Washington Township.
1874-1898.
Located at Johnson Station, shown on the 1874 Map.
Washington Township.
1828-1834.
Located one mile east of the north-south line of Bloomingsport and one mile north of the county line with Wayne County, IN.
Located in a 1838 Map.
William Conner and Johnathon Johnson served as postmasters.
Washington Township.
Old Lynn Post Office: 1838-1842.
Lynn Post Office: Re-opened in 1848 and still active.
Old Lynn post office was opened in 1838 about three miles south and one mile east of present day Lynn, near “Quaker Lynn” community.
Lynn was platted in 1847 with a new post office opened in 1848.
Washington Township.
1895-1907.
Located in Woods Station on the railroad shown in the 1874 and 1909 Maps.
Washington Township.
1859-1907.
Old Snow Hill was shown on the 1865 Wall Map in Washington Township closer to where Mt. Pleasant Church was on US 27.
By 1874 the Snow Hill post office was shown at Snow Hill Station on the railroad.
According to Heiss/Hamilton the post office and settlement was moved to the railroad site once built.
Wayne Township.
1884-1885.
Located in the town of Salem (aka South Salem) in Wayne Township.
Wayne Township
1852-1903.
Wayne Township
1854-1920.
Wayne Township
1837-1852
Located in Greensfork Township before township lines were changed, and would now be located in Wayne Township.
The post office is noted to be one half of a mile west of Bartonia, and was just east of the 1795 Indian Boundary (Greene Ville Treaty) also known as Boundary Pike and on the north side of the Winchester-Greenville Pike.
Wayne Township.
1852 and still active.
West River Township
1882-1895.
In 1882 the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway was built, and Carlos City post office was established.
West River Township.
1852-1902.
Located in the town of Buena Vista, and was name Cerro Gordo because there was an established Buena Vista post office in Jefferson County, Indiana.
West River Township.
Smith Post Office: 1822-1829.
Vulcan Post Office: 1829-1832.
Hunt’s Cross Roads Post Office: 1832-1849.
Trenton Post Office: 1849-1902.
Smith Post Office started in January 1822, named Smith for the postmaster, William Smith, who owned land where Huntsville is now located. He purchased this land in 1817 and was west of treaty line known as the 1809 Indian boundary and was a part of Wayne County.
In 1829 the name was changed to Vulcan, with James Wright as the postmaster. Maps indicate that Wright lived in the Botkin neighborhood that was south and east of Huntsville, so it would seem that the post office moved a short distance and got a new name.
In 1832, the post office move to present day Huntsville, also known as Trenton, and the name was changed to Hunt’s Cross Roads. Postmasters were William and James M. Hunt and Mahlon Farquhar.
In 1849, the name was changed to Trenton which is referred to on the 1865 and 1874 maps as well as census records in the Huntsville location.
West River Township.
1879-1883.
Swain’s Hill is shown in 1882 maps in West River Township in section 5. The post office was at the home of it’s postmaster Ira Swain.
In 1882, the Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railway was built just west of Lee Summit and Swain’s Hill, this site was then laid out to be Modoc, which opened a post office in 1883.
West River Township.
1878-1902
White River Township.
1832-1854.
Location is shown in White River Township in 1865, 1874 and 1909 Maps of the county.
Macksville is now called Maxsville.
White River Township.
1897-1901.
Located in unincorporated town of Mull which is also known as Lickskillet. Located at the cross roads of 500 West and 300 North. A portion of the building was still standing in 1990.
White River Township.
1820 and still active.
Became the second post office opened in Randolph County, with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Charles Conway as the first post master.