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34763
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The Stella, North Carolina, post office was first operated by German immigrant William Kuhn. Kuhn came to North Carolina to work as a book keeper for a local mill operation. Purchasing land near Stella, he opened a general store which doubled as the local post office. Another Carteret County post office, located in Mill Creek, was staffed by members of the local Quaker community during the mid-19th century.
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13871
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Seventy-five buses in twenty-six states have been dispatched as the new fleet of highway post offices. Approved in 1940 by an Act of Congress, the new bus post offices will take over mail carrying duties at the end of rail lines.
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35996
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The post office could be defined as little by size, touted as the third smallest in the United States and second smallest in operation. It could also be defined in little in relation to its location, the village of Salvo. As for its distinction of being the oldest post office on the island, its reputation could be described as larger than life.
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43606
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In this article the author is discussing that there are many different cities and communities in Craven County that are not well known. Before the Civil War, post offices could be miles apart which caused mail delivery and pickup for individual in these small communities to be infrequent. After the civil war and the expansion of the railroad system post offices became more abundant because they followed the railroads and communities that were founded because of the railroad. The communities affected the most by this are Ernul, Caton, Askins, Wasp, Honolulu, Maple Cypress, Fort Barnwell, Cobton, Perfection, Jasper, Tuscarora, Thurman, Croatan, Pine Grove, North Harlowe, Bachelor, and Blades. These communities were the few that had a formal post office whereas many small communities did not which caused their residents to have infrequences in their mail.
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41274
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Mailing methods in North Carolina have changed greatly since the 16th century, when ship captains coordinated letters' delivery. During the Colonial period, post offices were established in Edenton, New Bern, Washington, and Wilmington. Delivery conduits during the 19th century and 20th centuries included Terrell County's 21 post offices, located in places such as Springfield, Frying Pan, Kilkenny, and Jerry. Today, Columbia, site for the first post office, is the locale for the only post office serving Tyrell County.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 12 Issue 1, January 2020,
p42-44
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Post office buildings--North Carolina; Post office buildings--North Carolina--Tyrell County; Mailing--Colonial period--post offices--Edenton; Tyrell County--history; Mailing--Colonial period--North Carolina; Postal service--Reconstruction--North Carolina--women; Letter carriers--Tyrrell County--19th and 20th centuries