Grant County Post Office History
This Project made possible by James W. White
Transcribed by C. W. Barnum
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Arranged by date of establishment

GRANT COUNTY POST OFFICES 
Transportation of Mail in Grant County

When gold was discovered at Pinos Altos in 1859, nothing could keep the swarms of prospectors and miners from the area. Supplies, and mail, for the new residents of the area were brought in from Socorro and Fort Craig. The first post office established in what is now Grant County was in Pine Forrest in 1860. Fort McRae, just to the east of what is now Elephant Butte, was established in 1863. By the time the Fort Bayard and Pinos Altos Post Offices were opened in 1867, a stage line had been established from Fort McRae to the fast growing Pinos Altos area. Grant County formed in 1868, mostly from the western portion of Dona Ana County. Pinos Altos, being the largest town and having the best transportation, was the first county seat.

The Silver City Post Office was established in 1871. Star Routes were approved to carry the mail to Fort Bayard and Pinos Altos. Georgetown and Santa Rita were added to the Fort Bayard route when their post offices were opened. Silver City soon established itself as the trade center for the area and became the largest city in the county. In 1874 the County Seat was moved to Silver City. A New Mexico map dated 1879 shows that stage routes had been established from Socorro through Horse Springs and Gila to Silver City. Another route originated at Fort Thorn through Fort McLane and terminated in Silver City. A route also arrived in Silver City from a connection to the Butterfield Stage Route to the south.

In 1881 a short Star Route was established to carry the mail from Hudson Station to the newly established Hudson Post Office. This route was extended into the eastern part of the county as more post offices were established. Grant County lost some territory in the northeast corner when Sierra County was formed in 1884 and more land in 1901. When Luna County was established almost half of the county was taken into Hidalgo County in 1919. The Silver City, Deming and Pacific Railroad was completed into Silver City on August 1, 1884. The line was leased to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. The AT&SF RR purchased the line in 1899. Railway Post Office RPO) service was provided on this line.

The completion of the railroad ended the need for the long Star Route from Socorro. This route was abolished and a new route was established to provide service to the post offices between Silver City and Mogollon. The first post office in the western section of the county was established in 1884 at Carlisle. The mail was routed to Duncan, Arizona, to be delivered to Carlisle by a Star Route. By 1885, the only routes operating out of the Silver City Post Office were to Mogollon and Pinos Altos.

In 1886, a route was established out of the Lordsburg Post Office to provide mail service to Gold Hill. Another route was later added out of Lordsburg to the newly established post office at Redrock. The AT&SF RR built two branch lines into the mining districts from Whitewater. The line to Santa Rita was completed in 1898 and the line to Fierro in 1899. Mail service was provided to Santa Rita, Hanover and Fierro on both lines by the RPO. The Star Routes to these post offices were abolished.

A new Star Route was established in 1901 to provide mail to the new Teel Post Office. This route also served Georgetown and Mimbres. A Star Route was added from Silver City to the new post office in Leopold in 1904. Tyrone was added to this route when their post office was opened in 1906. Around 1916 the new railroad spur line from Burro Mountain Junction, on the Deming to Silver City railroad, began carrying mail to Tyrone. Only a Special Supply Route was continued out of the Silver city Post Office to provide supplemental service. This rail service continued until 1934.

The Mule Creek Post Office was established in 1916. To provided mail service to the new office, a route was created out of the Jackson Post Office. The RPO mail service to Santa Rita, Hanover and Fierro was discontinued in 1935. A Star Route was established between Silver City and Whitewater to replace the rail service. The RPO service from Deming to Silver City was abolished in 1953. A Star Route was established to replace the trains. Mother Nature threw obstacles at the automobile transportation that had not impacted the railroads. Mail was often delayed due to highways being closed during very bad sand storms and flash floods.

Grant County received its first scheduled Air Mail service with the establishment of Air Mail Route #93 on December 1, 1951. Special cachet envelopes were issued at the Silver City and Hurley Post Offices to commemorate the event. With the creation of ZIP Codes in 1963, Las Cruces was designated as the Sectional Center Facility (SCF) for the 880 ZIP Code area. The SCF offices were responsible for the distribution and transportation of the mail for their ZIP Code areas. Since the Silver City Post Office had already established itself as the hub for the routes within the county, the changes involved in the transportation of mail had very little impact on the offices.

The discontinuance of RPO services nation wide in 1967 had very little impact on the Grant County Post Offices. Additional Highway Contract Routes were established out of Albuquerque and Las Cruces to carry the mail once handled by the railroads. The transportation routes have changed very little since the 1960s. Only the discontinuance of post offices and changes in the departure or arrival times have impacted the routes.

Postmasters

ALHAMBRA
Milton Miller: July 10, 1890
Michael H. Twomey: November 25, 1892
Robert Redding: April 15, 1893
Henry Fitzsimmons : February 2, 1894

ALLISON  
John H. Allison: August 25, 1893
William M. Taylor: June 29, 1896

ALUMINA
James H. Hill: April 3, 1890

ANSONIO
George Harris: April 27, 1890
Ivory Q. Milliken; (acting) October 16, 1891

ARENAS VALLEY
Olga Mae Harper: October 25, 1946
Joe L. Moore: (acting) April 30, 1952
Hazel V. Moore: June 3, 1953
Francis M. Torres: (QIC) January 15, 1985

AZURE
Horace C. Hazlewood: January 7, 1895

BAYARD
Samuel H. Laird: May 17, 1902
Dick C. Knowies: April 11, 1905
W.S. Phelps: November 4, 1908
John R. Patterson: August 19, 1912
William A. Knapp: November 3, 1913
Anna C. Martin: August 25, 1915
Lollie B. Knapp: September 23, 1916
John J. Unschied: June 1, 1918
Fred J. Coffey: January 30, 1920
Henry E. Davis: September 27, 1922
Rita Thomas (acting) October 4, 1934
Mary Anna Schroeter: May 16, 1935
Arvil M. Waggoner: April 6, 1937
Elise A. Smith (QIC) June 6, 1969
Antonio G. Mendoza (OIC) September 5, 1969
Thomas R. Mooney (OIC) September 26, 1969
Alvino C. Provencio (OIC) October 13, 1969
Lester G. Rogers: April 17, 1971
Toni E. Clifton (CIC) September 28, 1985
Erminio R. Sandoval January 4, 1986

BLACK HAWK
Frank A. Wellington: July 30, 1884
N. L. Todd: December 8, 1885
William A. Heather: March 17, 1886

BRYAN
George Slater September 26, 1912

BUCKHORN
James M. Payne: August 29, 1913
William O. Haynes: January 28, 1916
Rufus E. Dinwiddie: May 7, 1917
Ansel McKinney: September 9, 1918
Harold W. Christian: April 24, 1920
Lewis E. Foster: January 30, 1923
George Ernest Brown (act) May 19, 1924
Pearl L.(Crumbley) September 30, 1924
Butler Alta H.(Trammell) June 16, 1943
Johnson Irene B. Youngblood: October 17, 1969
Mary L. Aguilera (QIC) December 1, 1977
Isidra Gonzales (OIC) April 15, 1978
Barbara A. Means February 15, 1980
Virginia R. Gutierrez April 13, 1985
Hope Gutierrez (OIC) June 1, 1990
Leta A. (Sanders) January 12, 1991
Cain Hope Gutierrez (QIC) December 9, 1995
Julie Means: November 9, 1996

CAMP MONARCH
Wallace Perry June 11, 1907

CLIFF
John A. Moses: August 4, 1894
William A. Heather: April 10, 1895
Walter C. Belden: September 8, 1906
Walter R. Pitts: January 22, 1914
William H.C. Dodson: February 5, 1916
Jacob A. Dinwiddie: August 12, 1920
Edwin Shelley: January 24, 1927
Irene Cunningham: March 19, 1928
Jacob A. Dinwiddie: April 7, 1930
Margery B. Dinwiddie: December 1, 1947
Golda M. Ault: March 23, 1956
Patricia Ray Reese: September 10, 1965
Antonio G. Medoza (OIC): August 13, 1978
Fisher Longwell (OIC): May 1, 1979
Isidra R. Gonzales: January 26, 1980
Hope P. Gutierrez: August 5, 1997

DWYER
Josie Dwyer: February 5, 1895
Channcy E. Bunker: April 16, 1898
Henry K. Rountree: July 2, 1900
Macedonio Torres: April 3, 1901
Josie Dwyer: June 18, 1902
William N. Foster: December 2, 1909
Frank J. Piefer: August 7, 1912
Macedonio Torres: May 28, 1915

EAST CAMP
Goldie Foote: October 11, 1940

CENtrAL / SANTA CLARA
Hiram J. Hutchinson: January 8, 1887 
Julius Wellgehausen : August 31, 1893 
Rollin C. Anderson : April 18, 1895 
Josephine Crowley: May 25, 1900 
Curtis S. Ivey :August 15, 1917 
Lula C. Purday :January 15, 1919 
Frank E. Wilcox :November 16, 1920 
John H. Isbester (acting)January 11, 1924 
Reuben L. Gibney :December 8, 1924 
John H. Isbester (acting)May 1, 1926 
Clara W. Johnson:October 15, 1926 
Anna M. Phelps :June 18, 1928 
James A. Walsh:May 4, 1941
Alta Rollins : June 1, 1944 
Calixto Garcia :August 21, 1946 
Jennie G. Zamora (QIC)November 5, 1971 
Robert R. Borrego:June 24, 1972 
Daphene Epperson (OIC)September 13, 1984 
Henry J. Ochoa :March 30, 1985 
Lupe Lucero (OIC)June 7, 1996 
Jack I. Johnson (OIC)August 10, 1996 
Stevan S. Padilla (OIC)January 17, 1997 
Virginia Gutierrez (OIC)May 19, 1997 
Isidra R. Gonzales: August 5, 1997

SANTA RITA
Benno Rosenfeld : December 8, 1881 
Sigmund Lindauer;March 20, 1883 
Franklin Mahon : October 2, 1883 
Eugene W. O'Connor;January 7, 1885
Franklin Mahon :December 8, 1885 
Herbert W. Dawson: April 29, 1898 
Jane Rosenfeld :July 6, 1900 
Lee D. Rosenfeld:January 11, 1902
John W. Turner:February 26, 1905 
L. H. Bartlett :August 16, 1912 
Walter P. Wilkinson:August 18, 1913 
Jesse L. Turner :January 23, 1914
Dennis J. Walsh :November 1, 1922 
Agnes M. Walsh :April 26, 1928 
Hayden L. Green:September 11, 1933 
Elam L. Head :June 19, 1936
Mrs. Dave H. Cliver: May 3, 1941 
Margaret L. Melton (QIC) February 28, 1971

SEPAR
Alexander B. Cairnes: January 10, 1882  
Frank E. Callisch: September 18, 1882 
Frederick C. Nelson: June 18, 1883 
Alfred Jones: December 22, 1884 
Edgar A. Ray: May 4, 1886 
Electa S. Armstrong: January 13, 1887                                    
James J. Weems : July 6, 1887 
Services Suspended February 25, 1888 
Annie E. Parker: March 17, 1888 
Robert C. Milliken: December 30, 1895 
Philander W. Ellis: January 12, 1898 
John H. Blackford: May 18, 1900 
John F. Mahoney: July 9, 1904
J. Fred Brown: December 1, 1906 
John F. Mahoney: May 19, 1908
Chloe M. Williams: August 15, 1913
Elmer Lee Cummings: January 27, 1916
William L. Linn: May 29, 1918
Ethel L. Nolen : November 10, 1919
Bertha H. Stover: April 28, 1927
Effie M. Smith : November 24, 1931 
Claude Warren (acting) March 7, 1934
Blande L. Warren: April 24, 1934
Robert E. Pitts : May 15, 1946
La Verne May: January 5, 1949 
David D. Warren : February 7, 1958 
La Verne May (acting) May 5, 1960  

SHERMAN
George O. Perrault June 11, 1894  
Discontinued - December 19, 1898 
Annie Norero March 18, 1902 
William H. Acklin April 9, 1903 
George A. Perrault July 6, 1906  
Discontinued September 12, 1918 
George A. Perrault March 31, 1919 
Margaret Perrault November 15, 1943

SILVER CITY
Harry C. Porter August 11, 1871 
George W. Bailey February 27, 1872 
Owen L. Scott December 28, 1882 
Edgar M. Young October 30, 1886 
Harry W. Lucas January 6, 1891
Lote A. Skelley February 13, 1894 
Artie E. Galloway February 15, 1898 
John M. Wiley June 27, 1906
Joseph E. Sheridan August 16, 1912 
Ernest M. Brumback 
James A. Shipley May 1, 1914
Alice L. Huff  December 20, 1922 
Jesse L. Turner    November 1, 1935 May 1, 1947  
Clyde L. Belts (acting) January 31, 1955 
William D. Reams December 31, 1957 
Lou Erwin Pruitt (acting) January 20, 1967
Fletcher F. Acord (QIC) March 14, 1969 
Frederick M. Sanchez (QIC) September 5, 1969 
Glenn J. Murray (QIC) April 3, 1970 
William Lally (OIC) July 24, 1970 
Alvino C. Provencio June 25, 1971 
Eddie J. Dominquez (OIC)  May 8, 1980 
David L. Holt (OIC) October 6, 1980
Lou Erwin Pruitt  December 27, 1980 
Thomas R. Robertson (OIC) October 30, 1990
William C. Paulos (OIC) February 5, 1991 
Robert R. Borrego March 23, 1991 
Thomas R. Robertson   November 23, 1992

CARLISLE - STEEPLEROCK
James O. Roundtree, Jr: August 12, 1884 
Alexander M. Robertson: November 13, 1885 
John H. Longmaid: December 10, 1887 
John B. Harrell: January 26, 1889 
Alexander H. Dryden: September 27, 1889 
Sigmund Weist: June 27, 1890 
Mary W. Child: September 11, 1895 
George B. Child: November 16, 1896 
Sanford Robinson: April 7, 1898 
Harold C. E. Spence: June 22, 1907 
Henry J. Armstrong: May 20, 1910 
Wallace W. Lynn: October 3, 1911 
Jose R. Padilla: February 27, 1914
Edwin G. Padilla: June 28, 1917 
George F. Utter: November 4, 1919

SWARTS
Edward J. Swarts: September 27, 1887 
William C. Franks: December 30, 1890  
Discontinued: September 10, 1892 
Edward J. Swarts June 9, 1893 
W.M. Allison: June 21, 1904

HUDSON / FAYWOOD
John Jacobi: May 19, 1881
Richard Hudson: August 9, 1881
George C. Spears: July 14, 1886
Mary E. Hudson November 2, 1887
Robert Smith (acting) January 10, 1895
Ormond C. Fodrea January 16, 1895
Jennie E. Graham November 16, 1896
Name Changed to Faywood January 28, 1901
Thomas C. McDermott January 28, 1901
Discontinued - March 16, 1906
Clarence C. McDermott April 20, 1906
Charles D. McDermott January 27, 1911
P. Sanford Bailey February 19, 1915
Clarence C. McDermott May 1, 1924
Manuel R. Carrillo March 12, 1949
Post Office Relocated March 12, 1949
Carmen A. Baca February 25, 1969
Dophenew Epperson (QIC) February 27, 1980
Vesta A. McSherry October 4, 1980
Rose Ann Eby September 16, 1998

FIERRO
William H. McLain: November 16, 1899
James B. Gilchrist: April 24, 1900
Sidney D. Soehat: June 14, 1923
Frank K. Garcia: May 22, 1934
Hugh 0. Worthen (acting) June 10, 1944
Amelia P. Baca:August 18, 1945
Guadalupe V. Reyes: July 9, 1962
 

FLEMING
Francis M. Bryant: June 20, 1883
John W. Fleming: October 11, 1883
William A. Heather: December 8, 1883
James R. Lincoln : March 16, 1886

CENtrAL CITY - FORT BAYARD
William H. Willis: October 4, 1867
John A. Miller: September 20, 1869
George C. Strong: March 2, 1870
Name Changed to Central City March 2, 1870
John A. Miller: January 11, 1871
Name Changed to Fort Bayard January 11, 1871
David C. Knox: February 11, 1874
John A. Miller: April 20, 1876
Bernard W. Maginn: July 20, 1880
Harry Booth: May 10, 1889
Timothy Murray: June 27, 1894
Josie C. Murray; February 19, 1897
Clara W. Haringhy; December 1, 1900
Clara W. Fisher: December 1, 1906
Robert S. Fisher: January 28, 1910
P. J. Reynolds; February 21, 1914
John A. Dickson: August 4, 1922
Esther O'Connell (acting) March 16, 1932
Wisdom E. Bilbrey: February 19, 1935
Lawrence C. Bangert: October 1, 1948
Martha M. Foster (acting) February 6, 1959
Opal R. Burnett: September 21, 1959

GEORGETOWN
Benno Rosenfeld: May 21, 1875
Sigmund Lindauer: November 11, 1878
Gordon Bradley: May 28, 1879
George W. Holt: July 18, 1879
Nat Kennedy: April 21, 1881
Emma Tytherleigh: December 16, 1885
E. M. Weil: June 21, 1886
J. M. Fritter: July 23, 1886
Emma Tytherleigh: August 17, 1886
James A. Lucas: November 24, 1886
John C. Berry: September 18, 1888
John H. Bragan: May 24, 1893
Abbie A. Potter: May 18, 1897
George B. Sibole: March 10, 1900

Gila
John W. Chenoweth: April 5, 1875
Discontinued - July 11, 1876
John W. Chenoweth: May 4, 1882
John McMillen: May 25, 1887
John W. Chenoweth: January 15, 1889
Thomas J. Clark: March 25, 1892
Discontinued - March 20, 1895
Ida R. Lyons: September 20, 1905
Stephen A. Villarreal (act) January 26, 1923
Charles E. Haggerson (act) December 4, 1923
John Lewis Rutland: February 1, 1924
William R. Anderson: August 15, 1928
Elma J. Hooker: January 1, 1949
Milton E. Hooker: August 25, 1950
Dorothy E. Jackson: October 6, 1954
Barbara A. Means; January 2, 1985

GOLD HILL
Robert Black: January 26, 1886
Clarence A. Whipple: June 3, 1890
Patrick H. Snyder: February 6, 1892
Hilary M. Golbath : December 11, 1903

HACHITA
Burrage Y. McKeyes: March 27, 1882
Oscar W. Roberts: November 3, 1884
Louis S. Marshall: November 1, 1887
John W. Rowland: December 30, 1887
Louis S. Marshall: May 29, 1889
John Denniston : January 29, 1890
Henry E. Jackson : August 20, 1890
Discontinued - March 14, 1898
Carl F. Dunnegan: September 25, 1902
Frank P. Brown: April 6, 1914
Thomas B. Bennett: January 12, 1943
Thelma B. Odom (acting) December 6, 1960
Velva L. Samuel: July 6, 1961
Marilyn L. Faulkner: September 7, 1979
Elvira S. Mora : May 31, 1995

HANOVER
Arthur E. DawsonMarch 14, 1892
Andres A. NelsonApril 16, 1898
Charles S. Bell April 5, 1901
Louis H. BarlettJuly 10, 1908
Benno RosenfeldMay 27, 1909
Beula M. GouldOctober 18, 1918
Harry W. SprawlsMay 5, 1920
Henry C. Barber January 9, 1923
Grace E. BarberMarch 22, 1923
Floy L. FulkersonSeptember 25, 1926
Thomas M. RiveraJune 13, 1928
Alma I. (Blain) TrueloveAugust 28, 1956
Mary MascarenasFebruary 20, 1964
Lou E. Pruitt (QIC)August 22, 1977
Emma Corral (QIC)December 7, 1977
E. Lucille Rowland (QIC)April 14, 1978
Peggy M. Mouzy (QIC) September 28, 1978
Daphene W. Epperson (QIC) January 10, 1979
Erminio R. Sandoval January 26, 1980
Jack I. Johnson (QIC) January 4, 1986
Mary Ella Gardner May 24, 1986
Rachel S. Herrera December 11, 1989

HANSBURG
Emma J. Hansburg: November 12, 1892

HURLEY
Berry H. Williams: November 15, 1910
Howard S. Boise: June 5, 1913
James H. Smith (acting) March 2, 1920
Horace C. Stovall: September 14, 1920
William P. Smith (acting) December 11, 1920
William W. Dedman: November 23, 1921
Helen B. Hickman: January 16, 1928
Gilbert Yockey (acting) July 1, 1936
Gladys (Richardson) Holman January 4, 1937
Fannie E. Stearman: January 14, 1942
Frederick C. Archibald: March 24, 1967
Enrique Viramontes (QIC) October 19, 1990
Lynn D. Walther Erminio: January 26, 1991
Sandoval (QIC) March 6, 1992
Daphene W. Epperson (QIC) June 9, 1992
Toni E. Clifton (QIC) December 31, 1992
James E. Marion: January 9, 1993
Susan Ashley (QIC) July 3, 1997
Cesar Valenzuela: October 11, 1997
Julie C. Means (QIC) June 1, 2001
Patricia Moreno : August 11, 2001

IVANHOE
William H. Ernest: April 19, 1894
John M. Curtis: October 16, 1895

JACKSON
Dee Jackson: July 22, 1912
Robert W. Jackson: December 1, 1913

LEOPOLD
George M. Sublett: November 14, 1904
James T. Hall: May 19, 1908
George H. Lawson: February 23, 1909

MANGAS
William H. Crawford: July 24, 1896
William E.Clark :December 6, 1897

MIMBRES
Benno Rosenfeld June 10, 1886
Thomas B. Pheby January 4, 1890
Discontinued October 28, 1892
Charles Dennis April 28, 1898
George B. Sibole September 18, 1916
John N. Harris: May 21, 1917
William H. Acklin: October 9, 1919
Fred L. Goforth: April 13, 1922
Esther H. Clark: October 9, 1922
John N. Harris: July 27, 1923
May Bonine: October 16, 1933
Ibby E. Worthington: February 8, 1942
Esther F. Mattocks: January 11, 1944
Ibby E. Worthi'ngton: October 3, 1946
Dorothy F. Hudson: August 2, 1951
Vivian Reading: August 3, 1953
Ena A. Osborn: January 15, 1960
Jacquelyn McGuire (OIC) June 10, 1995
Leta A. Cain: August 19, 1995

MIMBRES / HUDSON HOT SPRINGS
Richard Hudson June 24, 1878
Name Changed to Hudson Hot Springs January 28, 1879
 

MULE CREEK
Elizabeth A. Maddux: January 6, 1916
Frank Cawyer: January 19, 1918
Louella Wise: February 18, 1919
May (Watkins) Wesley: July 6, 1923
Mattie J. Watkins: November 11, 1927
Ruth S. Boddy: January 25, 1933
Ruby May Bourne: November 23, 1933
Fannie P. Sizemore: March 3, 1936
Jesse B. Cranmar: April 10, 1940
Irene O. Whitaker: July 29, 1948
Patricia P. Dickerson: August 27, 1951
Irene Goats: November 14, 1955
Vonnie L. Johnson: May 31, 1971
Debra Goats: May 31, 1991
Henry Debra Peralta: January 24, 2002

NEWTON
Josephas Crowley February 26, 1883

ODON
Abram R. Carnahan: October 12, 1912
Irving Russell: November 6, 1913
Juan Valencia: March 7, 1914

PARKS
William J. Parks: April 27, 1882
Thomas E. Brown: October 10, 1882  

PASCHAL  
John W. Fleming: January 23, 1882
Obed Foote, Jr: January 29, 1883
Walter T. Holberton: August 13, 1883

PINE FORREST  
Isaac Langston September 20, 1860

PINOS ALTOS  
John A. Miller: October 4, 1867
Samuel Clunn: April 17, 1868
William P. Fletcher: August 31, 1868
James B. Woods: January 26, 1871
John B. Pantland: December 22, 1871
William B. Fletcher: February 23, 1872
James B. Woods: November 26, 1873
Silas Tidwell: September 25,1874
Nathaniel Bell: May 11, 1880
John R. Adair: December 23, 1887
Lewis B. Robinson: July 15, 1889
Miss Susan Adair: April 4, 1893
Lewis B. Robinson: May 26, 1898
Sarah Jane Lee:  January 6, 1905
Ellen Maud Lee: June 22, 1907
William E. Watson: December 30, 1908
Nell Watson Hunt: February 1, 1940
Leonard Phillips (acting) April 1, 1945
Ethel Wright: March 27, 1946
Margaret E. Hamilton: August 1, 1955
Walter E. Oglesby (acting) May 2, 1958
Ida M. Johnson: April 10, 1959

REDROCK
Henry B. Tucker: February 14, 1896
Louis Champie: December 2, 1904
Arthur Harper: October 20, 1906
James M. Harper: August 24, 1908
Richard A. Jernigan: April 11, 1913
Alien V. Brown: April 14, 1919
W. Alien Wright: February 25, 1926
Elma K. Wright: March 24, 1935
Ralph H. Wright (acting)March 31, 1958
Mary L. Wright: November 1, 1958  

RUIA  
Ethel L. Nolen February 5, 1917  

SAN LORENZO  
Nepomucino Y. Auchetta: January 26, 1886
Discontinued: May 3, 1888
Josephine R. Anthony: February 26, 1908
Elena C. Galez: April 21, 1909
Santiago Galez: November 7, 1913
Eunice T. Bloodgood: October 11, 1918
Charles White: August 15, 1921
Willa McGown:February 9, 1923
Discontinued: September 29, 1923
Nofflette T. Denson: April 5, 1924
Blanch Leake (acting) October 9, 1924
Santiago C. Galez: February 5, 1930
Elisa G. Roman: February 28, 1957

TEEL
Alma E. Teel : October 3, 1901

TURNERVILLE  
Emma D. Simons: September 1, 1945 
Alma Inez Blain: September 11, 1953
Opal R. Burnett: July 27, 1956
Dorothy F. Booth: November 27, 1959
Rose M. Theis : July 23, 1960

TYRONE  
Olaus G. Myhne: October 15, 1906
Harry Booth: March 20, 1908
Horace Harrison: March 29, 1913
Van A. Pollock :August 22, 1913
Deloss W. Smith:August 29, 1919
Hunley L. Dotson (acting)March 1, 1921 
Joe P. Medinger:March 31, 1922 
Philip R. Lynch:August 24, 1923
Maria Guest :November 20, 1928
Mary Jane Turner: January 1, 1944
Bette Jean Alien (acting)September 14, 1967 
Billie Fay Elwess :January 23, 1968
Mary Ella Gardner (QIC)October 28, 1988
Betty J. Verbica : March 25, 1989
Patricia Olea (QIC)May 3, 1997
Virginia R. Gutierrez :August 2, 1997

UPPER MIMBRES
William Lee Thompson: November 12, 1877
Richard J. White :November 18, 1880  

VANADIUM  
Silvester E. Bailey: May 13, 1912
Lue E. (Freeland) Miles April 16, 1917
Virginia E. Maya: July 1, 1948
Edna L. Hedricks (acting)  September 3, 1953
Hannah G. Larsen (acting) September 16, 1954
Dorothy F. Booth : September 9, 1955  
Cecilia H. Palomarez (act) February 27, 1959
C. Fay Evans (acting) November 2, 1959
Antoinett B. Crout (act) March 8, 1960
Cecilia H. Palomarez (act) October 14, 1960
Enninio R. Sandoval September 29, 1961
Cecilia H. Palomarez (QIC) February 14, 1980
Lucille Rowland Cecilia H. Palomarez (QIC) September 6, 1980 August 6, 1985

WHITE SIGNAL
William M. Moberly: October 29, 1909
Ida F. Moberly : March 17, 1911

WHITEWATER  
William H. Houghlan:  October 17, 1883
Elmer D. Brown: May 21, 1884
Grant Shelby:  July 2, 1884
James Van Dyk: September 12, 1884
Discontinued: October 16, 1888
Susan M. Alexander: February 14, 1891 Discontinued: March 1, 1892
Jane Wilson: May 9, 1892
Ellen A. Hunt: November 12, 1892
Edwin W. Wright: January 27, 1893  
Discontinued: September 26, 1893
Martha J. Stevens: May 12, 1899
Dick C. Knowles: January 27, 1903
William G. May: February 2, 1905
Melvin E. Birdsall: November 27, 1905
Lyman H. McNett: June 3, 1909
Elizabeth J. Igon: July 13, 1911
Homer A. Smith: March 15, 1915
Frederick H. Smith: April 24, 1934
Grace Hon McGinchy: December 18, 1935
Anne E. Hickson: August 31, 1953

Added Information:
Silver City Postmaster:
James A. Shipley:
May 1, 1914
20 Dec 1922, by Warren G. Harding
11 Jan 1927, by Calvin Coolidge
13 July 1932, by Herbert Hoover
He was the Grant County Assessor from 1912 to 1916. 
was a temporary Postmaster at that time.
Submitted by Carlyn Patton Miller

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