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John W. Eubanks had a post office between March 23 The U.S. Postal Service has no record of an operating
and October 5, 1858 called Cartersville. This office, Addleman post office authorized for B.P. Addleman
if it operated at all, may have been in the vicinity of on May 19, 1890.
the future Newell (or Floyd Station) for, according
to Pulaski’s 1860 Census, John was then living near
Joseph B. Hardwick’s order to operate Eldorado on
several related Floyd families.
April 30, 1895 was rescinded shortly thereafter, as
was James P. Littrell’s June 15, 1901 for Frisco, Miles
All that’s known of the short-lived (September 3, 1862 G. Adkins’ May 8, 1903 for Guyon, J.W. Flynn, Jr’s
to February 14, 1863) Hargisville post office (not to October 8, 1906 for Flynn, and General T. Morrow’s
be confused with Hargis, above), comes from the Site February 14, 1907 for Keith. Vincent L. Gossett’s July
Location Report of its only postmaster and probable 16, 1901 authorization for Gossett was rescinded on
name source George Hargis. Therein he locates it ten September 16 when he was ruled “ineligible” (with
miles north of the Cumberland River, l0 ½ miles west no reason given). Caville would probably have been
of the Sublimity post office (before the latter was somewhere in the Harrison Precinct where Daniel J.
moved to Rockcastle Springs), and eight miles south- Weddle (ne January 1857), its postmaster-designate,
east of Grundy. lived with his wife Roda E. His December 22, 1905
On July 15, 1899 Jesse P
authorization was rescinded on March 16, 1906. Af-
. Randall established the
Randall post office two miles east of Buck Creek,
ter Robert L. Haynes, authorized to operate the Har-
three miles east of the Bent post office, four miles
vest post office on May 19, 1906, declined, it never
west of Skip, and four miles north of Dykes. It thus
opened.
might have been a forerunner of Snell (at the latter’s Conclusion
first site). In 1905 David J. Snell (a future Snell post-
master) had it moved one fourth of a mile, and in 1906
Only eight of Pulaski County’s 154 post offices
H.W. Edwards moved it three fourths of a mile east to
(Bronston, Burnside, Eubank, Ferguson, Nancy, Sci-
a site five miles northeast of Dykes and five miles
ence Hill, Somerset, and Tateville) are still active. Five
north of Mt. Victory (about where Snell was in 1918.)
(Somerset, Ferguson, Burnside, Science Hill, and
Here it closed at the end of May 1907. But the above
Eubank) still serve incorporated communities. At least
is problematic.
twenty four were the foci of settlements with defin-
able boundaries and concentrated populations. The
Oriole, location and name derivation unknown, was
others, as elsewhere, served only one or two local
operated from September 4, 1908 through November
stores, one or more mills, perhaps a rail station, a
1911 by Christopher C. Randolph somewhere between
church, a school, and the rural families depending on
Vanhook, Plato, and Leroy.
them.
William J. Girdler operated the Boland post office
Sixty three offices were named for local and area per-
from March 2, 1911 through January 1913. His Site
sons or families while thirteen honored well known/
Location Report placed it 1 ½ miles northwest of the
non-local persons. Eight were named for distant
Cumberland River, three miles south of the Branch
places, while to nineteen were transferred the names
post office, and two miles northeast of Shafter. It may
of local or nearby features (eight streams or valleys,
have been named for the Rev. B.J. Boland, another
five localities, two precincts, two churches, one el-
St. Mildred’s pastor, or for Jess and/or Alexander
evation, and one gap.) Twelve bore geographic, de-
Boland, otherwise unidentified.
scriptive, or locative names. Local economic or other
Charley M. Latham’s
activities accounted for three names. Eight had mis-
Kenwid post office (between
April 28, 1931 and 1934) was named for the young
cellaneous name sources, and two had several pos-
son of Pulaski Court clerk Onie P
sible name derivations. The names of twenty six of-
. Hamilton. It was
somewhere in the area half a mile north of Buck Creek,
fices have not yet been derived and seventeen offices
and between Elrod, Vanhook, and Dahl.
have not been precisely located.
Nine post office authorizations were rescinded and
Forty five post offices bore names that were not the
thus these offices, at unknown sites, never operated.
first ones proposed for them while thirty two served
(Some may have been in what became McCreary
communities, neighborhoods, rail stations, mining
County.)
camps, etc. with other names, and eleven had name
changes in the course of their operations.
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