Montgomery County Place Names and Post Offices

The following list of post offices in Montgomery County, Tennessee and their dates of operation will be helpful to genealogists and historians hoping to identify the location of a particular place name.

This list is based on records at National Archives listing postmaster appointments from 1832 to 1971 (see National Archives microfilm publications M1131 and M841), also accessible on Ancestry.com

An excellent work compiled by D.R. Frazier and published in 1984 provides the names of each postmaster in each Tennessee town or village, and gives the dates of his or her tenure. This book, titled Tennessee Postoffices and Postmaster Appointments 1789-1984 is available in many libraries.

Post Office Opened Postmaster Closed
Ardee1886 1899
Armstrong1880 1883
Asbury 1 May 1844 Charles H. Brame
John Gold (1845)		 1858
Bagby1900 1900
Bald Hornet1878 1891
Bellemy1891 1908
Big Four1895 1907
Blooming Grove 18 Apr 1837 Henry Neblett
William E. Newell (1847)		 31 Dec 1851
Blooming Grove 18 Aug 1857 Josiah Horn  
Brewer1894 1904
Broadbent1900 1908
Brook Hill1816 1832
Bryantville1894 1905
Byway1891 1895
Carmel1878 1904
Central Point1876 1877
Cherry Grove1893 1904
Clarksville (C. H.) 28 Jan 1820 Charles Minor
John H. Poston (1836)
John D. Bradley (1836)
James E. Franklin (1849)
Wilie B. Dortch (1853)
Charles O. Faxon (1854)		 present
Clements1860 1866
Collinsville1873 1880
Corbandale1866 1928
Cunningham1892 present
Dailey's 16 Sep 1846 Joseph Dailey 1860
Dogwood1892 1923
Dotsonville1877 1906
Elmore1900 1901
Excell1895 1905
Fairmont1858 1866
Fearyca. 1816  ca.1818
Fredonia 22 Jan 1827 Sanford Wilson
Duncan Bethune (1836)
Robert W. Majors (1840)
Sanford Wilson (1841)
Robert S. Chilton (1845)
Garland A. Woodson (1848)
John H. Adkins (1851)		 1905
Gholson1904 1913
Glenellen1884 1899
Grantsville1872 1874
Grantville1877 1913
Gratton1904 1911
Hackberry1898 1932
Hampton Station1874 1931
Hematite1892 1895
Henrietta 10 Jun 1847 Robert T. Gupton 29 Mar 1852 - changed to Ryan's Store
Henrietta 29 Jan 1855 Robert T. Gupton 1858
Hickory Point1900 1955
Iloilo1900 1901
Johnson's (private) 6 Jan 1831 Len H. Johnson
E. D. Killebrew and J. M. Dye (1838)		 27 Mar 1855
Jordan's Spring 10 Nov 1853 John Chester Jr.
Michael Hartman (1855)		 5 Dec 1855
Kercheval's1828 1829
Langford1894 1903
Leghorn1894 1894
Little Grove 2 Jul 1847 Benjamin Neblett changed to Woodlawn
Liverwort1898 1909
Louise1892 1929
Maggie1884 1884
McAdoo 2 Oct 1846 Robert W. Morrison 28 Jan 1850
McAllister's Cross Roads 2 Mar 1831 Samuel Stacker
William L. Ward (1835)
William M. Stewart (1836)
William C. Batson (1850)		 1905
Meriville 24 Apr 1851 William D. Merriwether 18 May 1852 - changed to Graysville, Tn.
Merriwether1894 1901
Minor's Nursery 2 Feb 1839 Charles Minor
John C. Andrews (1844)
Henry C. Lloyd (1845)
Owen W. Adkins (1846)
John B. Grubbs (1847)
(discontinued 1848-1849)
Paul E. Coleman (1849)		 also known as Graysville, Ky.
discontinued 15 Nov 1850
Modoc1900 1904
Mount Henry 16 Oct 1820 Henry Williams
James Mallory & James Woodson (1837)		 7 Nov 1848
Mount Vernon Furnace 14 Jun 1832 George J. McCauley
William Hillsman (1833)
F. Nisbet & W. R. Hicks (1833)
Levin B. Mitchell (1834)
P. Laird & F. Neblett
Abner Vaughan (1835)		 19 Nov 1835
Needmore1903 1909
New Providence 2 Mar 1837 Butler Fauntleroy
Thomas F. Pettus (1842)
Nace F. Trice (1843)
Lewis A. Waller (1851)
Nace F. Trice (1853)
John F. Tames? (1855)
Reuben T. Pollard (1856)		 1915
New York 21 Sep 1848 William J. Hust
Jesse W. Bartee (1851)
George W. Bartee (1853)
Joseph J. Brewers? (1853)
William Horn (1856)
Joseph Carmack (1858)		 1866
Oak Plain1897 1906
Oakwood1859 1908
Omar1884 1904
Onecho 29 Mar 1839 James H. Williams 1856
Orgain's Cross Roads1877 1896
Palmyra   B. M. Williamson
? Williamson & William Moore
William Laird (1841)		 present
Pea Ridge 8 Mar 1847 Reuben T. Pollard
Henry W. Watts (1852)
Ross R. Buckley (1854)
George P. Boston (1855)
James R. Evans (1856)
George P. Boston (1856)		 1882
Peacher's Mills 16 Nov 1853 Peter Peacher 1906
Pleasant Mound 27 Jul 1855 Benjamin C. Felts 1897
Poplar Springs Furnace1876 1878
Poplar Springs Iron Works 25 Apr 1854 John H. Jones 1859
Port Royal 4 May 1830 David Allen
George B. Hopson (1834)
P. F. Norfleet & James J. Hopson (1834)
George Bell (1839)
Abram C. Gaines (1843)
R. F. Norfleet (1845)
Walter Boyd (1845)
Abram C. Gaines (1847)
Zephar Smith (1854)
William W. Kirby (1855)
James W. Duvall (1857)
David A. Wilkins (1858)		 1940
Rattlesnake1893 1904
Rea1882 1887
Red River Forge1826 1829
Rest1887 1889
Richardson's 7 Apr 1847 John T. Richardson 1872
Riggins1883 1898
Ringgold 5 Feb 1847 Hugh L. Foster
Joseph Sturdivant (1847)
Montgomery D. Davie (1851)
Butler Fauntleroy (1856)		 1906
Rose Hill1905 1909
Ross View (Rossview)1873 1906
Ryan's Store 29 Mar 1852 James Ryan changed 24 Jun 1856 to Shaw's Store (Cheatham Co.)
Sailor's Rest 31 May 1832 George W. Jordan
R. S. West & B. A. Collier (1837)
Robert West & B. Latham (1844)
Burrell Corban (1850)
Isaac D. West (1852)		 1931
Saint Bethlehem (St. Bethlehem)1869 present
Sango1889 1906
Saugo1881 1889
Searcy's (private)   William Daniel 25 Apr 1839
Seg1881 1904
Shiloh1869 1881
Somerset 22 Dec 1853 John H. Adkins 17 Apr 1854
Southside1800 present
Steele1883 1886
Tates Station1864 1872
Tennessee Iron Works 7 Aug 1827 Robert Baxter
Anthony Collins & Edward Landy (1842)
Stephen D. Watkins (1850)		 24 Nov 1852
Thomason1889 1918
Turbine1888 1913
Vernon Furnace1875 1881
Walnut Grove1819 1827
Washington Furnace1822 1940
Wheatley's Mills 7 Dec 1848 A. G. Wheatley 5 Nov 1851
Williams' 18 Dec 1827 Thomas Williams
James H. Williams (1837)		 changed to Onecho 1839
Woodford 1 Aug 1851 Garland A. Woodson
Alexander Hogan		 1929
Woodlawn 31 Mar 1854 John D. Wood present
Yellow Creek Furnace 19 Nov 1829 John H. Marable
William R. Turner? & ? Thornton (1838)
Henry McFall (1844)
Robert Steele (1850)		 1866
Washington Furnace 4 Apr 1833 George Patterson
? Mockbee & ? Morris (1837)		 17 Jun 1840

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