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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="">." {|  class="wikitable"
<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"


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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|/n|-/n|
July 29, 1837|\n|-\n|


Discontinued||
Discontinued||
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December 29, 1843|/n|-/n|
December 29, 1843|\n|-\n|


Reestablished||
Reestablished||
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March 26, 1844|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


January 4, 1855|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


June 18, 1858|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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June 18, 1858|/n|-/n|
June 18, 1858|\n|-\n|


Name changed back to Merrillsville||
Name changed back to Merrillsville||
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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]]||
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Postmaster,||
Postmaster,||


July 5, 1861|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


December 20, 1864|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


May 24, 1867|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


December 16, 1868|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


June 17, 1869|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Postmaster||
Postmaster||


April 4, 1881|/n|-/n|
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]]||
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Revision as of 20:15, 22 December 2024


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]." {| class="wikitable"

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[R. Merrill]||

Postmaster||

July 29, 1837|\n|-\n|

Discontinued||

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December 29, 1843|\n|-\n|

Reestablished||

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March 26, 1844|\n|-\n|

[D. Merrill]||

Postmaster||

January 4, 1855|\n|-\n|

[A. Smith]||

Postmaster||

June 18, 1858|\n|-\n|

Name changed to [Home]||

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June 18, 1858|\n|-\n|

Name changed back to Merrillsville||

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between 1858 and 1861|\n|-\n|

[Merrill]||

Postmaster,||

July 5, 1861|\n|-\n|

[B. Lyman]||

Postmaster||

December 20, 1864|\n|-\n|

[W. Merrill]||

Postmaster||

May 24, 1867|\n|-\n|

[J. Ayres]||

Postmaster||

December 16, 1868|\n|-\n|

[W. Littlejohn]||

Postmaster||

June 17, 1869|\n|-\n|

[W. Chase]||

Postmaster||

April 4, 1881|\n|-\n|

Name changed to [Lake]||

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February 16, 1882|\n</tbody> |}