LAWRENCE COUNTY POST OFFICES

(INCOMPLETE LIST)

Submitted by Sharon M. Kouns

I. R. July 12, 1877 - Subscribers at some of the post office in the county complain that their papers are all mussed up when they get them - that they are opened and read at the post offices by anybody. This is wrong and we hope the postmasters will see that it is stopped. Men who are too stingy to pay for their county paper should not be allowed to read it.

I. R. July 28, 1892 - CHANGE OF ROUTE. - We understand that the post office department has changed the mail route from Marion down Symmes via Russells Place, so that it will begin at Willow Wood and run via Russells Place to Deering to connect there with the daily mail from Ironton.

 This maintains a daily mail at every point as before, but adds one advantage. The new route running up Leatherwood from Russells Place will provide the chance for an office that is much needed in the neighborhood of William Brammer place. There is a spot that is three miles from any post office, and this new arrangement will give this opportunity for increasing the mail advantages of this county.

POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS

ARABIA

Source Lawco Lore, p. 8, Vol. 14, Issue 2 by Donald Dean

Established June 19, 1858 Discontinued on Nov. 6, 1867 Re-established Dec. 30, 1867 Discontinued on Mar. 31, 1912

Postmasters

 Date of Appointment Granville T. Vermillion June 19, 1858

Uriah Vermillion Sept. 20, 1862

Benjamin F. Thomas Nov. 9, 1864

William E. Thomas Feb. 27, 1866

Logan Vermillion Dec. 30, 1867

A. Robinson Dec. 8, 1879

James C. Taylor Nov. 4, 1885

James W. Robinson May 10, 1889

Walter M. Stewart July 19, 1893

Charles W. McDaniel Aug. 1, 1894

James W. Robinson May 13, 1897

Edward Robinson April 20, 1906

Omar L. Rucker April 29, 1909

I. R. June 9, 1892 - DAILY MAIL TO ARABIA

We are glad to announce that Gen. Enochs has secured an order for the establishment of a daily mail to Arabia via Hecla and Oak Ridge. This route was established two years ago, with a semi-weekly mail. Last winter it was changed to a tri-weekly. And now it is a daily. This is commendable progress, and we are all thankful to Congressman Enochs for this continuous interest in this matter. Good roads and daily mails are the omens of advancement.

We give the below the letter from the department to Gen. Enochs which gives the intelligence of this increased service:
           P. O. D. Washington, June 3.

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, in compliance with your recommendation of the service on route 31,853, Ironton to Arabia has been increased to six times a week, to take effect June 15, 1892.
Very respectfully,
J. L. Bell, 2nd Asst. P.M.G.

To Hon. W. H. Enochs.
So we are getting our mail facilities in this county in pretty good shape. There is still something else to do, and then the ground will be pretty generally covered. Establish a daily mail from Deerings to Willow Wood via Russells Place, the same to connect with the daily service from Ironton to Gallipolis. This done and the extensions of a daily to Scott Town on the Proctorville route and all the important centers of Lawrence county will have a daily mail. We are sure it
will come to that within a year.

HANGING ROCK, OHIO 45635
Info up to 1954 by Donald Brown

The post office was a log building built in 1937. The Flood of 1937 floated away their previous post office.

Postmaster Date of Appointment

Andrew Ellison, Jr. July 9, 1830

 William Jones Jan. 4, 1831

Andrew Ellison, Jr. Feb. 13, 1832

Joseph Riggs Feb. 10, 1834

 James Rodgers Jan. 2, 1836

 John Kyle Sept. 7, 1847

Andrew Hamilton May 4, 1848

James Martin Nov. 5, 1851

E. B. Willard June 15, 1874

Elizabeth Kramer March 17, 1882
James Hudson Feb. 20, 1901

William C. McKee Feb. 24, 1905

Anna M. Hempstead May 8, 1905

Harriet M. Hempstead July 20, 1906

Anna M. Heiner July 30, 1907

 Edith Zornes Sept. 26, 1947

Donald Brown Jan. 1, 1954 retired Oct. 31, 1980

Today, 1997, Hanging Rock receives its mail by rural route from the Ironton Post Office.

HECLA POST OFFICE I.R. Oct. 29, 1891 - The post office at Hecla will be opened for business with Chas. Campbell as postmaster. This is a good move.

JOHNS CREEK I. R. Feb. 3, 1887 - That New P. O. - Congressman Thompson writes us that the new P. O. on Johns Creek, in the neighborhood of Neal’s can be established and the mail put on the route between Pedro and Waterloo, if ..(do not have end of this article)

SHERRITTS POST OFFICE

Info by Donald Dean - LawCo Lore p. 8, Vol. 14, Issue 2
Established June 15, 1881 Discontinued Nov. 30, 1934

 Postmaster Date of Appointment

 Frederick G. Stewart June 15, 1881

 Amos Griffith April 28, 1882

John W. Vermillion Sept. 28, 1882

 Abram Rodgers Sept. 25, 1883

Green Vermillion Dec. 21, 1883

Andrew S. Cooper April 12, 1890

Thomas J. White July 8, 1897

John T. White April 29, 1909

Miss Bertha White May 5, 1920

 WATERLOO POST OFFICE

 - I. R. FEB. 18, 1892 DAILY MAIL TO WATERLOO There is nothing like having things just right; and that’s the way it is now with the mail from Ironton to Waterloo. Some time ago, an agent from Washington came here and changed the days of this tri-weekly service so that it was unsatisfactory to the newspapers and the people. Protests were made, and strong letters sent to the Department, and these have had their effect.

The Post Office Department have seen how inconvenient the new arrangement has been to the people, and so with judicious liberality, propose to correct the disturbance by placing a daily mail on the route. This is to commence today, the 18th, and henceforth, there will be a daily mail to Waterloo, via Pedro, Johns Creek and Sherritts. This is good. It brings that region into close connection with the outside world. To secure this desirable result, Gen. Enochs has worked with energy and judgment, and the people, we are sure, will appreciate his efforts.