J. Ayres]||

Postmaster||

December 16, 1868| |- |

[W. Littlejohn]||

Postmaster||

June 17, 1869| |- |

[W. Chase]||

Postmaster||

April 4, 1881| |- |

Name changed to [Lake]||

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February 16, 1882|

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-<span style="">This list of Post Offices, transcribed by Teresa R. Eshelman from information from the National Archives, is given in Volume IV (1991) of the [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Town_of_Franklin|Town of Franklin]]<span style=""> journal, "''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/They_Told_Me_So|They Told Me So]]''<span style="">."
+<span style="">This list of Post Offices, transcribed by Teresa R. Eshelman from information from the National Archives, is given in Volume IV (1991) of the [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Town_of_Franklin|Town of Franklin]]<span style=""> journal, "''[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/They_Told_Me_So|They Told Me So]]''<span style="">." {|
-{| class="wikitable"
+|-
-  class="wikitable"
+|
-|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/John%20R.%20Merrill|John R. Merrill]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/John%20R.%20Merrill|John R. Merrill]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+July 29, 1837|
+|-
+|
-July 29, 1837|\n|-\n
+Discontinued||
-Discontinued|
+ ||
- |
+December 29, 1843|
+|-
+|
-December 29, 1843|\n|-\n
+Reestablished||
-Reestablished|
+ ||
- |
+March 26, 1844|
+|-
+|
-March 26, 1844|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Jeremiah%20D.%20Merrill|Jeremiah D. Merrill]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Jeremiah%20D.%20Merrill|Jeremiah D. Merrill]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+January 4, 1855|
+|-
+|
-January 4, 1855|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Apollos%20A.%20Smith|Apollos A. Smith]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Apollos%20A.%20Smith|Apollos A. Smith]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+June 18, 1858|
+|-
+|
-June 18, 1858|\n|-\n
+Name changed to [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Hunters%20Home|Hunters Home]]||
-Name changed to [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Hunters%20Home|Hunters Home]]|
+ ||
- |
+June 18, 1858|
+|-
+|
-June 18, 1858|\n|-\n
+Name changed back to Merrillsville||
-Name changed back to Merrillsville|
+ ||
- |
+between 1858 and 1861|
+|-
+|
-between 1858 and 1861|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/John%20Merrill|John Merrill]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/John%20Merrill|John Merrill]]|
+Postmaster,||
-Postmaster,|
+July 5, 1861|
+|-
+|
-July 5, 1861|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Charles%20B.%20Lyman|Charles B. Lyman]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Charles%20B.%20Lyman|Charles B. Lyman]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+December 20, 1864|
+|-
+|
-December 20, 1864|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Wm.%20W.%20Merrill|Wm. W. Merrill]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Wm.%20W.%20Merrill|Wm. W. Merrill]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+May 24, 1867|
+|-
+|
-May 24, 1867|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/William%20J.%20Ayres|William J. Ayres]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/William%20J.%20Ayres|William J. Ayres]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+December 16, 1868|
+|-
+|
-December 16, 1868|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/James%20W.%20Littlejohn|James W. Littlejohn]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/James%20W.%20Littlejohn|James W. Littlejohn]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+June 17, 1869|
+|-
+|
-June 17, 1869|\n|-\n
+[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Ferd%20W.%20Chase|Ferd W. Chase]]||
-[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Ferd%20W.%20Chase|Ferd W. Chase]]|
+Postmaster||
-Postmaster|
+April 4, 1881|
+|-
+|
-April 4, 1881|\n|-\n
+Name changed to [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Loon%20Lake|Loon Lake]]||
-Name changed to [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/Loon%20Lake|Loon Lake]]|
+ ||
- |
+February 16, 1882|
-February 16, 1882|\n</tbody>
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