Former Titus County Post Offices
Robert & Mary Turner's A Glimpse of Titus County, Texas History
Office discontinued October 15, 1914; mail ordered sent to Talco.



POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



James S. Rountree
09-03-1885
George F. Rountree
09-25-1886
William M. Brown
07-24-1888
Millard C. Wilhite
01-09-1891
Minnie L. Adams
05-18-1896
Samuel P. Adams
09-13-1900
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



James W. Myers
09-14-1901
Several Titus County post offices closed for various reasons.  It was common for the Post Office Department to contract with a local businessman in smaller communities to handle his community's mail.  Sometimes the person went out of business and no one else could be found who wanted to serve as postmaster. Other times, the community itself lost population and faded away.  In these cases, the community's post office was merged with a nearby post office so residents could still receive their mail.

The late U.S. Congressman Wright Patman compiled most of the following information about Titus County's community post offices in 1963.  The populations listed for the communities are from Congressman Patman's original 1963 listing.  We posted them to give visitors an idea of each community's population at that time.  Congressman Patman served the First Congressional District of Texas, which included Titus County, for many years.  We have updated his information when historical records have made it possible to do so.

Please contact us if you have further information about any of the following post offices.


Towns and communities which have never had a post office are also included with pertinent information.

Postmasters and their appointment dates were obtained from the postal records of the United States Archives and the Department of the Post Office, Washington, D. C.

Mileage location of each post office was obtained from sight location records, U. S. Archives.





ARGO
(Pop. 26)

Nine miles northeast of Mount Pleasant.

Office discontinued March 30, 1907; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.





ASANDER

Six miles southeast of Argo.

POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



James W. Hewett
09-19-1889
Thomas J. Burkham
11-03-1890
Josiah B. Curtis
07-18-1891
Office discontinued April 14, 1904; mail ordered sent to Cookville





BLACK

Five and one-half miles northeast of Winfield.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Thomas J. Curtis
03-29-1894
Wilmirth West
07-12-1894
Office discontinued December 5, 1893
Office reestablished. March 29, 1894.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Joseph D. Black
Feb  4, 1901
Lottie E. Fleming
Dec. 18, 1903
Office discontinued October 12, 1894.
Office reestablished February 4, 1901.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Mack C. Hastings
06-02-1903
John Kidd
11-13-1905
George W. Blalock
05-07-1906
Frank Blalock
04-01-1910
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



George W. Bistline
04-15-1893
William T. Hammonds
12-02-1901
Ringgould S. Parsons
06-08-1905
Louis M. Cargill
09-25-1906
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



John F. Blodgett
09-22-1903
Office discontinued. September 30, 1905; mail ordered sent to Ripley,






BLALOCK

Five miles east of Talco.

Office discontinued July 31, 1914; mail ordered sent to Talco.





BLODGETT

Three miles southwest of Monticello.
Office discontinued September 14, 1905; mail ordered sent to Winfield.





BLY

Five miles south of Wilkinson.

POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Andrew J. Hutchings
08-28-1885
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Mark C. Rogers
02-14-1896
John J. Taylor
12-18-1900
John A. Tabb
10-22-1902
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



James F. Wilkinson
09-08-1884
Charlotte R. Wilkinson
02-29-1892
J. S. Taylor
11-13-1893
Elijah C. Nelson
05-02-1894
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Gartha A. G. Crawford
06-30-1890
Office discontinued. February 29, 1908; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.






CENTENARY

Five miles north of Monticello.

Office discontinued November 6, 1888; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.




CRESCENT

Five miles south of Cookville.

Office discontinued August 20, 1895.
Office reestablished February 14, 1896.

Office discontinued November 14, 1903; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant,





DORSEY
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Henry S. Summerlin
06-16-1891
Office  discontinued  June 2, 1893.





ELLA

POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Spencer Shearer
01-11-1858
Spencer Shearer
08-05-1861
Appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.
Office discontinued November 5, 1866.






GILPIN

Four miles southwest of Argo.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Nehemiah C. Gould
06-12-1856
James G. Harris
02-04-1859
James G. Morris
06-12-1861
Appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.
William L. McClure
03-13-1862
Appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



E. M. Black
01-03-1876
William R. M. Slaughter
03-31-1880
Annie E. S. Logan
10-27-1898
Charles M. Gill
02-20-1899
Preston A. Black
08-01-1901
Office discontinued October 1, 1890; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.




GOULDSBORO

Office discontinued November 5, 1866.




GREEN HILL

Eleven miles north of Mount Pleasant.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



John F. Brown
11-16-1874
Levi Blackmon
08-20-1886
John W. Edwards
01-11-1890
William E. Coyle
11-25-1890
Terrel M. Henderson
08-21-1891
Ella Lyles
07-15-1893
James E. Freeman
01-19-1894
Annie Craddock
08-02-1894
Annie Letcher
01-11-1896
John H. Hess
05-25-1896
Edward C. Houston
07-31-1897
John B. Sinclair
10-21-1899
Edward C. Houston
04-03-1905
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Christopher C. Horn
07-03-1872
E. M. Black
03-05-1875
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



William S. Coffey
01-22-1857
Office discontinued July 6, 1860.
Office reestablished July 3, 1872.
Office discontinued. August 16, 1875.
Office reestablished January 3, 1876.

POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



William R. Presley
02-14-1901
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Robert J. Holbrook
04-05-1848
Jesse M. Cook
03-31-1852
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Cicero J. Cordor
05-05-1857
Theodore Stiewig
07-27-1859
Theodore Stiewig
07-12-1861
Office discontinued February 28, 1907; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant




MONTICELLO
(Pop. 49)

In the southwestern part of Titus County, eight and one-half miles southwest of Mount Pleasant.

0ffice discontinued January 23, 1867.
Office reestablished November 16, 1874.

Office discontinued March 31, 1906; mail ordered sent to Winfield.




OAK GROVE

Office discontinued July 14, 1853.




PRESLEY

In eastern Titus County five miles northeast of Roeder.
Office discontinued September 30, 1904; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.




RIPLEY

In northwestern Titus County eight miles northwest of Mount Pleasant.

POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



J. M. Eaves
09-02-1872
James M. Murray
05-25-1874
McCamey A. Harris
09-07-1874
John W. Morgan
01-05-1880
John K. Hood
08-18-1881
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Richard W. Blankenship
03-07-1914
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



James H. Hayes
05-16-1857
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



John F. Merrett
05-24-1892
William M. Henderson
06-02-1893
Adolphus J. Miller
03-20-1896
John F. Wilkinson
06-22-1896
Albert H. Evans
May 3, 1898
Joseph G. Barber
Apr. 19, 1899
James H. Wilkinson
Dec. 18, 1900
Junius A. Jameson
Oct. 22, 1902
Robert L. Wilson
Sep. 22, 1903
Office discontinued January 31, 1906.
Office reestablished March 7, 1914.

Office discontinued March 15, 1926; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.




Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Thursday, January 28, 1926

May Discontinue Ripley Post Office
PRESENT POST MASTER HAS RESIGNED, AND NO ONE HAS APPLIED

There is a possibility that the Ripley post office in Titus county may be discontinued soon unless someone makes application for the office of postmaster, which has been held by R. W. Blankenship for the past several years.

Mr. Blankenship recently tendered his resignation to the department owing to ill health, and up to date no one has applied for the office The remuneration of this office is only about $100 per year, but since it has been located in Mr. Blankenship's store, he has been able to attend to the work without any loss, but it will not pay anyone to erect a building to house the office, and the business territory is not large enough for another store, so nobody wants the place.

Ripley is situated on the Paris & Mt. Pleasant railway, eight miles from Mt. Pleasant and as two rural routes from this place pass nearby, the patronage of the office is small, and in the event the office is discontinued, the route could supply the mail with very little inconvenience.





ROEDER
(Pop. 25)

Seven and one-half miles southeast of Mount Pleasant.

POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Willis F. Black
05-19-1893
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



T. W. Templeton
02-03-1863
Appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.
Office discontinued June 15, 1904; mail ordered sent to Mount Pleasant.





RUNNING SPRING
Office discontinued June 15, 1857.





STAG MILLS
Duplicate bond sent September 10, 1864.





TITUS

Seven miles south of Talco.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Annie E. S. Logan
03-26-1900
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



John G. Kelley
09-14-1897
James S. Westerman
11-02-1898
Sibbie C. Stephens
02-07-1901
Office discontinued December 8, 1896.
Office reestablished September 14, 1897.
Office discontinued January 15, 1906; mail ordered sent to Winfield.





TUSCALOOSA

Six miles southwest of Wilkinson.
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Volly Vanhoos
07-12-1888
Elgiva P. Sanford
03-15-1890
Jessie W. Wright
01-18-1896
Reuben W. Pittman
02-03-1899
Eliza Williams
08-24-1908
Willie Harris
07-29-1910
POSTMASTER
APPOINTED
NOTES



Jonathan W. Dabbs
11-19-1850
Joseph Dabbs
10-05-1860
J. W. Dabbs
10-13-1861
Appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.
J. B. Cherry
05-02-1862
J. W. Dabbs
10-03-1862
Office discontinued February 15, 1905; mail ordered sent to Bly.





UNION BRIDGE

Office discontinued November 5, 1866.





WILKINSON (now Sugar Hill)

In northern Titus County thirteen miles north of Mount Pleasant.
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