RobbHaas Family Pages |
Niles Delaware County, Indiana |
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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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 |
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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 |
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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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