Coleman County Post Offices - Coleman County, Texas

Atoka
(2 miles west of Novice)

William C. Hartin (August 29, 1881)
David A. Parker (February 8, 1882)
Spencer N. Edenborough (September 18, 1884)
Ritchard F. Mitchell (September 12, 1887)
Henry A. Miller (December 12, 1894)
David A. Parker (March 14, 1898)
Samuel T. Belyeu (July 19, 1907)
Oscar R. Phillips (November 19, 1907)
Israel S. Baldwin (January 27, 1909)
John L. Tyson (November 3, 1909)
Geo. W. Langham (July 15, 1910)
discontinued July 31, 1909 - mail to Coleman

Blue Gap
(in northeast Runnels County)

James K. Paulk (February 14, 1878)
B. F. Sullivan (September 16, 1878)
J. J. Craig (April 15, 1879)
James K. Paulk (June 2, 1879)
Alfred A. Hanscomb (January 26, 1880)
discontinued March 2, 1881 - mail to Runnels

Bowen
(8 miles southeast of Voss)

Jasper N. Bowen (April 8, 1905)
Olen T. Prickett (January 17, 1906)
James A. Wainscott (January 22, 1907) (declined)
discontinued April 20, 1907 - mail to Gouldbusk

Brooks
(6 miles northwest of Coleman)

Chester H. Brooks (February 15, 1902)
discontinued July 31, 1909 - mail to Coleman

Burkett
(10 miles northeast of Camp Colorado, first known as Pleasant Grove)

William Burkett (September 12, 1887)
John W. Wesley (November 30, 1892)
John C. Cochran (October 1, 1897)
Rosa Cochran (November 28, 1902)
Elsie M. Cochran (October 26, 1912)
Elsie M. Burns (April 12, 1922)
George A. Brown (April 10, 1940)
Miss Freda M. Burkett (December 4, 1940)
Mrs. Freda M. Burkett (January 1, 1946)
Yuna V. Burkett (1978)
Lovera Strickland (1981 - present)

Camp Colorado

Marion M. Callan (March 1, 1872)
Jesse Johnson (February 23, 1874)
Henry Sackett (July 13, 1880)
Benjamin F. Sullivan (October 7, 1897)
discontinued November 26, 1902 - mail to Madge

Coleman (c.h.)
(Note: c.h. may stand for courthouse.)

Marion M. Callan (February 7, 1876)
John F. Gordon (October 1, 1877)
Marion M. Callan (July 29, 1880)
James Gipson (February 20, 1891)
Julia C. Polk (February 13, 1895)
James Gipson (April 1, 1899)
J. O. Brown (February 23, 1908)
R. V. Wood (September 6, 1910)
Benj. F. Robey (March 9, 1911)
Ben H. Pittman (March 3, 1915)
Benj. H. Lewis (April 24, 1921)
Benj. F. Robey (March 2, 1922)
Mrs. Pauline A. Sackett (April 23, 1934)
Harry M. Thomson (June 1, 1935)
Ralston Haun (January 31, 1950)
Pat R. Warren (November 30, 1950)
Webster T. Graves (May 19, 1967)
John Duwayne Crye (January 29, 1982 - present)

Coleman Junction
(3 miles north of Santa Anna)

Hugh Cooper (November 3, 1890)
discontinued March 11, 1891 - mail to Coleman

Content
(original name of Goldsboro)

Mathew C. McKinney (October 9, 1890)
name changed to Goldsboro February 9, 1910

Couch
(8 miles northeast of Novice, originally asked to be called Sunny Point)

Mary Humphrey (May 24, 1892)
discontinued October 7, 1893 - mail to Montvale

Dalmus
(11 miles west of Rockwood - first called Cox)

Jackson W. Jones (April 8, 1905)
discontinued January 31, 1907 - mail to Gouldbusk

Discord
(name changed to Rockwood)

Henry L. Faulk (May 24, 1889)
name changed to Rockwood - January 31, 1890

Echo

Martha E. Jones (December 2, 1910)
discontinued February 28, 1914 - mail to Coleman

Fisk
(first asked to be called Togo)

Thomas A. Stafford (February 9, 1906)
Martha J. Terry (May 17, 1907)
Christopher C. Hamilton (January 22, 1920)
Sallie M. Boone (August 2, 1922)
Mrs. Eva R. Bell (March 1, 1943)
Mrs. Lola B. Kinsey (May 27, 1949)
discontinued January 5, 1973 - mail to Coleman

Glen Cove
(located at Cox’s Store)

Samuel Cox (December 19, 1878)
Geo. W. Newman (January 10, 1883)
James D. Silmon (June 2, 1884)
David H. Cole (December 17, 1891)
James W. Henson (November 22, 1895)
Clarence W. Carr (February 20, 1899)
Thomas Smith (September 25, 1902)
Mary Bost (October 12, 1903)
William J. Tatum (August 26, 1904)
Julius W. Holley (February 24, 1908)
John P. Tatum (June 29, 1909)
James A. Hamilton (June 23, 1910)
Wm. H. Williams (November 29, 1910)
Arthur V. Duncan (January 6, 1916)
Wm. H. Williams (March 15, 1917)
Charley M. Futrell (February 12, 1924)
John B. Laws (declined) (September 10, 1924)
James B. Allen (February 4, 1925)
discontinued October 9, 1935 - mail to Coleman
re-established April 1, 1939
Milton W. Young (May 8, 1939)
Mrs. Lola Belle Kinsey (October 1,1944)
Milton W. Young (January 1, 1949)
Carroll Hinds (January 1, 1974)
Walter C. Pond (October 1, 1977)
S. E. Powell (October 1, 1979)
discontinued January 31, 1980 - mail to Coleman

Goldsboro
(name changed from Content)
Mathew C. McKinney (February 9, 1910)
Wm. J. Tatum (September 16, 1911)
Edward W. Beeson (February 13, 1914)
James F. Russell (June 22, 1921)
Mrs. Ellen D. Busk (February 1, 1940)
Mrs. Ila M. Beall (October 1, 1940)
Mrs. Willie E. B. Fariss (December 16, 1953 - transferred to Novice in 1977)
Mary A. Hamon (Officer in Charge, 1977 - 1981, becoming postmistress in 1981 to present)

Gouldbusk
(first called Busk)

Thomas H. Smith (December 19, 1905)
Edward C. Edens (October 28, 1914)
Carl B. Cheaney (January 12, 1926)
Carl Lohn (September 30, 1956)
James A. Hafner (September 20, 1957 - present)

Home Creek
(8 miles west of Trickham)

Thomas H. Robinson (June 3, 1879)
George W. Harrison (November 26, 1879)
discontinued March 29, 1880

Leaday

John R. French (April 8, 1905)
Edmond D. Stephens (November 9, 1908)
Harry M. Wireman (October 30, 1914)
Wayne Wireman (March 14, 1933)
Harry W. Wireman (June 28, 1933)
Mrs. Willie Wireman (May 27, 1935)
Lawrence F. Wireman (August 24, 1940)
Will P. Turner (October 1, 1942)
L. D. Creswell (January 28, 1944)
Ike Stephenson (March 1, 1945)
Mrs. Florence A. Gann (October 1, 1947)
Mrs. Cleo Belle Crosby (July 31, 1959)
James O. Stephenson (August 5, 1960 - present)

Madge
(5 ½ miles south of Camp Colorado on Bee Branch – originally asked to be called Fry)

John J. Fry (December 7, 1893)
Lyman Brightman (March 2, 1894)
to Camp Colorado April 12, 1897 – rescinded
Nathaniel J. Smith (March 5, 1901)
John E. Lobstein (May 19, 1902)
Benjamin F. Sullivan (December 16, 1902)
Joseph E. Brown (March 27, 1907)
discontinued - mail to Santa Anna June 10, 1907

Montvale
(5 miles northeast of Silver Valley)

Mary Humphrey (October 7, 1895
discontinued December 23, 1897 - mail to Novice - re-establishe
Rhoda A. Spence (February 9, 1899)
Mary J. Lawrence (April 8, 1903)
Thomas J. Wray (May 12, 1905)
Della McCorkle (November 12, 1906)
Edwin D. Thompson (July 19, 1907)
Ross Lawrence (October 19, 1909)
Geo. M. Kerr (December 1, 1910)
discontinued July 31, 1911 - mail to Silver Valley

Nationsville
(15 miles north of Camp Colorado at King and Nation’s Store)

Geo. H. King (March 17, 1879)
discontinued September 16, 1879

Niwot
(in Cleveland Community)

Wm. A. Trowbridge (May 15, 1897)
Solomon M. Cupps (February 1, 1904)
Wm. T. Brooks (February 24, 1905)
James L. Sommerville (July 24, 1908)
Mila Allison (March 3, 1909)
discontinued July 15, 1910 - mail to Santa Anna

Novice
(asked to be called Rough Creek)

Don W. Ward (September 28, 1884)
William F. Leonard (December 8, 1885)
Ralph P. Ward (February 24, 1891)
James F. Camp (June 26, 1892)
Wm. J. Putman (November 14, 1895)
Richard O. Bush (January 18, 1899)
Jonas Webb (November 20, 1903)
John R. Pringle (June 11, 1906)
James R. Reed (March 14, 1910)
Miss Mildred D. Reed (Howard) (August 6, 1942)
Mrs. Pauline W. Nicholson (April 29, 1945)
Jesse B. Strickland (April 15, 1949)
Mrs. Pauline W. Nicholson (August 29, 1949)
Mrs. Opal E. Daniel (June 12, 1971)
Willie E. Farris (1977)
Myrle Ann Dunn (1982 - present)

Oak Vale
(12 miles west of Coleman)

John C. Averitt (February 25, 1878)
John H. Henderson (November 9, 1880)
discontinued April 19, 1881 - mail to Coleman

Pack
(15 miles northwest of Coleman... name changed to Tyro)

John H. Lea (March 31, 1880)
name changed to Tyro May 24, 1880

Potosi
(location not known.., only Potosi located is in Taylor County)

E. W. Jones (June 9, 1887)
no papers - November 19, 1888

Rich Coffey
(30 miles west of Trickham)

K. R. Womack (June 2, 1879)
Arnold R. Cravens (December 22, 1879)
Hardin Andrews (May 11, 1880)
John E. Howze (May 2, 1881)
discontinued - mail to Paint Rock

Rock Crusher
(5 miles southeast of Silver Valley)

Aubra Ray (April 18, 1912)
discontinued February 14, 1914 - mail to Coleman

Rockwood
(first called Discord)

Mary A. Wainwright (January 31, 1890)
Leonedious L. Shield (April 14, 1891)
Amos F. Vise (November 30, 1892)
Dessie Vise (February 1, 1895)
Linnie Blackwell (January 2, 1904)
John R. Lankford (April 28, 1905)
Andrew E. Thompson (September 28, 1905)
Wm. S. Day (March 11, 1909)
Benj. F. Sullivan (November 17, 1910)
Eula Steward (June 30, 1929)
Mrs. Vivian W. Steward (September 30, 1958)
Betty J. Duus (1981 - present)

Santa Anna

Jacob C. Walton (April 7, 1879)
W. C. Brooks (May 5, 1879)
Wm. J. Crosby (August 19, 1885)
Samuel H. Phillips (December 7, 1889)
Laura M. Poe (May 13, 1897)
M. J. Norrell (August 25, 1915)
Robt. L. Mobley (April 1, 1919)
Fordyce C. Woodward (December 15, 1933)
Mrs. Leona B. Bruce (January 31, 1955)
Joseph L. Strother, Jr. (July 31, 1958)
John C. Gregg (April 10, 1964 - retiring March 1, 1984)

Shields

Celia Teats (declines) (November 30, 1906)
Miles W. Vance (March 19, 1907)
discontinued May 9, 1908 - mail to Gouldbusk - re-established
Sam B. Cobb (July 22, 1925)
Hugh M. Powers (April 22, 1927)
Barney L. Lewellen (May 4, 1929)
Sulton J. Boyd (April 17, 1934)
Clyde C. Vance (October 9, 1935)
Mrs. Bonnie Mae McDonald (October 29, 1942)
discontinued March 3, 1954 - mail to Santa Anna

Silver Valley

John B. Lowrie (May 9, 1891)
Samuel A. Lowrie (April 3, 1896)
Albert A. Dunn (August 4, 1899)
Wm. F. Baker (November 29, 1909)
Tula O. Windham (September 19, 1914)
Lee M. Wyatt (September 24, 1923)
Mrs. Lucille Wyatt Popnoe (November 19, 1935)
Miss Thelma Grimes (April 29, 1943)
discontinued May 4, 1945 – mail to Coleman
rescinded May 26, 1945
Foy Tomlinson (October 1, 1946)
discontinued April 30, 1954 - mail to Coleman

Talpa
(first called Vale)

R. Henry Henderson (November 2, 1886)
Junius D. Irion (July 26, 1888)
discontinued November 27, 1888 - mail to Valera
James S. Greenlee (December. 28, 1889)
Quinton L. Cooper (November 30, 1892)
John L. Troon (January 23, 1895)
Claude Crume (March 15, 1909)
Dixie L. Reese (March 26, 1915)
Erin Putman (April 18, 1917)
Erin Bennett (April 15, 1920)
George M. Sewell (January 18, 1922)
Charles H. Grounds (July 22, 1933)
Mrs. Alberta E. Grounds (October 16, 1945)
Mrs. Louise E. Gordon (August 1, 1947)
Patricia Jones (1978 - present)

Trickham

Theron M. Tabor (April 10, 1879)
Howard D. Walker (June 29, 1880)
Chas. H. Featherston (March 21, 1881)
Robt. I. Bridges (January 30, 1883)
Wm. J. Hunter (December 26, 1883)
W. W. Carr (December 8, 1885)
Clairence W. Carr (November 24, 1888)
Nancy G. Featherston (June 1, 1893)
Elsworth Henderson (July 31, 1894)
Morgan J. Stacy (January 8, 1895)
Lafayette E. Page (November 14, 1895)
Mary E. Wilson (March 16, 1901)
James H. Rodgers (October 6, 1911)
Amanda F. Vollentine (January 27, 1914)
Lucy E. Drury (December 10, 1915)
Roy L. Armstrong (January 12, 1922)
Edw. B. Featherston (October 7, 1924)
Minnie Laughlin (May 10, 1927)
Henry L. Driskell (June 17, 1929)
Elmer G. Haynes (September 20, 1930)
discontinued July 31, 1958 - mail to Santa Anna

Tweedle
(8 miles northeast of Santa Anna)

Duan R. Smith (September 1, 1903)
discontinued October 24, 1904 - mail to Santa Anna

Tyro
(original name was Pack)

John H. Lea (May 24, 1880)
discontinued March 2, 1881 - mail to Runnels

Vale
(name changed to Talpa)

J. W. Bills (June 13, 1883)
Isaac W. Bills (July 3, 1883)
discontinued November 2, 1886 - mail to Talpa

Valera

George P. Cleveland (November 13, 1886)
discontinued November 8, 1887 - mail to Coleman
Wm. H. Rush (March 8, 1905)
Jacob C. Brimer (February 1, 1942)
Marie Kennedy (February 1, 1972 - present)

Voss
(asked to be called Daylea)

Henry T. Morgan (April 27, 1904)
Lemuel E. Creswell (May 1, 1908)
James W. Lauder (October 1, 1909)
Milton C. Moore (May 19, 1913)
Jas. W. Lauder (December 11, 1914)
John B. Whitehead (November 6, 1918)
Medora C. Moreland (April 19, 1920)
Alma Brown (July 9, 1921)
John B. Whitehead (April 3, 1922)
Ules Duncan (July 12, 1924)
Johnie A. Whitehead (January 14, 1925)
Miss Willie Barnes (January 16, 1928)
Mrs. Evelyn Marie Anderson (December 29, 1966 - present)

Whon
(asked to be called Gill, Bush, Utah, or Dan)

Bertha M. McCain (June 16, 1903)
Sam H. McCain (March 21, 1910)
Robt. O. Gilmore (May 24, 1918)
G. W. Simmons (February 12, 1919)
Joe K. Lancaster (December 22, 1921
James T. Jones (September 19, 1925)
Ida Lucille Herring (June 22, 1929)
Mrs. Ida Lucille Cozart (May 3, 1943)
Mrs. Imogene V. Fitzpatrick (March 10, 1961 - present)

Woody
(12 miles west of Coleman, near Post Oak Springs - asked to be called Home)

Wm. P. Ashley (January 16, 1894)
Wiley T. Riley (May 19, 1897)
discontinued August 7, 1897 - mail to Coleman
rescinded
Henry C. Gulley (May 10, 1901)
James W. Lauder (June 2, 1902)
discontinued January 19, 1907 - mail to Coleman

Re-creation of the way mail was delivered before the automobile - Taken after a parade in the 1920's,
the mail rig was driven by Charlie Morris and he is handing a letter to R. I. Bowen, Sr., taken in front of the Bowen farm house, just west of Coleman.