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Early Post Offices
In Cass County


Pattillo info below submitted by: Nina Lillian Pattillo
"Thomas Moody Kimbell was the first postmaster in this area. He was succeeded 6 Feb. 1852 by Lewis A. Pattillo, my grgrgrandfather who located the post office in his home, 'Hickory Hill.'"  Information taken from: Patillo, Pattillo, Pattullo and Pittillo Families, compiled by Melba C. Crosse - Published by American Reference Publishing, Ft. Worth, Texas, copyrighted 1972, pg. 67
Information found in The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas sixtieth anniversary edition 1879-1939
TOWN LOCATION DATE EST. POSTMASTER
Almira 9 miles northwest of Linden 6/26/1886 Elijah J. Hanes
Havana 9 miles northwest of Atlanta 1/30/1854 Daniel Cole
Cusseta 6 miles west of Douglassville 6/18/1856 Jno. A. Heard
Courtland 6 miles west of present Queen City 8/19/1856 Charles W. Connally
Haw Grove - 6/25/1860 Thomas M. Harbon
Hermitage 7 miles north of Hughes Springs 11/12/1860 John B. Henderson
Lanier 6 miles south of Linden 11/3/1873 Alexander W. Collins
Dempsey 2 miles south of Bloomburg 6/22/1874 Andrew J. Newton
Alamo Mills On T. and P. railway, 10 miles north of Atlanta 10/27/1874 Francis M. Duncan
Dalton 5 miles northwest of Marietta 2/22/1875 Robert F. Creekmore
White Sulphur Springs 10 miles northwest of Douglassville 6/16/1875 John A. Bryan
Sardis 6 miles east of Hughes Springs 12/15/1876 Hamilton C. Purdum
Red Hill 6 miles south of Douglassville 3/29/1878 Jno. B. Henderson
Viola 15 miles southwest of Atlanta 4/22/1879 James M. Smith
O'Ferrall 8 miles west of Atlanta 7/10/1886 James A. Duncan
Kings Farm 3 miles east of Bryans Mill 8/6/1887 Henry B. King
Anti 8 miles west of Atlanta 6/7/1888 Answell S. Griffin
Dempsey 2 miles south of Bloomburg on what is known as the Doss Newton farm 7/7/1888 Andrew J. McWilliams
Sheffield 3 1/2 miles north of Bloomburg 3/30/1894 James M. Short
Fant 3 1/2 miles south of Linden 7/23/1894 James C. Fant
Roach 7 miles west of Atlanta 2/16/1898 James A. O'Rear
Flynn 9 miles north of Hughes Springs 3/9/1900 James N. Haney
Cornett 10 miles northeast of Hughes Springs 9/21/1901 Osey C. Porter
Fite - 12/28/1901 John W. Fite
Jaybart 10 miles northwest of Linden 4/30/1902 Francis L. Milner
Sauls near Kildare 6/27/1902 Annie E. Nelson
Munz - 7/10/1905 Edgar W. King
Axine 6 miles southeast of Kildare 7/3/1915 William B. Hutchins
Hughes - 3/8/1847 William Hughes
Forrest Home (later Springdale) - 1/15/1850 John W. Moore









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