About these . . .
This is a very motley collection of documents from the Post Office Department. There are applications for office moves, applications to establish a new post office, and a few other random pieces of government paperwork.
Some tiny post offices have many pages, some larger towns have a few, and some towns don't have any. There is no consistency at all here, and they are by no means complete.
Most of them have accompanying maps. Some of the maps are wonderful; others are just sad. In defense of the people tasked with drawing them, the post office forms were odd, and, in later years, Kentucky postmaster were asked to locate his PO using townships and ranges. It justifiably left most of them to make up whatever they could.
There is good stuff to be found here. All are pdf's.
Tur originally applied to be called Caro? Where's Penhurst? Marcus? And don't miss the map the Mount Auburn guy drew.
from the National Archives, see