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MARION COUNTY AR
POST OFFICES
by Mysty McPherson (shakerag@mtnhome.com)
Ralph, AR

The names, proposed names, local names, time periods, and locations of United States Post Offices can be far more important than one would imagine. A little known fact about post offices is that historically the vast majority weren't the big red brick buildings with waving American flags and huge macadam parking lots today seen everywhere. They were quietly tucked away in the front room of a farmhouse or a corner in a general store. They were usually at a crossroads or on a well-traveled dirt road. They were often an old house converted to post office use sitting next to a feed store or livery stable. Their names apparently followed no logical rules, seldom had any connection with anything in the immediate area, and could be most anything one could imagine.

Most counties throughout this country have lots and lots of little and not-so-little towns nestled within their boundaries. Most can be found easily in an atlas or on a map. Not so in Marion County. Research here can often be frustrating and confusing because there are so few towns and because those we have are so widely scattered.

Marion County is made up of homes, stores, and communities - seldom towns. A community often grew around a post office in a home or store. A town often grew around a community with a post office. But not always. The historical evolution of population centers, transportation facilities, and the vagaries of government policies have played their parts too. Some post offices grew out of boom times and disappeared when the boom died. Some were closed down for lack of customers. One or more small ones were consolidated at a more central location.

Old timers and old tales speak of places visited, family homeplaces, where schools or stores were, where historical or amusing or annual events occurred. But where were these places? They're not noted on most maps, especially not today's maps. Political subdivisions (townships) are of little help. Sometimes a researcher can get a general idea from the names of creeks or mountains or hollows. And place names often change for one reason or another - or for no apparent reason at all. What one person knows as Powell, another person knows as Pyatt. What one person knows as Newton Flat, another person knows as Bull Shoals.

The history of post offices and where they were is a very valuable research tool in Marion County. Many, but by no means all, communities and centers of activity at any given time can be located by finding a post office and its name and its time period.

My thanks to Russell P. Baker of the Arkansas History Commission for leading me to microfilm records and for his most valuable book "From Memdag to Norsk; A Historical Dictionary of Arkansas Post Offices 1832-1971."

Note From Linda: Unfamiliar with the legal descriptions found in the Location column below? Take a minute to read Public Domain Survey. By using the legal descriptions Mysty has included in her information it is possible to pin-point a location on today's maps.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Name	Dates	Location	Notes
A Top of Page
Adams	1907-1910	NW 1/4 Sec 25 T18N R17W	Names for Emma Adams, Bruno Postmaster. Was to be named Lynn
B Top of Page
Ball	1881-1881	NW 1/4 Sec 36 T20N R16W	John H. Pangle proposed postmaster
Bend	1907-1910	SE 1/4 Sec 4 T21N R17W	A. Brown proposed postmaster. Proposed by C.W. Milum Pell Postmaster
Bendona	1924-1931	NW 1/4 Sec 9 T21N R17W
Big Pond	1858-1879	Sec 25 T19N R13W	Removed to Baxter Co 1873
Brodie	1910-1911	NW 1/4 Sec 26 T18N R16W	J.B. Melton proposed postmaster. Was to be named Melton
Bruno	1885-	SW 1/4 Sec 9 T17N R17W Moved 1887 to SW 14/ Sec 3 T17N R17W	Ezekiel Adkins, proposed postmaster.
Buffalo City		See Strecher City
Buffalo City		See Toney
Buffalo City	1848-1896	SW 1/4 Sec 27 T18N R14W	E.B. Turnstall porposed postmaster
Bull Shoals	1949-
Burnes' Store		see Freck
C Top of Page
Cedar Creek		See Teagarden
Chigger Hill		See Mount Perrian
Claffern	1916-1917	NW1/4 Sec 11 T17N R15W	Was to be named Coe
Clear Creek		See Powell
Clear Creek	1855-1888	Sec 7 T17N R18W	Removed to Boone Co 1869. Removed to Marion Co 1883
Coe		See Claffern
Comal	1906-1918	SE1/2 Sec 34 T19N R17W	Augustus G Pierce, proposed postmaster
Cowan	1900-1904	SE1/4 Sec 26 T18N R16W	King Doshier, proposed postmaster
D Top of Page
Denby	1898-1898
DeSoto Springs		See Mull
Dillard		See Silver Run
Dodd City		See Doddsville
Doddsville	1872-1931	W1/2 Sec 4 T19N R17W	Named for Hiempsal S. Dodd, postmaster. Changed to Dodd City 1888
Dubuque		See Worth
Dugger	1907-1918	SW1/4 Sec 14 T17N R18W	M.E. Taylor proposed postmaster
Duluth	1895-1897	N1/2 SW1/4 Sec 36 T21N R17W
E Top of Page
Edwards		See Stone
Eros	1880-1928	NW1/4 Sec 36 T18N R18W Moved 1893 to NW1/4 Sec 25 T18N R18W	Was to be named Sweet Water. Moved 1893 and was to be named Prairie House
Eudora		See Powell
Exter	1888-1954	Sec 10 T17N R15W	Changed 1890 to Rush Creek
F Top of Page
Fears	1908-1915	N1/2 Sec 34 T21N R15W	Named after John M. Fears postmaster. Was to be named Grunsky. In the community locally called Hill Top.
Flippin		See Georges Creek
Flippin	1882-	NW1/4 Sec 17 T19N R15W	Was to be named Jackson City
Freck	1906-1953	Sec19 T17N R16W	Locally called Burnes' Store
G Top of Page
Georges Creek	1878-1905	SW1/2 N1/2 Sec 35 T19N R17W	Named changed from Flippin 1879
Gould		See Summit
Grunksy		See Fears
H Top of Page
Hampton Valley	1878-1880	SW1/4 Sec 3 T17N R17W
Helva	1917-1918	NE1/4 NW1/4 Sec 26 T17N R15W	At Camp Helva
Hempsey	1891-1926	SW1/4 Sec 34 T17N R14W	At Adam's Mill
Hazel		See Jacfontan
J Top of Page
Jackson City		See Flippin
Johnson	1836-1847	Sec 20 T19N R15W
K Top of Page
Keystone	1904-1911	NW1/4 Sec 13 T17N R15W	At Silver Hollow
Kingdon Springs	1902-1933	SE1/2 Sec 34 T20N R16W	New mining camp
Lead Hill	1857-	Sec 4 T20N R18W	Removed to Boone Co 1879
Lion Hill	1895-1902	SE1/4 Sec 20 T18N R14W
Lynn		See Adams
M Top of Page
Maryhattiana	1899-1902	Center sec 7 T17N R15W
McBee Landing	1887-1906	NE1/4 Sec 23 T19N R15W	Names for William C. McBee postmaster
McCarthy		See Mull
Melton		See Brodie
Monarch	1887-1955	NW1/4 NE1/4 Sec 24 T20N R18W	Was to be named Whitley
Mount Perrian	1921-1926	NW1/4 Sec 30 T21N R17W	Was to be named Chiggar Hill
Mountain Home	1861-	Sec 9 T19N R13W	Remoed to Baxter Co 1873
Mull	1919-1954	SW1/4 SE1/4 Sec 29 T17N R15W 1920 moved to NE1/4 Sec 20 T17N R15W 1927 moved to NE1/4 Sec 31 T17N R15W	At the Bell Mine. Was to be named McCarty. Moved 1920. Locally called DeSoto Springs. Moved again in 1927
N Top of Page
Nod City		See Pyatt
Noe's	1880-	Sec 20 T21N R15W 1886 Moved to Sec 6 T20N R15W	Changed to Oakland 1886.
Noe's Ferry	1875-1879	Sec 18 T20N R15W	Locally called Pierson
O Top of Page
Oakland		See Noe's
Oatesland	1878-878
Olney	1872-1873	Sec 23 T20N R14W	Removed to Baxter Co 1873. Returned to Marion Co. 1873
Onset	1884-1914	NW1/2 Sec 11 T18N R15W Moved 1910 to NE1/4 Sec 16 T18N R15W	Was to be named Reas.
Onwata	1916-1918	NE1/4 SE1/4 Sec 30 T20N R16W
P Top of Page
Peel	1885-	NW1/4 Sec 34 T21N R17W
Pierson		See Noe's Ferry
Powell	1888-	Sec 13 T18N R18W	Changed 1888 from Clear Creek in Boone Co. Changed 1904 to Pyatt. Was to be named Nod City or Eudora.
Prairie House		See Eros
Pyleville	1880-1880	Sec 25 T18N R17W	Named for S.G. Pyle postmaster
R Top of Page
Ralph	1894-1925	SE1/4 Sec 33 T18N R16W
Rea Valley	1912-1953	NW1/4 NE1/4 Sec 11 T18N R15W
Reas		See Onset
Rogers Flat		See Verona
Rolling Prairie	1843-1871	Sec 31 T18N R18W	Moved 1867 to Carroll Co. Removed 1869 to Boone Co. Locally called Double Springs and Valley Springs
Rosslow	1880-1882	NW1/2 SW1/4 Sec 2 T17N R17W
Rush	1886-1888	SE1/4 Sec 36 T18N R16W
Rush Creek		See Exter
S Top of Page
Salgado	1900-1911	NE1/4 Sec 31 T17N R14W	At Ingraham
Sherman	1870-1871	NW1/2 Sec 11 T19N R15W	"It's the seat of justice just made so"
Silver Run	1916-1917	SE1/4 Sec 30 T17N R15W	Was to be named Dillard
Speirston	1917-1917		Named for Albert C Speirs postmaster
Stecher City		See Toney
Stewartstown	1875-1876	SW1/4 Sec 25 T20N R16W
Stone	1884-1913	SE1/4 Sec 3 T20N R16W	Was to be named Edwards
Sugar Loaf Mills	1872-1872	NW1/4 Sec 29 T20N R17W
Summit	1905-	NW1/4 Sec 33 T19N F16W	Was to be named Gould
Sylva	1883-1911	NW1/4 Sec 20 T17N R15W
T Top of Page
Teagarden	1916-1916	NW1/4 Sec 7 T17N R14W	Was to be named Cedar Creek
Tolberts Ferry	1860-1866
Toney	1884-	Sec 27 T18N R14W	Was to be named Stecher city. Named for Lorenzo D Toney postmaster. Changed 1893 to Buffalo City
Turkey	1912-1953	SE1/4 Sec 34 T18N R17W
V Top of Page
Verona	1912-1951	SE1/4 Sec 19 T17N R17W	Was to be named Rogers Flat
W Top of Page
Water Creek	1871-1878	NW1/4 Sec 17 T17N R16W	Removed from Searcy Co 1874
Ware's Chapel		Sec 33 T18N R15W
Whiteville	1858-1879	Sec 27 T19N F14W	Removed to Baxter co 1873
Wooley	1880-1880
Worth	1848-	Sec 22 T21N R18W	Changed to Dubuque 1854
Y Top of Page
Yellville	1831-	Sec 4 T18N R16W	Removed from Searcy Co 1836

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