List of Post Offices and Postmasters in Kent County in 1886 (from the Historical Atlas of Essex and Kent Counties) Date opened, according to the Guide for Tracing Your Family .... and List of Post Offices and Timespans from the Post Office Archives, Archives Canada Post Offices of Chatham-Kent
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and including a few probably across the 'county lines'. Camden Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Camden West prior to 1839 - 1839-05-06 [renamed Whitehall] Croton 1854 1854-06-01 - 1873-04-01 L. Phillips Croton 1881-04-01 - Dawn Mills 1834 1837 - 1918-07-31 W. A. Ward Dresden 1852 1852-06-06 - C. P. Watson Grove Mills 1881 1880-07-01 - 1891-01-31 Alonzo Reeble Kent Bridge 1830 1863-10-01 - John A. Langford Thamesville 1832 1840-02-06 - John Duncan Wabash 1885 1884-11-01 - 1914-12-31 Arthur Anderson (in Gore of Camden) Whitehall 1839-05-06 - 1843-07-06 [formerly Camden West; renamed Louiseville - Chatham Twp.] Whitehall 1852-07-06 - 1858-11-01 Chatham Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Appledore 1875 1875-05-01 - 1915-01-08 O. B. Arnold Chatham Centre 1884-06-01 - 1885-06-01 [renamed Eberts] Chatham Sub #5 1979-04-09 - ( 397873 3303 ) 801 St. Clair St. (Chatham Place Mall) Darrell 1863 1863-06-01 - 1910-11-30 Edward Hall Darrell 1911-09-18 - 1915-03-01 Eberts 1883 1885-06-01 - 1963-12-02 A. Robertson [formerly Chatham Centre] Keith 1857-03-01 - 1862-02-25 Keith 1868-11-01 - 1877-05-01 Keith 1857 1883-03-01 - 1897-01-01 Robert Killins Lidcote 1882 1882-05-01 - 1891-01-31 D. D. Purdy Louisville 1842 1843-07-06 - 1857-03-01 [formerly Whitehall (Camden West)] Louisville 1842 1863-10-01 - 1915-08-01 L. H. Arnold [formerly Whitehall (Camden West)] Oldfield 1876 1876-04-01 - 1887-10-01 A. McDonald Oldfield 1890-03-01 - 1902-04-01 Oldfield 1908-03-09 - 1915-12-01 Oungah 1853 1853-12-01 - 1915-04-30 John W. Dwyer [also see Dover Twp.] Thorncliffe 1883 1883-02-01 - 1915-06-30 G. B. Shaw Tupperville 1883 1883-08-01 - W. F. Willett Turnerville 1886 1886-08-01 - 1961-01-14 Wm. Turner Wallaceburg 1837 circa 1834 - D. B. McDonald Wallaceburg Sub #1 1951-03-15 - 1984-09-26 ( 395390 3303 ) - Dufferin St./Ave. Wallaceburg Sub #1 1984-12-17 - ( 395390 3303 ) - Dufferin Ave. Wallaceburg Sub #2 prior to 1975-04-16 - 1978-06-30 ( 397172 ) McNaughton Ave. Whitebread Station 1890-05-01 - 1916-07-31 Dover Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Baldoon 1875 1875-04-01 - 1885-03-01 Baldoon 1886-02-01 - 1915-03-01 W. S. Fenton Bear Line 1898-09-01 - 1970-04-30 Big Point 1883 1882-08-01 - 1915-03-01 Joseph Cheff [also see Grande Pointe] Chatham Sub #4 1953-07-27 - 1957-04-01 ( 78705 ) 401 St. Clair St. - 1957-05-28 Chatham Sub #4 1957-05-28 - 1959-05-29 ( 78705 ) Chatham Sub #4 1960-03-17 - ( 78705 ) 420 St. Clair St. - 1960-03-17; 432 St. Clair St. - 1965-05-05 Dover Centre 1888-12-01 - Dover South 1860 1860-09-01 - 1911-04-01 J. B. Bechard (renamed Paincourt) Electric 1906-04-01 - 1961-01-31 Grande Pointe 1964-06-17 - [also see Big Point] Mitchell's Bay 1872 1872-12-01 - 1928-04-10 C. W. Raymond Mitchell's Bay 1949-07-12 - 1969-10-30 Oungah [also see Chatham Twp.] Paincourt 1911-04-01 - [formerly Dover South] Harwich Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Bentley 1867-07-01 - 1877-08-01 [renamed Guilford] Blenheim 1849 1882-11-01 - J. K. Morris (formerly Rondeau) Blenhein Sub #2 1988-03-01 - ( 405337 2482 ) Brigend 1863-10-01 - 1867-02-01 [? Bridgend ?] Buckhorn 1858-10-01 - 1885-02-01 [renamed Cedar Springs] Cedar Springs 1885-02-01 - 1988-03-01 [formerly Buckhorn; later Blenheim Sub #2] Charing Cross [also see Raleigh] Chatham Sub No. 2 1953-06-08 - 1979-08-30 188 Park St. 1953-06-08; 190 1/2 Park St. 1964-02-29 Erieau 1896-06-01 - Fairfield prior to 1855 - 1856-05 [renamed Ridley] Fairfield 1863-06-01 - 1885-06-01 [renamed Ridley] Fargo 1884 1884-08-01 - 1914-01-31 Wm. Gosnell Guild's 1867 1878-01-01 - 1914-06-01 Julius Guild Guildford 1877-08-01 - 1878-01-01 [formerly Bentley, renamed Guild's] Harwich 1851 1851-07-06 - 1916-09-01 G. E. Booth Harwich Centre 1877-12-01 - 1885-04-01 [renamed Huffman] Huffman 1878 1885-04-01 - 1996-10-31 R. A. Harrington [formerly Harwich Centre] Kent Centre 1903-01-16 - 1918-06-30 Lundy 1885 1885-07-01 - 1890-01-31 David Johnston Mull 1882 1881-10-01 - 1970-04-21 Neil Watson Northwood 1879 1879-05-01 - 1969-09-10 S. H. Knight Pinehurst 1894-05-01 - 1913-04-30 Ramsgate 1877-08-01 - 1878-09-01 [renamed Weldon] Ridley 1854 1885-06-01 1893-09-01 Isaac Swarthout [formerly Fairfield] Ridley 1894-05-01 - 1914-01-31 [formerly Fairfield] Rondeau 1850-06-01 - 1882-11-01 (renamed Blenheim) Rondeau 1867 1882-12-01 - 1948-11-12 William Stirling (formerly Rondeau Harbour; renamed Shrewsbury) Rondeau Harbour 1867-07-01 - 1882-12-01 (renamed Rondeau) Rondeau Park 1927-06-15 - 1986-04-01 [seasonal] Shrewsbury 1948-11-23 - 1968-09-14 (formerly Rondeau Harbour & Rondeau) Van Horn 1885 1885-04-01 - 1913-07-31 Joseph Zinck Weldon 1877 1878-11-01 - 1891-05-01 J.C. Weldon [formerly Ramsgate] West Troy 1854-01-01 - Howard Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Botany 1865 1865-03-01 - 1900-11-15 C. McBrayne Howard prior to 1832 - 1851-08-06 [renamed Morpeth] Morpeth 1831 1851-08-06 - J. C. Nation [formerly Howard] New Scotland 1906-08-01 - 1914-01-31 Ostrander 1863-02-01 - 1866-12-01 [renamed Selton] Ridgetown 1853 1853-03-06 - L. S.Hancock Ridgetown 1987-10-27 - Retail Postal Outlet #1 ( 404551 Rushton's Corners 1852-05-06 - 1856-06-01 Samson 1903-03-01 - 1904-08-31 Selton 1868 1866-12-01 - 1912-05-31 Robert Watts Orford Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Clachan 1858 1858-02-01 - 1515-01-01 Fred Stricker Clearville 1831 prior to 1853 - 1914-11-01 Henry Watson Duart 1857 1857-08-01 - W. M. Curtis Duart Station 1876-10-01 - 1877-01-01 [renamed Muir Kirk] Moraviantown 1884 1884-01-01 - 1914-12-31 Rev. A. Hartman Muir Kirk 1877-01-01 - 1950-07-17 Mrs. A. McDonald [formerly Duart Station; renamed Muirkirk] Muirkirk 1874 1950-07-17 - Palmyra 1874 1874-11-01 - 1918-11-30 John Mills Turin 1878 1877-08-01 - 1900-05-15 R. F. Dickson Raleigh Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Buxton 1851 1851-07-06 - 1915-10-01 D. C. Echlin Cedar Springs 1858 1885-02-01 - 1988-03-01 G. J. Taylor [formerly Buckhorn; also see Harwich] Charing Cross 1860 1860-07-01 - John Hunter Chatham 1816 1851-08-06 - Samuel Barfoot (formerly Raleigh) Chatham Sub #1 1953-06-09 - 1955-05-20 - 166 Richmond St. Chatham Sub #1 1958-02-18 - 1960-06-24 - 115 Richmond St. Chatham Sub #3 1953-06-08 - 1959-04-27 ( 390852 2508 ) 580 Queen St. Chatham Sub #3 1959-07-16 - ( 390852 2508 ) Dealtown 1831 1852-05-06 - 1904-07-04 Isaac Lambert Dealtown 1907-12-01 - 1909-10-01 Dolsen 1885-02-01 - 1897-01-01 Bernard Daly Doyles 1886 1886-03-01 - 1914-07-31 M. Doyle Fletcher 1875 1875-05-01 - 1973-07-13 P. T. Barry [latterly in Tilbury East] Irwin 1883 1883-07-01 - 1891-04-30 William Irwin Larwill 1885-04-01 - 1886-03-01 Merlin 1868 1868-02-01 H. A. Miller North Buxton 1874 1875-04-01 - G. J. Charleston Ouvry 1875 1876-05-01 - 1914-02-12 George Goulet Prairie Siding 1883-06-01 - 1885-04-04 [Prairie Siding 1883-1885; Williams 1885-1909; Prairie Siding 1909-1970] Prairie Siding 1909-07-01 - 1970-04-07 [Prairie Siding 1883-1885; Williams 1885-1909; Prairie Siding 1909-1970] Raleigh 1824 - 1851-08-06 [renamed Chatham] Rhodes 1911-04-01 - 1913-09-30 Sandison 1908-07-15 - 1913-07-31 Williams 1883 1885-04-01 - 1909-07-01 Robert Williams Romney Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Coatsworth Station 1893-07-01 - Old Montrose 1864-11-01 - 1880-08-31 Renwick 1893-07-03 - 1915-07-31 Romney 1831 prior to 1832 - 1914-04-30 C. Coatsworth Wheatley 1865-01-01 - Tilbury East Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Edgeworth 1857 1857-11-01 - 1865-10-02 James Waddell Edgeworth 1869-01-01 - 1889-07-31 Fletcher [formerly of Raleigh] Glenwood Station 1894-11-01 - 1915-04-30 Henderson 1875-03-01 - 1883-09-01 (renamed Tilbury Centre) Jeannette 1912-06-24 - 1913-11-30 Jeannette's Creek 1891-12-01 - 1969-03-31 Port Alma 1885 1885-01-01 - 1914-06-01 Joseph Cossack Port Alma 1946-11-28 - after 1978-08-25 1946 - Lot 177, Talbot Rd. Quinn 1883 1883-05-01 - 1915-03-31 P. W. Richards Stevenson 1897-08-01 - 1915-07-31 [or, sometimes, in Romney Twp.?] Stewart 1851 1885-04-01 - 1912-03-30 Robert Kane (formerly Tilbury East) Tilbury 1895-01-01 - (formerly Henderson; then Tilbury Centre) Tilbury 1988-01-25 - Retail Postal Outlet #1 ( 405345; 26 Queen St., N0P 2L0 Tilbury Centre 1883-09-01 - 1895-01-01 (formerly Hendeerson; later Tilbury} Tilbury East 1851-07-06 - 1885-04-01 (renamed Stewart) Valetta 1864 1864-12-01 - 1915-04-30 John Richardson Zone Township Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Bothwell 1856 1856-09-01 - Wm. Regan Dante 1881 1880-08-01 - 1914-01-15 Thos. McAlpine Moravia 1853-03-06 - 1856-09-01 [closed on opening of Bothwell] TOWNSHIP NOT STATED Office Name Opened Timespan (P.O. Archives) Postmaster in 1886 Notes Erieus 1831-10-06 Postmaster: James W. Little in 1832 No other records
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