Lost Post Offices of Hampshire County

Thanks to the research of Mr. Len McMaster, we are finding where the old Post Offices of Hampshire County were located. If you happen to know the exact location of any one we list as unknown, please let us know. Thank you.

Map of Postal Routes of Hampshire County, 1896

Postal Routes of Hampshire County, 1896

Post route map of the state of Virginia and West Virginia; United States. Post Office Dept., Washington, D.C.,
Postmaster General, 1896. - Web address: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3881p.ct000776

Glencoe, A Lost Place in Hampshire County

Glencoe, established March 23, 1826; ceased operation when Capon Bridge Post Office became operative July 13, 1841. This Post Office served the Capon Bridge area, but may not have been located within the present town. References to this post office include Maud Pugh's book (Capon Valley: Its Pioneers and Descendants, 1698-1940), which states that Jesse Pugh, the first Glencoe postmaster, "lived south of Capon Bridge." Maud also notes that William Odell, the third Glencoe postmaster, "lived at Capon Bridge."

A map of the state of Virginia : reduced from the nine sheet map of the state in conformity to law / by Herman Böÿe, 1828. Corr. by order of the executive, 1859 / by L.v. Buchholtz. [Virginia : s.n., 1859] Scale [ca. 1:630,000].
CALL NUMBER: Library of Congress, Map Division G3880 1859 .B615 Vault
Web address: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3880.ct001508

Crozet's map of the Northwestern Turnpike showing area of Capon Bridge

Map of the location of part of the North-Western Turnpike Road / made under direction of C. Crozet, Pr. Eng., by Chas. B. Shaw, Ast., 1831.
Library of Congress Map Division Call Number: G3881.P2 1831 .S5 Vault : Hotch 215
Web address: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3881p.cwh00215

Midland RR map showing Capon Bridge area

Dunn's Store Post Office, Mineral County

There is no reference to this post office in any of the Postmaster Appointment Records, but it is listed in the 1822 Post Office Department List of Post Offices in the United States, located a distance of 100 miles west of Washington, DC and 178 miles northwest of Richmond. It appears to have been in the eastern part of Hampshire County by comparison with the distances listed to other Hampshire County post offices, e.g., in the 1831 List of Post Offices Dillon's Run is listed a distance of 100 miles west of Washington, DC and 179 miles northwest of Richmond; in fact these distances are so close that one might wonder if Dunn's Store could have served the same community as Dillon's Run, which was established about nine years after Dunn's Store was discontinued. From Axelson [Axelson, Edith F., 1991, Virginia Postmasters and Post Offices, 1789-1832, pp. 85-88, Iberian Publishing Company, Athens, Ga.] the Dunn's Store post office was established in May 1820 and discontinued in 1821. Dillon's Run P.O. operated from July 1830 to Dec. 1938

Gloydsborough (boro) Post Office

Gloydsborough was established March 14, 1814 and discontinued 1821. We have found no information on its location.

Offutt's Store Post Office

The 1822 and 1825 Post Office Department Lists of Post Offices indicates it was located a distance of 93 miles west of Washington, DC and 180 miles northwest of Richmond. It appears to have been located in the eastern part of Hampshire County by comparison with the distances listed to other Hampshire County post offices, e.g., in the 1822 List of Post Offices Sherrard's Store is listed a distance of 98 miles west of Washington, DC and 184 miles northwest of Richmond, and Hanging Rock is located 98 miles west of Washington and 197 miles northwest of Richmond. It exact location is unknown.

We appreciate the work being done by Mr. Len McMaster on this important project and for his allowing HistoricHampshire.org to post information he has collected. We will be expanding our list of known places and unknown places to include Mr. McMaster's information.