Medford Post Office opens on April 2, 1901.

  • By Greg Lange
  • Posted 11/11/1998
  • HistoryLink.org Essay 569
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On April 2, 1901, the Medford Post Office opens. Ephraim S. Seymour serves as the only postmaster. The post office closes on October 31, 1902.

Medford is located 30 miles east of Seattle, three miles southeast of North Bend at Section 14 Township 23 N Range 8 E. Sallal and Tanner Post Offices were probably located near the same site.

 


Sources:

Guy Reed Ramsey, "Postmarked Washington, 1850-1960," Microfilm (Olympia: Washington State Library, February, 1966), 662.


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