The Post Offices of Allegan County, Michigan

Post Offices of allegan County

Post Offices of allegan County

Name/Title

The Post Offices of Allegan County, Michigan

Entry/Object ID

2019.35.81

Description

This book tells the story of the post offices that served 80 different communities in allegan County. The first two post offices were established in 1833, and have been serving their communities for about 185 years. In the early 1900's there were more than 65 post offices in operation at the same time, but many of them closed when the rural delivery of mail began. This book also documents the name changes and spelling variations that took place for a number of the communities. This book lists the post offices names, dates of operation, locations, and the postmasters who were in charge. Today there are 16 regular post offices that serve the residents of Allegan County. 101 pp, ill, index, biblio, photographs

Collection

Books

Cataloged By

Slusar, Vern

Acquisition

Accession

2019.35

Lexicon

Search Terms

Postal Services, Buildings, postal service, postmasters, Allegan County, Postal service -- Michigan -- Allegan County -- History., Post office buildings -- Michigan -- Allegan County., Post office stations and branches -- Michigan -- Allegan County

Book Details

Author

Koster, Lawrence

Place Published

Location

Hudsonville, Michigan

Date Published

2018

Call No.

977.414 KOS

ISBN

none

Location

Shelf

Library

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Koster, Lawrence

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Vern Slusar Status Date: 2020-07-01

Create Date

July 1, 2020

Update Date

March 20, 2022