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| Allamakee co. Post Offices & Postmasters 1849 - 1981 (misc. years) |
(This page was updated 04/06/07)
*Background information: From
1836 to 1864 Postmasters were appointed by the President of the
United States. The position of Postmaster was very much a
political appointment, and often there was fierce competition for
the job. Selections for Postmasters were made by Congressmen
under a complicated "advisor" system, requiring a
would-be Postmaster to solicit the support of his Congressional
Representative or Senator, then Presidential nomination to the
Senate, and finally Senate confirmation.
| 1849 Postoffice
& Postmaster Appointments |
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| May 14th, 1849 -- Tom Corwin, Allemakee county, established and Stephen Holcomb appointed P.M. | |
| July/Aug 1849 -- Postville, Elijah W. Stevenson appointed P.M. | |
| Sept. 1849 -- Lansing, Alamakee county, established and W.S. Garrison appointed P.M. | |
| 1856 Postoffices | |
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| 1860 Postoffice & Postmasters | |
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| 1878 Postmaster Appointment | |
| Rossville, Allamakee county, Jackson
Mitchell appointed May 18th, 1878 |
| 1904 Postoffices | |
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Maud New Albin Postville Quandahl Rossville Village Creek Volney Waterville Waukon Waukon Junction |
| 1916 Postoffices | |
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New Albin Postville Waterville Waukon Waukon Junction |
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| 1927 Postoffices | |
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Postville Waterville Waukon Waukon Junction |
| New Albin
Postmaster 1958-1981
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| New Albin postmaster Cleon Sires will
retire on June 13 after 34 years of government service.
Cleon began work as a clerk in the New Albin post office
in 1946 after serving in the Army Air Force in World War
II. He was appointed postmaster in 1958. He has
been a volunteer and secretary for the New Albin Fire
Department for 30 years and has been on the New Albin
rescue squad for 15 years. Mrs. Lavern (Mary Lou) Welper
will be the officer in charge until a new postmaster is
appointed. Allamakee Journal, Lansing, June 13, 1981 - contributed by Errin Wilker |
- *source of background information: abstracted
from US Postal Service History
- Burlington Hawk Eye, June, August & Sept. 1849
issues; May 1878 issue
- Iowa State Almanac & Statistical Register (1860
Postoffices & Postmasters)
- Iowa as it is in 1856; Parker, Nathan Howe; Chicago,
Keen and Lee,1856.
- Iowa Official Register, 1904, compiled by W.B. Martin,
Secretary of State
- Iowa Official Register, 1915-16, compiled under the
supervision of William S. Allen, Secretary of State, by Henry C.
Baumgartner
- State of Iowa 1927-1928 Official Register, compiled
under the direction of Robert Henderson, superintendant of
printing, by H.N. Whitney
- data extracted & transcribed by Sharyl
Ferrall unless otherwise noted