A Century of
California Post Offices
1848-1954
CALAVERAS COUNTY
Created
18 February 1850
|
Office |
Established |
Discontinued |
|
Altaville |
06
Sep 1904 |
30
Jun 1943 |
|
|
21
Mar 1944 |
|
|
Angels
(s') Camp Fr Carson's Creek |
27
May 1853 |
|
|
Arnold |
14
May 1934 |
|
|
Avery |
11
Nov 1885 |
1
Dec 1943 to Hathaway Pines |
|
|
01
Sep 1949 |
|
|
Big
Trees (Bigtrees) |
27
Dec 1865 |
30
Apr 1903 |
|
|
08
Sep 1903 |
30
Apr 1943 M Arnold |
|
Blue
Mountain |
19
Aug 1863 |
8
Aug 1864 |
|
Burson |
02
Dec 1884 |
|
|
Bybee |
16
Jan 1896 |
Rescinded
24 Mar 1896 |
|
Camanche Fr Clay's Bar |
26
Feb 1864 |
11
Nov 1886 |
|
|
18
May 1887 |
|
|
Camp
Connell |
31
Jan 1934 |
|
|
Campo
Seco |
03
Feb 1854 |
15
Mar 1930 |
|
|
06
May 1930 |
|
|
Carson
Hill Fr Irvine |
10
Jun 1909 |
15
Nov 1935 |
|
Carson's
Creek |
06
Nov 1851 |
27
May 1853 to Angels Camp |
|
Chili |
10
Oct 1857 |
14
Feb 1860 |
|
|
31
Aug 1861 |
16
Aug 1872 |
|
|
14
May 1873 |
24
Jan 1877 |
|
Chili
Junction |
31
Dec 1891 |
22
Oct 1892 M Mokelumne Hill |
|
Clay's
Bar |
23
Jan 1861 |
26
Feb 1864 to Camanche |
|
Clearview |
03
Jul 1902 |
31
Jan 1903 M Mokelumne Hill |
|
Copperopolis |
19
Dec 1861 |
|
|
Dexter |
08
Mar 1876 |
Into
San Joaquin Co. |
|
Dorrington |
25
Apr 1902 |
31
Aug 1919 |
|
|
27
Sep 1921 |
28
Feb 1934 M Camp Connell |
|
Double
Springs |
10
Jul 1851 |
31
Mar 1860 |
|
Douglas
Flat |
16
May 1879 |
14
Mar 1891 |
|
(Douglasflat) |
12
May 1891 |
|
|
Dry
Town |
21
Jan 1852 |
Into
Amador Co. |
|
Esmerelda |
18
Jun 1887 |
11
Mar 1943 M San Andreas |
|
Felix |
23
Mar 1896 |
31
Dec 1923 M Milton |
|
Fosteria |
06
Jul 1903 |
30
Nov 1918 M Valley Springs |
|
Fourth
Crossing |
02
Jun 1855 |
8
May 1888 |
|
|
15
Feb 1892 |
30
Nov 1925 M San Andreas |
|
Fremont
Valley |
28
Mar 1879 |
29
Oct 1879 |
|
Glencoe
Fr Musquito Gulch |
28
Oct 1878 |
15
Jan 1916 M Mokelumne Hill |
|
|
01
Sep 1947 |
|
|
Gwin Mine |
12
Dec 1870 |
13
Jul 1882 |
|
Gwin |
23
Sep 1895 |
15
Oct 1895 Rescinded |
|
Gwinmine |
15
Oct 1895 |
31
Aug 1910 M Fosteria |
|
Hathaway
Pines Fr Avery |
01
Dec 1943 |
|
|
Hermit
Valley |
26
Dec 1865 |
19
Mar 1867 |
|
Hodson |
15
Oct 1898 |
15
Aug 1906 M Copperopolis |
|
|
07
Jun 1915 |
31
Aug 1917 M Felix |
|
Irvine |
07
Feb 1896 |
10
Jun 1909 to Carson Hill |
|
Jackson |
10
Jul 1851 |
Into
Amador Co. |
|
Jenny
Lind |
18
Nov 1857 |
15
May 1944 |
|
|
16
Mar 1947 |
15
Aug 1951 M Valley Springs |
|
Jone Valley |
03
Sep 1852 |
16
Feb 1857 to Jone City |
|
Jone City |
16
Feb 1857 |
Into
Amador Co. as Ione City |
|
Mamoth Cave |
20
Oct 1883 |
15
Nov 1887 M Mountain Ranch |
|
Melones Fr Robinsons |
15
Feb 1902 |
15
Nov 1932 |
|
|
16
Dec 1933 |
30
Sep 1942 M Angels Camp |
|
Mill
Valley |
03
May 1856 |
3
Jan 1861 |
|
Milton |
14
Jul 1871 |
28
Aug 1942 M Farmington |
|
Mitchell
Mill |
03
Sep 1912 |
|
|
Mokelumne Hill |
10
Jul 1851 |
|
|
Mountain
Ranch |
30
Jul 1858 |
|
|
Murphy's |
06
Nov 1851 |
4
Jan 1894 |
|
Murphy |
04
Jan 1894 |
1
May 1935 |
|
Murphys |
01
May 1935 |
|
|
Musquito |
02
Jun 1858 |
29
Mar 1869 |
|
Musquito Gulch |
20
Jan 1873 |
28
Oct 1878 to Glencoe |
|
Nassau |
19
Jul 1892 |
31
Jan 1910 M Altaville |
|
North
Branch |
19
Mar 1852 |
1
Apr 1870 |
|
(Northbranch) |
31
Jan 1876 |
28
Feb 1911 |
|
|
04
Jun 1912 |
14
Nov 1925 M San Andreas |
|
O'Byrnes Ferry |
03
Jan 1855 |
18
Apr 1860 |
|
|
06
Apr 1887 |
23
Jun 1887 “no papers” |
|
Pattees Ranch |
28
Apr 1865 |
23
Feb 1870 |
|
Pleasant
Springs |
16
Mar 1855 |
17
Oct 1857 to Rich Gulch |
|
Poverty
Bar |
27
Mar 1858 |
9
Feb 1864 |
|
Rail
Road Flat |
17
Jan 1857 |
16
Aug 1858 |
|
|
17
Mar 1869 |
|
|
Reynolds
Ferry |
15
Dec 1856 |
6
Jul 1860 |
|
|
03
Nov 1860 |
11
Feb 1868 |
|
Rich
Gulch Fr Pleasant Springs |
17
Oct 1857 |
4
Feb 1867 |
|
|
23
Sep 1887 |
20
Nov 1903 M Mokelumne Hill |
|
Robinsons
Ferry |
07
May 1879 |
19
Jul 1895 to Robinsons |
|
Robinsons |
19
Jul 1895 |
15
Feb 1902 to Melones |
|
Salt
Spring Valley |
17
Apr 1878 |
24
May 1880 |
|
San
Andreas Fr Third Crossing |
14
Nov 1854 |
|
|
Sheep
Ranch (Sheepranch) |
12
Sep 1877 |
|
|
Six
Mile Bar |
23
Dec 1859 |
25
Apr 1860 |
|
Sutter
Creek |
21
Jan 1852 |
Into
Amador Co. |
|
Telegraph
City |
03
Feb 1862 |
18
Sep 1894 M Milton |
|
Third
Crossing |
16
Dec 1852 |
14
Nov 1854 to San Andreas |
|
Two
Mile Bar |
04
Nov 1856 |
25
Feb 1857 |
|
Valley
Springs |
03
Dec 1872 |
15
Dec 1879 |
|
|
30
Jun 1882 |
|
|
Vallicita |
17
Aug 1854 |
1
Oct 1940 |
|
Vallecito |
01
Oct 1940 |
|
|
Volcano |
07
Oct 1851 |
Into
Amador Co. |
|
Wallace |
24
Jan 1883 |
30
Jun 1945 M Camanche |
|
West
Point (Westpoint) |
31
Jul 1856 |
|
|
White
Pines |
02
Mar 1940 |
|
|
Wilseyville |
16
Sep 1947 |
|
COLUSA COUNTY
Originally Colusi. Created 18 February
1850.
|
Office |
Established |
Discontinued |
|
Afton |
28
Apr 1887 |
Into
Glenn Co. |
|
Arbuckle |
11
Sep 1876 |
|
|
Belvidere |
09
Jun 1879 |
25
Aug 1879 to Norman |
|
Berlin |
18
Aug 1876 |
30
1934 M Arbuckle |
|
Butte City |
28 May 1873 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Canaan |
13 Jun 1871 |
22 Apr 1872 |
|
Central |
10 Aug 1874 |
28 Jun 1876 to Williams |
|
Coast Range |
21 Apr 1868 |
12 Oct 1876 |
|
College City |
14 Apr 1873 |
|
|
Colusa(i) |
29 Nov 1851 |
|
|
Colusa Junction |
14 Jul 1886 |
30 Nov 1914 M Maxwell |
|
Cook Springs |
02 May 1879 |
4 Oct 1880 |
|
Cortina |
07 Feb 1898 |
30 Mar 1907 M Arbuckle |
|
Delevan |
11 Aug 1902 |
14 Jul 1917 M Maxwell |
|
|
12 Aug 1922 |
|
|
Elk Creek |
19 Jun 1872 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Epperson |
05 Apr 1878 |
15 Nov 1899 M Leesville |
|
Fouts
Springs |
08 May 1882 |
31 Mar 1913 M Stoneyford |
|
|
21 Aug 1945 |
31 May 1947M Stoneyford |
|
|
01 Sep 1950 |
|
|
Freshwater |
20 Jul 1874 |
16 Feb 1877 |
|
Fruto |
02 Jul 1888 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Germantown |
02 Aug 1877 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Gilmore |
26 Apr 1881 |
5 Dec 1892 M Sulphur
Creek |
|
Grand Island |
14 Jul 1854 |
31 May 1919 M Grimes |
|
Grimes |
16 Apr 1883 |
|
|
Hall's Ranch |
07 Oct 1851 |
29 Nov 1851 to Tehama |
|
Hopewell |
29 Jun 1864 |
11 Sep 1865 |
|
Jacinto |
19 Mar 1858 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Kanawha |
31 Jan 1871 |
9 Jun 1879 |
|
Leesville |
24 Jun 1874 |
10 Jun 1920 M Williams |
|
Little Stony |
02 Jan 1879 |
30 Jun 1891 to Stony Ford |
|
Lodoga |
01 Feb 1898 |
31 May 1913 |
|
|
12 Sep 1913 |
30 Jun 1917 |
|
|
12 Feb 1924 |
16 Nov 1951 M Stony Ford |
|
Maxwell |
19 Mar 1877 |
|
|
Monroeville |
03 Sep 1853 |
18 Sep 1862 |
|
Moon's Ranch |
21 Oct 1851 |
Into Tehama Co. |
|
Moulton |
28 Apr 1887 |
23 Jul 1888 M Afton |
|
Newville |
21 Apr 1868 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Norman Fr Belvidere |
25 Aug 1879 |
27 Nov 1889 |
|
|
20 Oct 1890 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Olimpo |
31 Dec 1872 |
22 Mar 1883 M Orland |
|
Oriental |
25 Apr 1888 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Orland |
05 May 1876 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
*Princeton |
02 Nov 1855 |
|
|
Prize |
06 Jul 1900 |
15 Apr 1919 M Arbuckle |
|
Saint(St.) John |
14 Dec 1864 |
Into Glenn Co. |
|
Sheet Iron |
24 Oct 1879 |
16 Aug 1880 |
|
Sites |
11 Feb 1887 |
|
|
Spring Valley |
29 Jan 1869 |
2 Jul 1875 |
|
†Stanton |
05 May 1879 |
Into Lake Co. |
|
Stony Ford (Stonyford)
Fr Little Stony |
30 Jun 1891 |
|
|
Sulphur Creek |
16
Nov 1874 |
15
Jan 1915 M Wilbur Springs |
|
Sycamore |
30
June 1871 |
|
|
Tehama
Fr Halls Ranch |
29
Nov 1851 |
Into
Tehama Co. |
|
Venado |
10
May1874 |
30
Jan 1877 |
|
|
21
Apr 1881 |
30
Apr 1914 M Williams |
|
Wilbur
Springs |
09
Jan 1909 |
30
Jun 1945 M Williams |
|
Williams
Fr Central |
28
Jun 1876 |
|
|
Willow |
26
Jul 1876 |
Into
Glenn Co. |
|
Zachary |
21
May 1900 |
31
Oct 1906 M Lodoga |
*Princeton
was briefly in Glenn Co. from 1891 to 1893.
†Stanton
was transferred to Lake Co. almost immediately. Unless the site was moved, it
appears unlikely that it was ever in Colusa, as Colusa-Lake boundary seems to
have been fixed in 1867.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis
Taylor.
Source: Frickstad,
Walter N., A Century of California
Post Offices 1848-1954, Pages 13-20. Philatelic Research Society, Oakland,
CA. 1955.
©
2012 Jeanne
Sturgis Taylor.
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