A Century of
California Post Offices
1848-1954
FRESNO COUNTY
Created 19 April
1856 from Merced and Mariposa Area
|
Office |
Established |
Discontinued |
|
Academy |
08
May 1876 |
6
Jul 1877 |
|
|
22
Apr 1892 |
30
Jun 1903 |
|
|
15
Jul 1905 |
29
Nov 1951 M Clovis |
|
Ahwahnee |
1
Feb 1893 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Alcalde |
29
Oct 1888 |
15
Jan 1904 M Coalinga |
|
Auberry |
12
Jun 1884 |
|
|
Ballsville |
01
Aug 1881 |
10
Oct 1883 M Coarse Gold Gulch |
|
Basin |
08
Oct 1913 |
17
Mar 1916 to Huntington Lake |
|
Bates |
23
Nov 1883 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Berendo |
12
Feb 1873 |
25
May 1881 |
|
|
11
Nov 1881 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Bethel |
04
Jan 1881 |
23
Jan 1885 M Fresno Flats |
|
Big
Creek |
17
Jun 1912 |
|
|
Big
Dry Creek |
25
Mar 1870 |
10
Aug 1893 M Academy |
|
Biola |
02
Feb 1915 |
31
Jul 1918 |
|
|
20
Oct 1920 |
|
|
Borden |
17
Mar 1873 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Bowles |
21
Mar 1904 |
30
Jun 1943 M Fresno |
|
Bridge |
07
Mar 1902 |
14
Sep 1907 M Fresno |
|
Buchanan |
19
Sep 1873 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Burrel |
04
Jun 1912 |
|
|
Burrough |
02
Oct 1889 |
15
Jul 1917 M Tollhouse |
|
Cadogan |
06
Jan 1894 |
22
Apr 1895 M Mendota |
|
Calwa City |
26
Aug 1913 |
31
Dec 1849 Br Fresno |
|
Camden |
02
Jan 1903 |
15
Dec 1904 M Laton |
|
Camp
Sierra Fr Sierra Chautaqua |
18
Dec 1924 |
31
Oct 1935 M Shaver Lake |
|
Canejo See Canejo |
|
|
|
Cantua |
07
Mar 1888 |
15
Jun 1888 |
|
|
19
Mar 1890 |
25
Jan 1892 M Huron |
|
Cantua Creek |
04
Oct 1941 |
|
|
Carlile |
10
Apr 1894 |
31
May 1905 M Caruthers |
|
Carmelita |
05
Jan 1899 |
15
Jul 1900 M Sanger |
|
Caruthers |
06
Oct 1891 |
|
|
Cascadel |
25
Aug 1892 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Cedar
Crest |
26
Feb 1923 |
|
|
Clifton |
28
Jan 1885 |
31
Oct 1898 to Del Ray |
|
Clovis |
01
Feb 1895 |
|
|
Coalinga |
22
Jul 1889 |
|
|
Coarse
Gold Gulch |
06
Aug 1878 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Collis |
01
Nov 1894 |
3
Jan 1899 M Rolinda |
|
|
17
Sep 1904 |
19
Mar 1906 to Kerman |
|
Conejo Fr Wildflower |
21
Jun 1898 |
30
Sep 1920 M Selma |
|
Delhi |
03
Feb 1892 |
Rescinded
21 Mar 1892 |
|
Delpiedra |
02
Sep 1920 |
30
Jan 1943 M Sanger |
|
Del
Rey Fr Clifton |
31
Oct 1898 |
|
|
Deseret |
07
Oct 1887 |
25
Apr 1890 M Fresno |
|
Dinkey Creek |
14
Jul 1925 |
|
|
Dunlap |
13
Nov 1882 |
17
Jul 1885 M Squaw Valley |
|
|
11
Nov 1885 |
|
|
Easton |
02
Feb 1881 |
3
Aug 1883 |
|
|
22
Oct 1883 |
26
May 1902 M Oleander |
|
Elbow |
02
Oct 1866 |
29
Apr 1868 |
|
Figarden |
11
May 1925 |
15
Dec 1944 M Fresno |
|
Fine
Gold |
04
Apr 1881 |
20
Jan 1882 |
|
Firebaugh |
19
May 1865 |
|
|
Firebaugh's
Ferry |
13
Mar 1860 |
21
Aug 1862 |
|
Five
Points |
28
Jul 1944 |
|
|
Flume |
09
Jun 1888 |
25
Mar 1893 |
|
Fort
Miller Fr Millerton |
23
Dec 1874 |
5
Apr 1876 |
|
Fowler |
24
Apr 1882 |
|
|
Fresno
City |
04
Jan 1860 |
8
Jun 1863 |
|
Fresno |
01
Mar 1872 |
26
Aug 1872 |
|
Fresno
City |
28
Aug 1872 |
31
Jan 1889 to Fresno |
|
Fresno |
31
Jan 1889 |
|
|
Fresno
Flats |
18
Aug 1873 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Friant Fr Pollasky |
17
Sep 1909 |
|
|
Fruitvale |
14
May 1883 |
1
Jun 1888 M Fresno City |
|
|
15
Aug 1888 |
25
Mar 1892 |
|
Garfield |
08
Jun 1891 |
9
Sep 1897 M Clovis |
|
Gertrude |
28
Sep 1881 |
25
Mar 1893 M Ahwahnee |
|
Grabners |
19
Jan 1914 |
15
Jul 1933 M Clovis |
|
|
09
Jan 1939 |
30
Jun 1951 M Prather |
|
Grahamton |
16
Apr 1913 |
18
Apr 1913 to San Joaquin |
|
Grubgulch |
02
Apr 1883 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Hamptonville |
15
Jul 1881 |
16
Dec 1891 to Pollasky |
|
Hardwick |
06
Dec 1895 |
30
Jun 1904 M Armona |
|
Hayes |
25
Mar 1893 |
31
Dec 1902 M Mendota |
|
Helm |
17
Oct 1913 |
|
|
Herndon |
14
Jan 1887 |
14
Nov 1893 M Fresno |
|
|
21
Nov 1907 |
|
|
Hildreth |
16
Apr 1886 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Hoxie |
13
Apr 1899 |
Rescinded
15 Sep 1899 |
|
Hume |
15
Dec 1908 |
30
Apr 1924 M Dunlap |
|
|
1
Jun 1938 |
|
|
Huntington
Lake Fr Basin |
17
Mar 1916 |
|
|
*Huron |
18
Jun 1877 |
8
Jan 1883 M Lemoore |
|
|
28
Apr 1886 |
|
|
Jamison |
27
May 1893 |
8
Jul 1911 to Jamesen |
|
Jamesen |
08
Jul 1911 |
30
Jun 1912 M Kerman |
|
Kanawyer |
18
Nov 1908 |
15
Mar 1914 M Hume |
|
Kearney
Park |
10
Jul 1901 |
15
Nov 1935 M Fresno |
|
Kelso |
11
May 1891 |
7
Jan 1893 M Fresno |
|
Kenyon |
21
Aug 1890 |
19
Apr 1892 to Pine Ridge |
|
Kerman
Fr Collis |
19
Mar 1906 |
|
|
*Kingsburg
(h) Fr Wheatville |
16
Nov 1875 |
|
|
Kings
River Fr Smiths |
04
Dec 1866 |
20
Feb 1895 |
|
Kingriver Ferry |
20
Feb 1895 |
30
Apr 1905 M Sanger |
|
Kingston |
17
Nov 1859 |
12
Mar 1862 |
|
|
10
Apr 1866 |
30
Jun 1890 to Sans Tache |
|
Lakeshore |
13
Jun 1924 |
|
|
Lanare |
11
Oct 1912 |
15
Oct 1925 M Riverdale |
|
Las
Palmas Fr Womack |
21
Mar 1910 |
15
Nov 1913 M Fresno |
|
Last |
21
Aug 1890 |
25
Apr 1895 M Huron |
|
Laton Fr Lillis |
05
Mar 1900 |
|
|
La
Vina |
07
Feb 1891 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Letcher |
08
Jul 1886 |
15
Jan 1915 M Academy |
|
Lillis |
25
Oct 1886 |
30
Nov 1886 “no papers” |
|
|
05
Jun 1889 |
17
Feb 1890 “no papers” |
|
Fr
Sans Tache |
03
Oct 1891 |
5
Mar 1900 to Laton |
|
Lodge |
14
Jun 1888 |
10
Apr 1899 |
|
|
08
Apr 1902 |
30
Sep 1904 M Auberry |
|
Lonestar |
16
Jan 1891 |
11
Feb 1895 M Malaga |
|
|
04
Apr 1900 |
15
Jan 1910 M Fresno R D |
|
Loyd |
27
Nov 1889 |
9
Apr 1890 “no papers” |
|
Madera |
26
Apr 1877 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Malaga
Fr Tokay |
14
Jul 1886 |
30
Jun 1943 Sta Fresno |
|
Maltermoro |
10
Mar 1894 |
15
Nov 1913 M Fresno |
|
Meadow
Lakes |
25
Jun 1930 |
30
Jan 1932 |
|
|
28
May 1932 |
14
Oct 1933 M Auberry |
|
Mendota |
21
Jul 1892 |
|
|
Miami |
07
Aug 1884 |
17
Feb 1887 M Raymond |
|
Miley |
15
Jul 1897 |
14
Jul 1902 M Del Rey |
|
†Millerton |
11
Oct 1853 |
7
Oct 1863 |
|
|
06
Oct 1864 |
23
Dec 1874 to Fort Miller |
|
Millwood |
22
Jun 1894 |
15
May 1909 M Dunlap |
|
Minturn |
14
Feb 1884 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Miramonte |
31
Jul 1909 |
31
Dec 1912 M Badger |
|
|
18
May 1923 |
|
|
Monmouth |
24
Aug 1908 |
15
Mar 1919 M Fresno |
|
Mono
Hot Springs |
11
May 1945 |
|
|
Mountain
Rest |
29
Jun 1945 |
Rescinded
15 Apr 1947 |
|
|
01
May 1948 |
31
Oct 1953 M Auberry |
|
Narbo |
18
Sep 1884 |
10
Dec 1887 M Coarse Gold Gulch |
|
Navelencia |
30
Sep 1915 |
31
Aug 1931 M Reedley |
|
‡New
Idria |
22
Mar 1869 |
Into
San Benito Co. |
|
Noble |
30
Jun 1892 |
15
Mar 1902 M Dunlap |
|
North
Fork |
18
Dec 1888 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Ockenden |
24
Jul 1893 |
14
Sep 1918 M Pine Ridge |
|
Oilfields |
19
Feb 1908 |
30
Jun 1951 M Coalinga |
|
Oleander |
10
Jan 1881 |
31
Oct 1935 M Fresno |
|
O'Neals |
04
Oct 1887 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Orange
Cove |
04
Apr 1914 |
|
|
Oren |
06
Sep 1899 |
31
Mar 1905 M Pineridge |
|
Oro
Loma |
20
Oct 1914 |
15
Mar 1928 |
|
|
07
Jun 1928 |
29
Jun 1929 M South Dos Palos |
|
Palo
Blanco |
03
Sep 1872 |
4
Sep 1873 |
|
Panoche |
17
Jan 1870 |
Into
San Benito Co. |
|
Parlier |
25
Jan 1898 |
|
|
Piedra |
16
Oct 1949 |
|
|
Pinedale |
12
Jul 1923 |
|
|
Pine
Ridge (Pineridge) Fr Kenyon |
19
Apr 1892 |
31
Aug 1944 M Auberry |
|
Polasky Fr
Hamptonville |
16
Dec 1891 |
17
Sep 1909 to Friant |
|
Prather |
10
Oct 1914 |
29
Jun 1935 M Clovis |
|
|
24
Jul 1936 |
|
|
Pulvadera |
05
Apr 1880 |
9
Oct 1882 M Le Moor |
|
Raisin |
17
Sep 1907 |
|
|
Raymond |
09
Jul 1886 |
Into
Madera Co. |
|
Reedley
Fr Wahtoka |
31
Oct 1888 |
|
|
Riverdale |
01
Jul 1875 |
|
|
Rogers |
28
Aug 1897 |
14
Aug 1909 M Coalinga |
|
Rolinda |
01
Feb 1895 |
30
Aug 1902 M Fresno |
|
Sanders |
15
Oct 1879 |
3
May 1894 M Selma |
|
Sanger |
26
Jun 1888 |
|
|
San
Joaquin Fr Grahamton |
18
Apr 1913 |
|
|
Sans
Tache Fr Kingston |
30
Jun 1890 |
3
Oct 1891 to Lillis |
|
Scottsburgh |
03
Dec 1856 |
1
Dec 1858 |
|
|
30
Jun 1859 |
19
Jan 1864 |
|
Selma |
12
Aug 1880 |
|
|
Sentinel |
07
Apr 1880 |
31
Jul 1883 |
|
|
03
Feb 1888 |
30
Mar 1897 |
|
|
15
Jul 1905 |
15
Oct 1910 M Letcher |
|
Shaver |
01
Aug 1896 |
31
Oct 1925 M Big Creek |
|
Shaver
Lake |
03
Feb 1928 |
|
|
Sierra
Chautauqua |
01
Mar 1918 |
18
Dec 1924 to Camp Sierra |
|
Smith's
Ferry |
07
Apr 1865 |
4
Dec 1866 to King's River |
|
Squaw
Valley (Squawvalley) |
07
Nov 1879 |
29
Jun 1918 M Sanger |
|
|
30
Aug 1923 |
28
Feb 1945 M Orange Cove |
|
Starville |
26
Jun 1889 |
30
Mar 1891 M Fresno |
|
Swamp |
31
Jan 1889 |
19
Mar 1889 “no papers” |
|
Tarpey |
13
Jun 1892 |
31
Dec 1914 M Clovis |
|
Temperance |
21
Apr 1881 |
11
Nov 1886 M Fresno City |
|
Terra
Loma |
18
Dec 1916 |
15
Nov 1917 M South Dos Palos |
|
Thermal |
15
Jul 1889 |
15
Jan 1900 M Auberry |
|
Tokay |
05
May 1886 |
14
Jul 1886 to Malaga |
|
Toll
House (Tollhouse) |
08
May 1876 |
13
Nov 1884 |
|
|
02
Feb 1885 |
|
|
Tranquility |
15
Nov 1910 |
|
|
Trimmer |
27
Jul 1889 |
24
Oct 1890 |
|
|
06
May 1892 |
15
Jul 1919 M Sanger |
|
Wahtoka |
25
Jan 1887 |
31
Oct 1888 to Reedley |
|
|
27
Jul 1905 |
25
Sep 1916 M Navelencia |
|
Warthan |
07
Mar 1880 |
31
Oct 1902 M Alcalde |
|
Watertown |
06
Jun 1896 |
14
Jul 1900 M Lemoore |
|
Watt's
Valley |
21
May 1912 |
15
Oct 1919 M Tollhouse |
|
Westhaven |
14
Jan 1918 |
15
Jun 1954 M Hanford |
|
Wheatville |
24
Jun 1874 |
16
Nov 1875 to Kingsburgh |
|
§Wheatville |
31
Jan 1891 |
30
Apr 1920 M Burrel |
|
Whites
Bridge |
09
Jan 1879 |
15
Nov 1893 M Mendota |
|
Wild
Flower |
21
Jun 1878 |
21
Jun 1898 to Ca(o)nejo |
|
Womack |
11
Oct 1909 |
21
Mar 1910 to Las Palma |
|
Zebra |
29
Dec 1886 |
8
Aug 1888 M Bates |
|
|
19
Mar 1890 |
Into
Madera Co. |
*Huron
and Kingsburg are reported to have been established in Tulare County. As to the
present site, however, Huron has always been in Fresno County. Also, the
present site of Kingsburg appears to have been in Fresno County in 1875, but
may have been acquired by a boundary adjustment of 1876. The name terminated in
“h” from 18 Feb 1876 to 11 Jan 1894.
†The
appointment of Edward P. Hart, the first Postmaster of Millerton, is recorded
on a page headed “County Unknown.” A later notation says “Now in Tulare
County.” This could not be, for the northern boundary of Tulare County was
approximately thirty miles southerly of the San Joaquin River, upon which
Millerton was located. It must have been in Mariposa County when established.
The
appointment of the second Postmaster, Hugh A. Carroll, dated 30 June 1855, is
recorded under Mariposa County, with notations “Into Merced County” (lined out)
and “Into Frezno County.”
There
can be no doubt that it was in Fresno County after that county was created 19
April 1856, taking all the surrounding area from Mariposa and Merced counties.
However,
there is a possibility that it was in Merced County from 19 April 1855 to 19
April 1856. The answer depends upon the site of the office. The boundary
between Mariposa and Merced counties, described in 1855, followed a road that
crossed the San Joaquin at Converse's Ferry, known to be at or near Millerton.
If
the Post Office was upstream, it remained in Mariposa; if down-stream, it went
into Merced for a year until taken into Fresno, of which it was the county seat
from 1856 to 1874. All of the historical references identify Millerton with
Mariposa and Fresno counties only. It therefore seems apparent that Millerton
should be recorded as established in Mariposa County in 1853 and transferred to
Fresno County in 1856.
‡New
Idria, according to the postal records, was
established in Monterey County and soon transferred to Fresno County. The
original Fresno-Monterey line was never legally altered. Therefore, the site of
New Idria msut have been
changed; or, more likely, the record was in error, promptly corrected, due to
uncertainties as to the location of the boundary on the ground, or because the
site had access solely from the Monterey side. In 1887, New Idria
and Panoche were transferred from Fresno County to
San Benito County by a boundary change.
§
Wheatville (the second of that name) is recorded
“into Kings County 11 April 1907”, and back to Fresno County in 1914. The
present site of Wheatville, near Burrel,
has always been in Fresno County, although there was an abortive move to
transfer it to Kings County in 1907.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source:
Frickstad, Walter N., A Century of
California Post Offices 1848-1954, Pages 30-39. Philatelic Research
Society, Oakland, CA. 1955.
©
2012 Jeanne
Sturgis Taylor.
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