On November 9, 1886, the Franklin Post Office opens. Joseph Stevens is the first postmaster. The post office serves the employees of the recently opened coal mine. Franklin is located in King County, 28 miles southeast of Seattle, three miles southeast of Black Diamond along the Green River.
The post office closed on January 31, 1916.
Sources:
Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State Library, February, 1966), 601.
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