Woodson County
Post Offices

During the fifty years time from when the first postoffice was established in a log cabin 
on the north side of the Neosho River in 1857 and called Neosho Falls, until the Rural Free 
Delivery was established in 1907, there have been 34 different postoffices established in 
Woodson County.  There are now only four of of these postoffices left in the county: namely, 
Neosho Falls, Piqua, Yates Center, and Toronto.

A list of these postoffices , dates established, year closed, and the first postmaster of each 
are listed.

NAME DATES EST. DATE CLOSED FIRST POSTMASTER Bath July 9, 1861 1867 Peter Yohan Belmont Sept. 21, 1857 1878 John W. Lowe Bramlette Dec. 1, 1871 1874 Alan B. Ross Burt July 31, 1884 1907 Daniel H. Burt Byron Feb. 24, 1870 1896 Samuel Naylor Center Ridge Feb. 24, 1871 1894 George Grebe Chellis July 15, 1869 1871 John D. Lopp Cherry Creek Feb. 24, 1870 1878 Robert R. Brady Claude June 2, 1884 1891 Stephen Cannon Coloma Apr. 13, 1865 1902 George Blanchard Conger Aug. 24, 1900 1904 Nelson C. Davis Cookville May 20, 1879 1904 John W. Cook Defiance May 1, 1874 1886 Issac C. Jones Everett June 2, 1873 1885 Rueben F. Repass Finney Aug. 4, 1880 1902 Christopher Hutchins Griffin Nov. 14, 1890 1901 Calvin W. Griffin Hamburgh Sept. 16, 1879 1883 William R. Hamm Hazeletteville July 15, 1869 1871 George Hazelette Juse July 31, 1884 1896 Jesse Pickering Kalida Mar. 20, 1871 1876 John W. Allenbaugh Keck Jan. 20, 1896 1907 George A. Farnum Liberty Mar. 25, 1867 1869 Omar F. Whitney Lomando Feb. 28, 1895 1895 Lomando P. Pierce Millers Grove June 29, 1869 1873 Abraham B. Miller Mount Airy June 19, 1860 1864 Thomas Sears Myra Mar. 3, 1884 1895 William B. Bradley Neosho Falls May 21, 1857 Open Nathaniel S. Goss Piqua Mar. 13, 1882 Open Murray Street Ridge Dec. 20, 1894 1904 Chathan C. Hazen Rose June 16, 1870 1960 George Trimble Toronto June 2, 1870 Open Seth R. Kellogg Vernon Jan 31, 1887 1953 Alexander Hamilton Wortley Jan. 16, 1891 1894 John C. Smith Yates Center June 12, 1876 Open Thomas W. Wilson Many thanks to Cousin Don Henkle for this contribution! Return to Main Page

NAME	DATES EST.	DATE CLOSED	FIRST POSTMASTER
Bath	July 9, 1861	1867	Peter Yohan
Belmont	Sept. 21, 1857	1878	John W. Lowe
Bramlette	Dec. 1, 1871	1874	Alan B. Ross
Burt	July 31, 1884	1907	Daniel H. Burt
Byron	Feb. 24, 1870	1896	Samuel Naylor
Center Ridge	Feb. 24, 1871	1894	George Grebe
Chellis	July 15, 1869	1871	John D. Lopp
Cherry Creek	Feb. 24, 1870	1878	Robert R. Brady
Claude	June 2, 1884	1891	Stephen Cannon
Coloma	Apr. 13, 1865	1902	George Blanchard
Conger	Aug. 24, 1900	1904	Nelson C. Davis
Cookville	May 20, 1879	1904	John W. Cook
Defiance	May 1, 1874	1886	Issac C. Jones
Everett	June 2, 1873	1885	Rueben F. Repass
Finney	Aug. 4, 1880	1902	Christopher Hutchins
Griffin	Nov. 14, 1890	1901	Calvin W. Griffin
Hamburgh	Sept. 16, 1879	1883	William R. Hamm
Hazeletteville	July 15, 1869	1871	George Hazelette
Juse	July 31, 1884	1896	Jesse Pickering
Kalida	Mar. 20, 1871	1876	John W. Allenbaugh
Keck	Jan. 20, 1896	1907	George A. Farnum
Liberty	Mar. 25, 1867	1869	Omar F. Whitney
Lomando	Feb. 28, 1895	1895	Lomando P. Pierce
Millers Grove	June 29, 1869	1873	Abraham B. Miller
Mount Airy	June 19, 1860	1864	Thomas Sears
Myra	Mar. 3, 1884	1895	William B. Bradley
Neosho Falls	May 21, 1857	Open	Nathaniel S. Goss
Piqua	Mar. 13, 1882	Open	Murray Street
Ridge	Dec. 20, 1894	1904	Chathan C. Hazen
Rose	June 16, 1870	1960	George Trimble
Toronto	June 2, 1870	Open	Seth R. Kellogg
Vernon	Jan 31, 1887	1953	Alexander Hamilton
Wortley	Jan. 16, 1891	1894	John C. Smith
Yates Center	June 12, 1876	Open	Thomas W. Wilson

Woodson CountyPost Offices

Many thanks to Cousin Don Henkle for this contribution! Return to Main Page

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Woodson County
Post Offices

`Many thanks to Cousin Don Henkle for this contribution! Return to Main Page`