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Niles
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Township Niles
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Post Office Data:  [S1, p 995] - [S2, p 112] -

Post Office Established: 17 Jan 1852
Post Office Closed: 14 Oct 1901

Possible location of Niles Post Office was in the Southeast corner of Niles Township, Delaware County, Indiana.  Property of Postmasters were located in this area - John Buckles, section 11 and 12 and James D. Weaver, Section 21.  The reason no Post Office is shown in this atlas was because the Post Office was closed from 1856-1895.  [S3]
Postmasters:  [S1, p 995] - [S2, p 112] -

John Buckles -- 7 Jan 1852
PO changed to Dunkirk, Jay County -- 28 Feb 1856
PO reopened at Niles -- 15 Jan 1895
James D. Weaver 15 Jan 1895
PO closed, mail to Albany -- 14 Oct 1901
 
 
 
 

 

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S1 Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories:  Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library
 
S2 Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories:  Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library
 
S3 An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971,  Bk1849.  
S4 Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/
 
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