Elk County Postal Operations

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Elk County Postal Happenings

First post office to open in what is now Elk County: Elk River (1868)
First post office to close in what is now Elk County: Elk River (1869)

Last post office to open in what is now Elk County before the division of Howard County: Border (1875)
Last post office to close in what is now Elk County before the division of Howard County: La Paz (1874)

First post office to open in Elk County after division of Howard County: Oak Valley (1875)
First post office to close in Elk County after division of Howard County: Border (1877)

Last post office to open in Elk County in the 19th century: Blanche (1897)
Last post office to close in Elk County in the 19th century: Fiat (1898)

Post offices that opened in Elk County in the 20th century: Glenwild (1902)
Post offices in Elk County that closed in the 20th century:
Blanche (1901)
Cave Springs (1903)
Chaplin (1903)
Glenwild (1904)
Western Park (1905)
Busby (1906)
Upola (1909)
Oak Valley (1954) Last post office to close in Elk County


Total number of post offices opened in what is now Elk County: 33
Total closed: 28

Surviving:
Howard, 1870-
Elk Falls, 1870-
Longton, 1870-
Moline, 1879-
Grenola, 1879-


Of the 33 post offices, 17 are mentioned above.

The 16 not mentioned:
Amy (became Busby)
Bloomfield
Canola (became Grenola)
Cresco
Greenfield (became Grenola)
Indian Creek
Keyser
Lima
Montrose
Oak Ridge
Painterhood
Paw Paw
Pearl
Rancho
Union Centre
Viola