Muhlenberg County Kentucky


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Local History: P

Muhlenberg once had 59 post offices.

The following list of post offices came from a set of government documents owned by Gayle Carver of Greenville. The documents do not give the first nor last dates for post offices, but rather are requests for change of location, and proposals for new post offices. Not every station on the list went into operation nor are the locations given meant to be exact.

We reprint these requests to demonstrate how many old offices have been replaced. Over the years the Post Office Department has received roughly 59 requests for the establishment of stations to receive the mails. At the present writing, only 17 remain in existence.

The dates show the day when the request was received at the Washington Bureau of the Post Office Department.

Notes: Article from the scrapbooks of Agnes S. Harralson. Based on original research by Henry Mason and compiled by Gayle Carver. Bullet points added and some slight editing for clarity.

Source: Smith, Mason “Muhlenberg once had 59 post offices.” Times-Argus [Central City, KY], 23 Dec 1974.

Updated May 16, 2017