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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="">." {| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
July 29, 1837| | July 29, 1837| | ||
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Discontinued|| | Discontinued|| | ||
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December 29, 1843| | December 29, 1843| | ||
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Reestablished|| | Reestablished|| | ||
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March 26, 1844| | March 26, 1844| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
January 4, 1855| | January 4, 1855| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
June 18, 1858| | June 18, 1858| | ||
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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]]|| | ||
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June 18, 1858| | June 18, 1858| | ||
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Name changed back to Merrillsville|| | Name changed back to Merrillsville|| | ||
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between 1858 and 1861| | between 1858 and 1861| | ||
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[[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/John%20Merrill|John Merrill]]|| | [[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Merrillsville_Post_Office/John%20Merrill|John Merrill]]|| | ||
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Postmaster,|| | Postmaster,|| | ||
July 5, 1861| | July 5, 1861| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
December 20, 1864| | December 20, 1864| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
May 24, 1867| | May 24, 1867| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
December 16, 1868| | December 16, 1868| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
June 17, 1869| | June 17, 1869| | ||
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[[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]]|| | ||
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Postmaster|| | Postmaster|| | ||
April 4, 1881| | April 4, 1881| | ||
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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]]|| | ||
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February 16, 1882| | February 16, 1882| | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:50, 16 September 2025
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, June 12, 2004
Merrillsville Post Office
By [Riley]
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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