Old Communities, Post Offices, and Postmasters in Camp County, Texas

POST OFFICES IN
NEW FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, TEXAS
1968

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Copyright: 1968 by Wright Patman

(A) Acting Postmaster, (MA) Military Acting, (N) Name changed by marriage,
(**) Denotes a postmaster appointed under authority of Confederate States of America.

CAMP COUNTY
(Pop. 8,874)

Northeastern County. Created and organized in 1874 from Upshur County.
Named for John Lafayette Camp, Texas soldier-legislator-jurist.
County seat: Pittsburg

ADA

Twelve miles southwest of Pittsburg.

Postmaster	Appointed
James W. Taylor	Mar 21, 1901

Office discontinued June 29, 1901: mail ordered sent to Mantha, Upshur County.

BIG CYPRESS

Five and one half miles north of Pittsburg. The town was probably named for Big Cypress Creek
Which forms the boundary lines between Camp and Titus and Camp and Morris Counties.

Postmaster	Appointed
M. C. Davis	Dec 2, 1889

Office discontinued November 11, 1892; mail ordered sent to Pittsburg.

EBENEZER
(Pop. 60)

ELIZABETH

Postmaster	Appointed
O. Y. Steavens	Oct. 12, 1903

Never in operation - order establishing post office rescinded, October 27, 1903.

HARVARD

In northern Camp County: A crossroads community receiving mail from Pittsburg.

LEESBURG

In western Camp County on the Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad seven miles west of Pittsburg.
Named for the Lee family, early settlers in the area.

Office established under the name of Leesburg, Upshur County.

Postmaster	Appointed
James G. Credille	Jun 25, 1874

Office changed to Camp County, June 18, 1877.
The letter "H" was dropped from Leesburgh, making it Leesburg, around 1900.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
W. D. Credille	June 18, 1877	Baxter G. Jenkins	Dec 3, 1914
Richard S. Bryarly	Jul 9, 1877	James B. Amos	Apr 3, 1919
Samuel S. Morris	Sep. 8, 1879	Irene King (A)	Feb 1, 1940
Jonathan T. Musick	Jan. 25, 1881	Irene King	Nov 1, 1940
Robert J. Swain	Mar 10, 1884	Mary Jane Townsand	Aug. 16, 1943 (A)
Andrew J. Swain	May 23, 1890	Mary Jane Townsand	Nov. 7, 1944
William N. Carpenter	Jan 28, 1901	Edith O. Townsand	Feb. 28, 1951 (A)
Stith T. Hardaway	Dec 18, 1906	Mrs. Louie K. Mitcham	Mar 31, 1952
Claud I. Boules	Dec 10, 1910

LILLY

Eight and one-half miles south of Pittsburg. The town is near Lilly Creek which was probably named
for Noah Lilley who patented a section of land on the creek in 1843.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
James A. Musick	May 5, 1880	John N. Nix	Mar 29, 1882
J. D. Traylor	Feb. 23, 1882

Office discontinued January 15, 1883; mail ordered sent to Pittsburg.
Office reestablished September 20, 1890.

Postmaster	Appointed
W. T. Efurd, Jr.	Sep. 20, 1890

Office discontinued April 20, 1891.

MATINBURG
(Pop. 35)

In central Camp County eight miles southwest of Pittsburg.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
Simeon H. Harris	Sep. 7, 1893	Isaac F. Cadenhead	Mar. 2, 1907
Lura L. Nix	May 6, 1895	Minerva Cadenhead	Jan. 5, 1910
John C. Bridges	March 28, 1896	Minerva Scott (N)	May 23, 1913
Thomas H. King	Dec. 22, 1896	Beatrice Smith	Mar. 20, 1915
William P. Townsand	Sep. 1, 1903

NEWSOME
(Pop. 100)

In western Camp County on Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad three miles west of Leesburg.
Named for John Newsome, early settler.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
John M. Newsome	Jan. 2, 1902	Corbin Hood	Feb. 5, 1909
William R. Patterson	Jan. 29, 1904	Isaac F. Cadenhead	April 27, 1914
John M. Newsome	June 7, 1906	Ozella Cadenhead (A)	July 1, 1938
Beatrice Newsome	Aug 1, 1907	Ozella Cadenhead	Dec. 28, 1938

OBY

Five and one half miles east-northeast of Lafayette, Upshur County.

Postmaster	Appointed
Ovie Y. Stevens	Aug. 31, 1903

Office discontinues September 14, 1904; mail ordered sent to Lafayette, Upshur County.

PACONO

Six miles southeast of Pittsburg.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
John H. Sayles	Jan. 2, 1902	Henry Bolton	Aug. 19, 1903
Jomes Williams	May 14, 1903

Office discontinued January 14, 1904; mail ordered sent to Lafayette, Upshur County.

PINE
(Pop. 45)

Near southern Camp County line on the St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad.
Originally called Pine tree for the trees located near the post office.
Established in Upshur County the site was included in Camp County bounds when
that county was organized in 1874.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
Mathew H. Nicholson	Oct. 26, 1892	Jesse J. Arms	Mar. 5, 1923
William T. Efurd	Mar. 26, 1894	Lonzo M. Pilgreen	Mar. 18, 1925
Isaac Turnage	Jan. 11, 1897	Harold Pilgreen (A)	Apr. 29, 1939
William T. Efurd	Aug. 4, 1898	Mrs. Nettie Pilgreen	Aug. 15, 1939
Jesse J. Arms (A)	Feb. 1, 1923	Mrs.Nettie Kelley(N)	Mar. 18, 1943

Office discontinued March 15, 1954; mail ordered sent to Pittsburg.

PITTSBURG
(Pop. 4,181)

Eleven miles south of Mount Pleasant, Titus County.
Named for its founder, Major W. H. Pitts, it is the principal town in Camp County
and was selected as county seat in 1874.

Office established under the name of Pittsburgh (with an "h" on the end), Upshur County.
Office changed to Camp County, no date shown.
Name of office changed to Pittsburg, April 11, 1903.

Postmaster	Appointed	Postmaster	Appointed
William C. Loving	May 23, 1855	Edwin Fore	March 31, 1898
Robert H. Yarbrough	Feb. 9, 1856	Joe R. Hooton	March 27, 1914
Wilson L. Collins	Nov. 7, 1859	Ethel Milligan	Feb. 6, 1923
William H. Pitts (**)	July 12, 1861	Myrtle Engledow (A)	Feb. 11, 1935
Miss L. F. Crawford	April 23, 1866	Charles C. Truitt	June 18, 1935
Martha Crawford	March 18, 1872	Guy H. Holman (A)	Nov. 16, 1948
William C. Crawford	Nov. 16, 1874	Guy H. Holman	July 8, 1950
James K. McDowell	Dec. 13, 1881	Lloyd Richardson	Mar. 7, 1960
James A. Derrick	May 5, 1885	Clarence Garrett (A)	Sep. 28, 1962
James L. Fore	April 15, 1889	Clarence Garrett	April 12, 1963
Dollie F. Thompson	April 11, 1893

ROADSIDE

Postmaster	Appointed
D. P. Sayles	April 6, 1899

Never in operation - order establishing post office rescinded January 4, 1900.

ROEBUCK

Five miles southwest of Leesburg.

Postmaster	Appointed
Charles C. Norton	April 4, 1900

Office discontinued October 31, 1901; mail ordered sent to Mantha, Upshur County.

Active Post offices in 1974.

Leesburg: Zip Code: 75451 Mrs. Louie K. Mitcham
Pittsburg: Zip Code: 75686 Mr. Clarence E. Garrett

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