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Texas became the 28th state on December 29, 1845
Capital - Austin
Motto - Friendship
Nickname - Lone Star State
Song - Texas, Our Texas
Flower - Bluebonnet
Tree- Pecan
Bird - Mockingbird


In memory of
Malcom Luther "Mike" Basham
First TXGenWeb State Coordinator
25 May 1942
to
15 September 1997


Adjacent Counties
  Collin County, TX - N
  Denton County, TX - NW
  Ellis County, TX - S
  Kaufman County, TX - E
  Rockwall County, TX - E
  Tarrant County, TX - W
   
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Post Offices & Postmasters of Dallas County

A-C  Dallas D-F G-I J-L
  M-O P-R S-Z  

Sources:
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 - Sept. 30, 1971; National Archives microfilm M841, NNEB-20 (reels1 - 3)

Pickett Papers, Confederate States of America, Volumes 98 - 99; Library of Congress microfilm, reel 52

 

PALACE HILL (Dallas)   PLEASANT RUN (Dallas)  
Cameron, David R., 29 Apr 1854   Miller, Madison M., 20 Jly 1848  
McBrayer, Alfred M., 22 May 1856   Cg'd to LANCASTER, 19 Apr 1860  
Ledbetter, Thos. L., 20 Nov 1857      
Ledbetter, A., 12 Sep 1859   PLEASANT VALLEY (Dallas)  
Ledbetter, Thos., 14 Dec 1859   McCallum, Duncan A., 29 Aug 1876  
Discontinued 12 Mar 1860   McClain, Thos. J., 28 Feb 1882  
(Re-established)   Means, Cyrus F., 8 Dec 1882  
Preston, Wm. G., 10 Sep 1860 [resigned]   McClain, Thos. J., 9 Jly 1883  
Thornberry, John M., 31 Jan 1862 (CSA)   Means, Cyrus F., 2 Apr 1886  
Discontinued 5 Nov 1866   McCallum, Wm. J., 13 Jan 1891  
    Hightower, Jas. O., 9 Feb 1900  
PRAIRIE CREEK (Dallas)   McCallum, Wm. D., 6 Apr 1904  
Beeman, Jas. J., 17 Sep 1852   Discontinued 15 Jan 1905;  
[Cg'd] to SCYENE, 1 Jun 1854   mail to Wylie  
       
RAWLINS (Dallas)   REINHARDT (Dallas) (see also OLA)  
Conn, Thos. E., 8 Feb 1890 (C)   Ueckert, Emil H., 2 Dec 1886  
Discontinued 26 Oct 1894;   Ueckert, Robt. W., 6 Apr 1904  
papers to Dallas      
(Re-established)   REUNION (Dallas)  
Garvin, Jas. G., 12 Mar 1895   Haeck, Fred G., 9 Jun 1858  
Mullen, Magness M., 3 Oct 1896   Bureau, A. Gustave, 6 Sep 1858  
Discontinued 30 Sep 18__?   DeLore, Alphonse, 7 Dec1859  
    Bessard, Alexis, 24 Nov 1860  
RICHARDSON (Dallas) (see also BRECKENRIDGE)   Bessard, Alexis, 5 Aug 1861 (CSA)  
Blandford, Chas. C., 8 Jun 1874   Discontinued 23 Jan 1867  
Voorhies, Ed. S., 23 Nov 1874      
Clark, Wm. E., 12 Apr 1875   ROWLETT (Dallas) (see also MORRIS)  
Voorhies, Ed. S., 29 Nov 1875   Harris, Benj. H., 19 Feb 1889  
Ward, Wm. H., 10 Apr 1876   Housley, Dan W., 3 Dec 1889 (C)  
White, Arthur R., 22 Mar 1880   Kirby, Jas. W., 28 Apr 1894  
Howser, Henry Clay, 17 Mar 1890 (C)   Williams, John M., 2 May 1895  
Howser, Sarah T., 9 May 1890   Nickens, Jas. M., 16 Oct 1899 (Declined)  
Shelton, Elizah J., 29 Sep 1892   Kirby, Geo. E., 3 Jan 1900  
Strait, Geo. W., 20 Dec 1899   Whitmon, Maggie, 11 Jan 1915  
Allen, Sarah, 26 Jly 1902   Oliver, Maggie, 26 Aug 1915  
Pierce, John S., 2 Nov 1911   Kimbell, Mrs. Dillie N., 22 Dec 1921  
Pierce, Lillie M., 21 Mar 1914      
Shehane, Edgar, 23 Oct 1914   RYLIE (Dallas)  
Certain, Ernst L., 7 Aug 1918   Cox, Hartwell B., 8 Feb 1883  
Certain, D. W., 1 Nov 1919 (Acting postmater)   Freeman, W. S., 11 Nov 1884  
Pyeatt, Leila A., 9 Apr 1920   Cox, D. B., 26 Jan 1885  
Ragsdale, Lillie M., 26 May 1924   Cox, John H., 23 Oct 1885  
    Cory, Marshall, 3 Jly 1891  
    Love, Osburn P., 20 Aug 1898  
    Cory, Marshall, 8 Mar 1899  
    Cory, Mrs. Ella, 31 Mar 1926