Queens County (est. November 1, 1683, original county) Nineteenth Century Post Offices
Alley – Flushing (1) – Little Neck
Established : March 1, 1821 Name changed to Flushing : December 14, 1826 Name changed to Little Neck : April 22, 1828 Discontinued : February 5, 1830 Reestablished : March 3, 1859 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905 Discontinued : January 31, 1914, service from Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Samuel B. Barnum 1 March 1821 1821 ----- 1823 12.49 1825 11.83 1827 not in register Flushing (14 December 1826) 25.83 1829 not in register Little Neck Effingham Laurence 22 April 1828 18.63
James A. Chapman 3 March 1859 1859 10.05 4.26 1861 56.03 29.88 Edgar C. Poole 10 August 1861 1863 109.34 30.73 1865 120.96 103.85 James A. Chapman 5 June 1866 1867 150.00 47.81 1869 75.00 54.29 Samuel Eugene Poole 22 March 1869 25.00 22.40 Edgar C. Poole 26 February 1872 Henry M. Haviland 27 March 1876 Stephen Wilson 17 January 1878 Peter Walters 22 May 1889 Benjamin W. Schenck 30 July 1890 Charles A. Van Nostrand 30 April 1895 Stephen Wilson 23 January 1899 Warren N. Williamson 5 October 1910
Arverne
Established : May 3, 1888 (Discontinued : November 8, effective December 31, 1902, service from Far Rockaway, resc. Dec. 22) Discontinued : July 12, effective July 15, 1906, became station of Far Rockaway
Postmaster Date of Appointment George Thomas Gourley 3 May 1888 Miss Emma M. Meisel 14 July 1891 Emma M. Thoenebe 7 December 1897
Astoria (see Hallett’s Cove)
Atlantic – East Rockaway (presidential office from July 1, 1924)
Established in Queens county : April 23, 1868 Name changed to East Rockaway : February 9, 1870 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Richard Carman 23 April 1868 1869 12.00 ----- East Rockaway (9 February 1870) Robert T. Hewlitt 18 March 1878 Ida F. Hewlitt 22 March 1880
Baldwin (2) (presidential office from February 19, 1908)
Established in Queens county : November 27, 1871 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment William Bedell 27 November 1871 Tredwell D. Smith 6 March 1882 William Bedell 13 October 1885 Tredwell D. Smith 20 May 1889 Charles Miller 21 May 1894 Tredwell D. Smith 24 May 1898 (William J. Steele) (30 April 1902)
Bay Side
Established : July 10, 1867 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905 Discontinued : May 8, effective May 31, 1908, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Robert M. Bell 10 July 1867 1869 no return William H. Brown 12 December 1867 Robert M. Bell 19 May 1869 William S. Brokaw 11 January 1870 Benjamin R. Newcomb 27 March 1875 James Hope 14 October 1884 Marian A. Peters 15 January 1886 James Hope 20 January 1886 Gerhard Grapel 25 September 1890 Augustine T. O’Donnell 22 March 1892 James Hope 26 July 1893 John J. Johnston 16 June 1897 George Bouse 11 January 1905
Bayville (presidential office from January 1, 1923)
Established in Queens county : July 31, 1877 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Nicholas W. Godfrey 31 July 1877 Charles Dickerson 5 July 1882 Joseph Hegeman 15 September 1892 Frank D. Platt 4 January 1894 Jacob Baldwin 15 January 1898 (Peter Cocks) (26 July 1910)
Bellmore (presidential office from October 1, 1920)
Established in Queens county : October 9, 1883 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Charles L. Fyre 9 October 1883 Joseph G. Hunt 4 April 1884 Hiram Valentine 16 September 1893 Lorenzo Heine 5 August 1897
Blissville
Established : February 8, 1886 Discontinued : March 14, effective April 1, 1889, became station of Long Island City
Postmaster Date of Appointment Theodore White 8 February 1886
Brooklyn Hills – Clarenceville (2)
Established : June 30, 1892 Name changed to Clarenceville : October 23, 1893 Discontinued : September 28, effective October 14, 1900, service from Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment John Lunham 30 June 1892 Joseph S. Morrison 29 June 1893 Clarenceville (23 October 1893) Benjamin F. Nunns 16 June 1897 Jacob Schmahl 24 April 1900
Brushville – Queens (2) (presidential office from November 5, 1889)
Established : January 14, 1850 Name changed to Queens : December 24, 1856 Discontinued : March 10, effective June 30, 1902, became station of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Thomas Brush, Sr. 14 January 1850 1851 30.40 37.80 1853 38.17 40.61 Henry W. Rowland 19 January 1854 1855 58.46 32.60 1857 27.87 34.97 Queens (24 December 1856) not in register Abraham H. Smith 19 February 1858 1859 71.77 35.89 1861 86.55 41.04 Henry W. Rowland 10 July 1861 1863 115.64 39.42 1865 127.88 98.12 1867 54.62 23.24 John C. Hendrickson 18 October 1866 95.38 5.35 1869 85.00 86.45 Henry W. Rowland 15 June 1869 not in register Laura M. Coomes 28 March 1884 Jesse W. Kelsey 21 October 1886 William L. Wood 27 May 1889 Irving J. Kelsey 6 September 1894 Oscar Denton 14 December 1897 John A. Simon 28 August 1900
Buckram – Locust Valley (presidential office from July 1, 1911)
Established in Queens county : March 13, 1820 (Isaac Cook, per Kay) Name changed to Locust Valley : December 14, 1857 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Isaac Covet 13 March 1820 1821 4.16 1823 6.02 1825 7.08 James Cock 23 August 1825 1827 7.65 1829 7.71 1831 15.94 1833 14.14 1835 10.82 1837 14.32 1839 23.88 1841 25.29 45.39 1843 38.84 73.42 1845 19.41 35.07 1847 21.21 24.10 Lot Cornelius 19 April 1847 5.00 6.18 1849 36.80 16.21 1851 66.92 87.54 1853 46.12 53.04 1855 54.30 31.25 1857 50.99 30.99 Daniel S. Van Dam 14 March 1857 16.75 21.54 Locust Valley (14 December 1857) 1859 53.62 35.71 1861 41.93 22.23 Joseph T. Wright 10 May 1861 5.74 4.19 1863 112.33 85.89 Samuel W. Thurston 14 May 1863 8.65 6.70 1865 125.22 75.16 1867 57.00 73.62 Richard Davis 24 February 1868 1869 49.00 132.63 Edgar Weeks 28 September 1868 not in register Samuel W. Thurston 20 August 1869 Edwin F. Tilly 16 December 1879 Lewis Finch 10 May 1881 Richard Davis 29 June 1885 Stephen S. Wood 23 May 1889 Richard Davis 20 January 1894 Stephen S. Wood 27 December 1897 (Cornelia W. Wood) 5 January 1901)
Cedarhurst (presidential office from December 9, 1902)
Established in Queens county : May 13, 1886 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment William Clarke 13 May 1886 William B. Clarke 14 June 1886 John D. Cheever 9 July 1886 Winfield S. Vandewater 24 February 1890 Henry A. Fawcett 8 July 1895 (Winfield Vandewater) (1 April 1899)
Cedar Swamp – Greenvale – Glen Head (presidential office from April 1, 1921)
Established in Queens county : June 17, 1830 Name changed to Greenvale : June 25, 1866 Name changed to Glen Head : January 29, 1874 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Peter Luyster 17 June 1830 1831 2.66 1833 8.56 1835 8.22 1837 11.50 1839 12.24 1841 14.08 20.33 1843 45.15 75.44 1845 30.86 54.39 1847 31.40 34.92 1849 14.10 17.23 James Luyster, Jr. 27 January 1849 16.41 20.66 1851 32.75 41.74 1853 21.34 23.60 1855 34.96 24.01 1857 40.16 12.09 1859 34.57 10.63 1861 40.29 17.30 1863 45.84 16.21 1865 46.37 5.19 Greenvale (25 June 1866) 1867 35.25 ----- 1869 22.00 23.60 Glen Head George Downing 29 January 1874 Margaret Keating 10 April 1876 Peter Luyster 13 May 1877 John A. Albertson 5 May 1886 Henry A. Stoutenburgh 22 August 1889 Margaret Twamley 23 June 1892 Charles W. Bell 14 September 1895
Central Park (see Jerusalem Station)
Clarenceville (1) – Richmond Hill (presidential office April 1, to July 2, 1895, from October 1, 1896)
Established : August 5, 1869 Name changed to Richmond Hill : July 22, 1872 Discontinued : April 27, effective May 31, 1899, became station of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Jacob L. Van Wicklen 5 August 1869 Richmond Hill (22 July 1872) Albert A. Van Dien 25 November 1878 Jacob L. Van Wicklen 6 December 1878 John A. Smith 16 May 1889 Jacob L. Van Wicklen 2 June 1893 John A. Homeyer 1 October 1896
Clarenceville (2) (see Brooklyn Hills)
College Point (noted special in 1832 appointment register) (presidential office from May 21, 1889)
Established : August 8, 1839 Discontinued : August 12, 1850 Reestablished : May 11, 1857 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905 Discontinued : June 12, effective June 30, 1906, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Henry M. Sheaff 8 August 1839 1841 153.58 309.27 1843 152.69 333.77 Libertus Van Bekkelen 18 June 1842 119.39 254.71 1845 48.44 105.23 Charles Gill 23 January 1845 43.90 95.94 1847 64.79 58.90 1849 16.09 23.08 John H. Storm 27 October 1848 50.75 70.68 Stephen Giroda 24 December 1849 1851 not in register
Herman Zuberbier 11 May 1857 1857 not in register 1859 89.74 85.75 1861 81.17 102.75 Charles Marx 20 March 1861 33.87 26.70 1863 171.39 193.39 John Tibbs 10 June 1864 1865 167.02 204.56 1867 260.00 88.47 1869 240.00 167.29 George Van Dalwigk 11 January 1870 Charles Marx 30 March 1874 William C. Wagner 5 January 1880 Hieronymus Herbig 9 June 1880 Ferdinand Gentner 13 July 1880 John F. Wurtz 28 July 1885 George E. Plitt 30 October 1885 Hieronymus Herbig 21 May 1889 Nicholas Conzet 29 January 1894 Albert Humm 14 January 1898
Corona (presidential office from December 19, 1899)
Established : June 19, 1872 Discontinued : September 26, effective September 30, 1904, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Thomas W. Howard 19 June 1872 Benjamin W. Hitchcock 2 June 1873 Andrew Steele 24 June 1873 George D. Rapalye 26 September 1873 Anthony Boch 29 January 1874 Thomas W. Howard 21 January 1879 Frank Wickham 11 January 1881 Peter D. Nelson 1 March 1889 John A. Lawrence 18 August 1891 Thomas Traphagen 23 May 1893 Murdo McPhail 15 December 1897 George L. Rapelye 14 July 1899 John F. Nesbett 5 June 1900
Creedmoor
Established : November 20, 1878 Discontinued : August 15, 1910, service from Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Rosa Klein 20 November 1878 John Frederick Klein 7 October 1886 Timothy J. Scully 25 October 1893 Margaret C. Graf 2 January 1896
Douglas – Douglaston
Established : September 10, 1884 Name changed to Douglaston : September 22, 1884 Discontinued : January 31, 1914, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes Albert Benz 10 September 1884 Douglaston (22 September 1884) John Reid 4 December 1891 (William C. Constable) (17 January 1904) (resc. 11 Feb. ’04)
Dutchkills
Established : August 28, 1886 Discontinued : March 15, effective April 1, 1889, became station of Long Island City
Postmaster Date of Appointment Thomas S. Payntar, Sr. 28 August 1886
East Hinsdale – Floral (1) – East Hinsdale
Established : July 17, 1877 Name changed to Floral : May 27, 1884 Name changed to East Hinsdale : July 28, 1884 Discontinued : October 15, effective October 31, 1891, service from Floral Park
Postmaster Date of Appointment Daniel R. Hendrickson, Jr. 17 July 1877 Franklin P. Baylis 30 September 1878 W.H. Hendrickson 24 March 1880 Edward V. Hallock 25 May 1881 Floral John L. Childs 27 May 1884 East Hinsdale Edward V. Hallock 28 July 1884 Marshall S. Frost 21 May 1886
East Norwich
Established in Queens county : June 26, 1846 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Peter A. Stoutenburgh 26 June 1846 1847 21.10 23.33 1849 32.87 40.40 1851 49.06 62.77 1853 21.59 26.53 John Vernon 18 June 1853 8.86 8.12 1855 54.56 28.60 1857 24.10 14.93 Jonah T. Hegeman 29 January 1857 11.38 1.42 1859 49.66 32.52 1861 49.58 31.01 John Vernon 10 August 1861 1863 74.55 31.14 1865 78.21 66.28 1867 74.00 66.84 1869 97.00 64.33 William McKay 15 May 1886 Frank McQueen 27 February 1892 (John B. Schroeder) (26 October 1910)
East Rockaway (see Atlantic)
East Williston – Williston Park (presidential office April 1, 1921 to July 1, 1922, from October 1, 1923)
Established in Queens county : May 19, 1879 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Name changed to Williston Park : August 1, 1958
Postmaster Date of Appointment William Post 19 May 1879 (Benjamin A. Griffin) (5 November 1904)
Williston Park (1 August 1958)
Edgemere
Established : August 27, 1897 Discontinued : November 8, effective December 31, 1902, merged with Far Rockaway
Postmaster Date of Appointment Alfred J. Lamb 27 August 1897 Nathaniel E. Lancaster 6 July 1901
Elmhurst (see Newtown (2))
Elmont
Established in Queens county : July 18, 1882 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Discontinued : September 30, 1909, service from Hempstead
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes John R. Burtis 18 July 1882 (Mary A. Jacobs) (10 September 1897) (declined) George Kas 15 December 1897
Evelyn
Established : February 5, 1892 Discontinued : May 28, 1892, never in operation
Postmaster Date of Appointment Louis Schellback, Jr. 5 February 1892
Evergreen
Established : February 25, 1887 Discontinued : September 28, effective October 14, 1900, service from Brooklyn, Kings county
Postmaster Date of Appointment George L.E. Meyer 25 February 1887 Joseph A. Holloway 14 November 1889 Ebenezer Skinner 16 March 1894 William Janes 28 August 1895
Farmingdale (presidential office from May 23, 1908)
Established in Queens county : July 31, 1845 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts John Monfort 31 July 1845 1847 32.48 38.49 1849 52.71 75.32 George Van Cott 2 October 1849 1851 62.57 86.69 1853 66.20 77.32 1855 100.23 60.49 1857 86.18 86.37 1859 87.27 61.68 1861 79.38 61.89 Abraham Weeks 2 April 1861 27.92 14.58 1863 132.86 57.05 Elias Mathews 18 March 1863 52.11 22.42 1865 195.32 177.14 1867 40.00 44.35 Charles S. Powell 4 September 1866 120.00 73.77 1869 160.00 155.37 Treadwell Walters 20 August 1869 Allen C. Powell 3 June 1880 William H. Duryea 23 April 1883 John H. Duryea 30 April 1883 Wellington Powell 9 November 1885 John H. Duryea 12 April 1889 Joseph H. Doud 6 November 1893 John Allen 5 November 1897 (William H. Allen) (28 October 1905)
Far Rockaway (presidential office from November 19, 1888)
Established : November 3, 1874
Postmaster Date of Appointment James Brandenberg 3 November 1874 Eugene H. Cole 5 January 1880 Edward T. Nostrand 17 December 1883 David H. Jennings 17 July 1885 Thomas Henderson 2 July 1889 Andrew McTigue 29 January 1894 Henry A. France 14 January 1898 George F. Vreeland 5 February 1910
Floral (1) (see East Hinsdale)
Floral (2)
Established : January 12, 1885 Discontinued : May 21, 1886, service from East Hinsdale
Postmaster Date of Appointment John L. Childs 12 January 1885
Floral Park (presidential office from November 20, 1888)
Established in Queens county : May 26, 1887 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county and spelling changed (two words) : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Miss Emma J. Saliers 26 May 1887 John R. Fuller 2 July 1889 Ward H. Tilton 20 July 1894 Arthur H. Goldsmith 17 August 1898 (Walter N. Pike) (28 May 1907)
Flushing (1) (see Alley)
Flushing (2) (presidential office from June 14, 1858)
Established : May 13, 1829
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Curtis Peck 13 May 1829 1831 177.32 1833 178.16 William Peck 17 December 1832 66.67 Joseph Bloodgood 1 February 1834 1835 303.22 1837 358.32 1839 368.52 1841 360.60 777.26 Asa Spaulding 21 June 1841 1843 813.22 1,936.28 Francis Bloodgood 26 March 1844 1845 396.51 911.09 1847 380.83 702.78 1849 519.76 798.12 1851 612.83 1,019.66 1853 614.72 1,001.32 1855 399.57 388.02 Charles W. Cox 25 November 1854 427.49 419.75 1857 1,257.70 822.41 1859 1,598.75 475.54 1861 1,356.13 606.72 Charles Lever 16 April 1861 224.15 ----- 1863 1,397.11 1,147.37 1865 1,400.00 1,856.17 L. Bradford Prince 10 April 1866 1867 377.99 464.34 George H. Quarterman 19 September 1866 922.01 1,288.61 1869 1,600.00 1,470.61 Joseph B. Stillwaggon 22 October 1869 John W. Rickey 28 March 1878 Andrew W. Smith 4 December 1885 William B. Carpenter 18 July 1888 Elihu F. Harris 19 November 1889 James H. Quinlan 24 January 1894 John D. Van Nostrand 11 February 1898 Thomas B. Lowerre 1 March 1905
Fort Totten (see Willet’s Point)
Foster’s Meadow
Established in Queens county : March 31, 1841 Discontinued : July 5, 1842 Reestablished : March 29, 1878 Spelling changed (no apostrophe) : December 1, 1894 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Discontinued : June 30, 1909, service from Springfield Gardens station of Jamaica, Queens county
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Edward Hendrickson 31 March 1841 1841 not in register 1843 3.89 9.15
Joseph S. Roeckel 29 March 1878 (George Roeckel) (13 May 1907)
Fox Borough
Established : June 22, 1868 Discontinued : December 1, 1868, service from Rockville Centre
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Elisha B. Baldwin 22 June 1868 1869 no return
Freeport (2) (presidential office from July 1, 1896)
Established in Queens county : December 5, 1853 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Willett Charlick 5 December 1853 1855 20.60 13.95 John Mead 26 December 1855 1857 16.06 ----- 1859 8.78 12.95 1861 16.26 4.85 1863 not in register Thomas Raynor 22 July 1862 56.54 21.19 1865 43.57 44.41 1867 58.00 31.42 Nelson H. Smith 8 July 1867 1869 53.27 67.35 Edwin Southard 13 April 1869 10.73 11.71 Abram Southard 28April 1870 Sidney Smith 29 April 1874 Elbert Cox 11 October 1880 Elisha B. Bedell 13 October 1885 Warren L. Bedell 31 July 1888 Daniel B. Raynor 27 May 1889 Charles S. Powell 16 September 1893 (Robert G. Anderson) (23 January 1900)
Garden City (presidential office from June 12, 1897)
Established in Queens county : August 12, 1875 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes William R. Hinsdale 12 August 1875 Edgar C. Poole 19 April 1881 Samuel H. Cunliff 18 March 1884 Lemuel H. Cunliff 24 March 1884 Charles A. Van Nostrand 13 November 1885 Lemuel H. Cunliff 28 May 1889 (Thomas P. Lawler) (25 August 1894) (resc. 18 June ’95) Clara Doughty 12 June 1897
Glen Cove (see Moscheto Cove)
Glendale Station
Established : October 19, 1874 Discontinued : September 27, effective September 30, 1904, became Station 3 (Glendale Station) of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes Edwin B. Lilly 19 October 1874 Z. per Kay Mrs. Angeline Lilly 18 April 1879 Peter L. Affourtet 27 May 1879 Peter L. Frederick 28 November 1892 Henry Bobenhouser 22 May 1893 Michael O. Donoghue 9 September 1897 Margaret O. Donoghue 28 July 1900 George E. Lowe 3 December 1903
Glen Head (see Cedar Swamp)
Glenwood Landing (presidential office from July 1, 1928)
Established in Queens county : December 1, 1891 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Septemius S. Bedle 1 December 1891 (Oscar J. Seaman) (17 September 1907)
Great Neck (presidential office from July 18, 1899)
Established in Queens county : October 15, 1867 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Nehemiah Hayden 15 October 1867 1869 12.00 137.34 Samuel E. Hayden 25 March 1885 (Jeremiah Hayden) (16 May 1889) (resc. 1 June ’89) John H. Baxter 19 April 1890 George W. Hayden 7 March 1894 John H. Baxter 12 March 1898 (Milton A. LeCluse) (21 July 1899) (Austin Hicks) (18 January 1904)
Greenvale (see Cedar Swamp)
Hallet’s Cove – Astoria (presidential office from February 18, 1878)
Established : September 23, 1834 Discontinued : May 30, 1835 Reestablished : June 16, 1835 Name changed to Astoria : August 16, 1842 Discontinued : March 8, effective April 1, 1888, became station of Long Island City
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Henry J. Blackwell 23 September 1834 1835 13.35 O. per Kay
Grant Thorburn 16 June 1835 1837 not in register Daniel N. Andrew 26 August 1836 45.81 1839 48.24 1841 76.63 151.58 1843 90.69 184.24 Astoria (16 August 1842) 92.13 188.08 Edwin Gaites 10 November 1843 1845 77.64 157.54 1847 40.08 86.22 William J. Townsend 8 December 1846 57.69 96.62 1849 162.64 244.79 Edwin Mills 3 July 1849 1851 268.07 425.80 1853 240.14 307.05 1855 291.37 199.99 1857 166.66 136.04 Ditmis Ludlow 6 December 1856 607.49 550.19 1859 994.15 518.08 Peter Quinlan 1 February 1860 1861 261.80 313.38 William F. Muchmore 20 March 1861 71.94 71.57 1863 437.70 298.22 1865 540.16 768.21 1867 557.72 449.20 Charles Hartfield 29 March 1867 112.28 132.97 1869 742.50 237.33 Henry C. Johnson 11 March 1869 247.50 109.11 Andrew Flanagan 18 May 1886
Head of Cow Neck – Manhasset (presidential office from October 1, 1914)
Established in Queens county : November 20, 1812 Name changed to Manhasset : June 17, 1837 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts William Allen 20 November 1812 1816 ----- 1817 ----- 1819 ----- 1821 16.25 1823 4.18 1825 6.33 1827 14.37 1829 21.90 1831 23.23 Cove Neck 1833 29.65 1835 37.18 James Allen 21 January 1836 1837 73.01 Manhasset (17 June 1837) 1839 74.92 1841 82.83 154.88 1843 21.77 40.76 Alfred T. Brown 23 August 1841 98.24 184.45 Robert H. Titus 16 January 1843 41.52 72.13 1845 67.76 126.11 1847 75.60 108.41 1849 83.11 113.78 1851 125.51 172.41 1853 115.04 90.53 1855 160.24 47.27 1857 163.06 124.59 1859 173.62 108.65 1861 138.36 113.92 1863 186.67 162.82 1865 203.48 246.02 1867 180.00 144.30 1869 160.00 56.96 George K. Dodge 20 August 1869 Joseph F. Hamilton 23 September 1886 William A. Dodge 27 May 1889 Joseph F. Hamilton 16 September 1893 (Catharine A. Hamilton) (13 January 1908)
Hempstead (presidential office from July 18, 1882)
Established in Queens county : September 7, 1802 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Abraham Bedell 7 September 1802 1816 11.04 George Howell 25 July 1817 1817 11.55 Timothy Clowes 8 June 1818 1819 17.60 Edward A. Clowes 28 May 1821 1821 18.22 1823 21.32 1825 20.21 1827 20.57 1829 22.73 1831 38.48 1833 63.19 Stephen C. Snedeker 27 October 1832 1835 77.26 1837 106.15 1839 144.68 1841 143.77 265.77 Lorenzo D. Rushmore 21 June 1841 1843 269.84 523.45 1845 63.91 125.40 Stephen C. Snedeker 19 December 1844 84.43 147.10 1847 153.84 248.28 1849 233.22 307.27 John W. Smith 14 July 1849 1851 283.72 399.51 1853 234.41 443.18 Ebenezer Kellum 18 June 1853 1855 331.99 272.24 1857 285.37 272.43 1859 341.16 253.71 1861 374.09 303.17 Comfort C. Rhodes 20 June 1861 1863 921.48 324.91 1865 719.85 551.84 1867 62.50 3.82 Robert T. Powell 23 July 1866 437.50 585.07 1869 670.00 511.32 Sands Powell, Jr. 8 April 1869 not in register Morris Snedeker 21 May 1872 J. Seymour Snedeker 3 June 1882 John S. Snedeker 18 July 1882 Augustus R. Griffin 2 August 1886 Willis L. Brownell 4 June 1889 John S. Snedeker 3 June 1891 William H.S. Smith 12 December 1894 Napoleon B. Mulliner 25 May 1898 (DeWitt C. Titus) (7 July 1899)
Hempstead Branch – Mineola (presidential office from April 19, 1904)
Established in Queens county : October 29, 1844 Name changed to Mineola : June 12, 1858 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts John S. Wood 29 October 1844 1845 9.36 18.36 1847 26.36 31.59 1849 36.17 48.18 Henry D. Hall 9 January 1850 1851 30.90 41.34 Joseph Hendrickson 6 May 1851 3.42 5.00 1853 50.77 38.25 1855 86.30 27.32 Luke Fleet, Jr. 15 August 1855 1857 88.18 32.63 Mineola (12 June 1858) 1859 89.71 67.99 1861 83.43 55.94 George J. Dougherty 10 August 1861 1863 124.94 73.84 1865 130.14 109.07 1867 150.00 92.38 1869 150.00 46.90 Joseph D. Armstrong 20 August 1869 John E. Hicks 11 January 1870 David L. Van Nostrand 14 July 1871 Willis M. Fleet 27 January 1873 Erasmus D. Skinner 24 March 1883 Luke Fleet 13 October 1885 William McCarthy 27 May 1889 Sarah A. Sammis 22 May 1893 William McCarthy 2 June 1897
Hempstead Harbor – Roslyn (presidential office from February 15, 1899)
Established in Queens county : November 15, 1834 Name changed to Roslyn : October 24, 1844 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts William Hicks 15 November 1834 1835 3.14 1837 28.17 1839 19.48 1841 22.86 41.20 1843 72.55 122.91 1845 9.27 17.01 Roslyn (24 October 1844) 25.89 47.01 1847 41.23 55.64 1849 59.43 80.11 1851 74.49 103.75 1853 64.17 62.70 Sealey Schenck 2 November 1853 1855 109.47 38.28 1857 30.01 37.45 James M. Stilwell 15 September 1856 107.13 77.94 1859 149.92 94.88 1861 169.75 156.25 1863 142.55 110.11 Isaac C. Titus 29 January 1863 147.69 68.95 1865 339.09 164.95 1867 210.00 107.57 David D. Kirby 20 December 1867 1869 292.11 38.39 Valentine Downing 18 February 1869 147.89 33.36 John D. Acker 22 May 1874 Valentine Downing 13 March 1878 Samuel Hooper 12 November 1885 Francis S. Titus 20 May 1889 James K. Davis March 1894 (William Witte Jr.) (15 February 1899) (Simon D. Replogle) (28 February 1907)
Hewlett’s (see Woodsburgh)
Hicksville (presidential office from February 10, 1902)
Established in Queens county : February 13, 1855 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts David Sammis 13 February 1855 1855 21.87 8.18 1857 52.13 28.62 Earnest H. De Lanquillette 21 March 1857 15.88 8.22 1859 77.09 53.75 1861 77.99 42.47 David Sammis 10 August 1861 1863 72.96 85.74 Henry Bannihr 18 March 1863 27.51 17.99 1865 95.03 188.47 Ernest H. de Lanquillette 11 September 1865 1867 140.00 154.23 1869 150.00 105.04 Ernest Liebke 20 August 1869 William C. Miller 16 June 1885 Ernst Liebke 27 May 1889 Henry J. Nicholaus 28 April 1894 John G. Winckler 15 May 1897 (August Hauser) (14 September 1901) (Simon P. Poole) (20 May 1904)
Hollis
Established : December 31, 1885 Discontinued : March 10, effective July 1, 1902, became Station 5 (Hollis) of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Samuel H. Durland 31 December 1885 Adrian C. Belknap 24 February 1893 Gustar Nilson 22 May 1893 Eliza Parks 25 January 1896 Lester H. Baldwin 16 January 1900 Charles R. Haviland 8 August 1901
Inwood (presidential office February 10, 1908 to July 27, 1908, from July 1, 1910)
Established in Queens county : February 21, 1889 Located in Nassau County : January 1, 1899 Discontinued : March 31, 1919, service from Far Rockaway, Queens county
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes John D. Crosby 21 February 1889 (Peter N. Davenport) (27 May 1889) (resc. 12 Feb. ’90) William A. Reinhart 26 July 1897
Jamaica (ch from 1874 appointment register) (presidential office from April 11, 1865)
Established : September 25, 1794 (Eliphalet Wickes and 1797 per archives)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Joseph Robinson 25 September 1794 Eliphalet Wickes *1 March 1797 Nehemiah Hinckman *1 April 1806 Eliphalet Wickes 6 April 1807 1816 24.89 *1/1/07 per Stets 1817 31.43 1819 34.27 1821 99.09 1823 118.16 1825 79.35 1827 127.64 1829 99.20 1831 118.01 1833 155.20 1835 174.53 James Rider 27 April 1835 1837 244.69 1839 246.84 1841 271.35 535.41 1843 57.73 107.48 John C. Smith 2 September 1841 436.61 873.62 1845 207.70 432.64 Martin J. Johnson 19 August 1845 1847 203.65 315.86 1849 269.92 426.38 Richard Brush 6 June 1849 not in register 1851 323.11 506.40 1853 289.08 427.41 Martin V.N. Rider 18 June 1853 not in register 1855 414.19 305.99 1857 242.54 157.57 Zebulon M.P. Black 21 January 1857 192.59 149.83 1859 524.61 252.60 1861 480.81 243.63 Charles Welling 29 March 1861 93.82 58.93 1863 1,192.53 385.76 1865 1,200.00 846.77 1867 243.59 175.83 Hiram U. Rider 19 September 1866 586.41 695.76 1869 870.88 639.17 Charles Welling 19 April 1869 129.12 89.69 George W. Callow 16 May 1882 Paul Barthel 26 July 1886 George W. Callow 14 June 1890 George C. Damon 29 August 1894 Henry M. Haviland 28 January 1899 Warren B. Ashmead 28 January 1907
Jericho
Established in Queens county : January 26, 1802 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts William Guthrie 26 January 1802 3/17/02 per Stets Daniel Underhill 15 March 1813 1816 4.47 by 1811 per Stets 1817 6.01 1819 9.10 Morris M. Rogers 2 March 1821 1821 8.31 1823 12.48 1825 7.95 Valentine Hicks 13 May 1826 1827 9.73 1829 11.58 1831 11.13 1833 15.54 1835 14.53 1837 27.17 1839 29.32 Albert G. Carll 18 September 1839 1841 37.97 60.98 1843 3.19 5.51 Jacob Ellison 15 July 1841 90.29 157.53 1845 18.16 31.08 Albert G. Carll 28 December 1844 20.19 35.36 1847 45.76 69.35 1849 69.70 89.58 1851 77.76 101.80 Charles Willitts 7 February 1852 1853 67.31 59.50 1855 66.47 33.08 Albert G. Carll 16 December 1854 33.04 15.87 1857 58.96 54.45 1859 52.34 59.66 George Tappan 17 December 1859 1861 52.90 43.55 1863 68.40 36.64 1865 80.46 112.33 Edgar Davis 15 May 1866 1867 80.00 87.11 1869 70.00 114.15 George Tappen 18 April 1870 Benjamin S. Smith 20 September 1886 Robert Seaman 18 July 1890 Augustus T. Remsen 25 October 1894 (James K. Hicks) (3 March 1899)
Jerusalem South – Seaford
Established in Queens county : March 16, 1838 Name changed to Seaford : January 7, 1868 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Samuel S. Jones 16 March 1838 1839 29.16 1841 29.90 45.32 1843 45.26 78.37 1845 18.61 34.33 1847 16.66 19.17 Braddock Seaman 21 April 1848 1849 6.52 8.66 John B. Post 8 November 1848 14.40 18.87 1851 23.63 28.74 1853 30.67 29.15 1855 57.63 28.10 1857 54.32 48.66 1859 54.84 43.91 1861 58.09 47.00 1863 85.64 57.77 1865 91.56 45.23 1867 70.00 64.05 Seaford (7 January 1868) 1869 69.00 41.36 John C. Baylis 24 March 1870 Abram Van Nostrand 22 May 1893 John D. Raynor 28 July 1897 (William H. Condit) (26 October 1901) (Fred W. Carman) (3 September 1907)
Jerusalem Station – Central Park – Bethpage (presidential office from January 1, 1924)
Established in Queens county : January 29, 1857 Name changed to Central Park : March 1, 1867 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county and spelling changed (two words) : January 1, 1899 Name changed to Bethpage : October 1, 1936
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Jeremiah T. Weaver 29 January 1857 1857 8.75 6.15 1859 34.31 84.94 1861 14.60 46.30 Edward Oberlander 2 November 1860 19.48 66.17 1863 51.49 36.84 1865 2.54 6.72 Jeremiah T. Weaver 7 July 1864 57.48 134.29 1867 97.50 34.87 Central Park (1 March 1867) 140.00 96.75 1869 180.00 23.49 Albrecht Benkert 5 February 1875 John A. Brocher 24 October 1887 William F. Hingle 28 December 1888 George Benkert 11 June 1890
(Bethpage) (1 October 1936)
Laurel Hill
Established : May 2, 1881 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Discontinued : September 27, effective September 30, 1904, became station 4 (Laurel Hill) of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment James Duffy, Jr. 2 May 1881 Patrick Clokesay 30 August 1881 Kate McClohessy 11 March 1886 Bernard McCaffy 29 March 1888 Edward H. Inglis 14 August 1888
Lawrence (2), Lawrence Station (see Rockaway)
Little Neck (see Alley)
Locust Valley (see Buckram)
Long Beach (presidential office from April 1, 1911)
Established in Queens county : June 21, 1881 Discontinued : October 19, 1881 Reestablished : May 1, 1882 Discontinued : November 21, 1886, service from Brooklyn Reestablished : July 20, 1887 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905
Postmaster Date of Appointment Richard H. Southgate 21 June 1881
Richard H. Southgate 1 May 1882 Richard H. Stearns 2 June 1886
John T. Devine 20 July 1887 Charles E. Hitchcock 22 April 1892 John C. Mitchell 18 June 1894 Thomas H. Brush 8 July 1895 John L. Brownell 15 May 1896 (Paul K. Ames) (3 July 1906) (Patrick H. Coneys) (27 November 1907) (George H. Aring) (12 October 1909)
Long Island City (presidential office from March 1, 1876)
Established : February 21, 1861
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Jonathan Peck 21 February 1861 1861 14.98 2.45 Charles Cornwall 23 June 1862 1863 170.19 144.37 John P. Gilbert 1 June 1864 1865 298.87 525.08 James H. Orr 15 May 1866 1867 477.11 216.36 Lewis Graves 4 February 1867 282.89 131.39 1869 660.00 490.19 William Bridge 3 August 1880 James A. McKenna 11 April 1887 William Richensteen 17 August 1889 James A. McKenna 24 June 1893 George Ripperger 18 September 1897 John Wagner 23 June 1910
Manhasset (see Head of Cow Neck)
Maspeth (presidential office from January 18, 1904)
Established : June 30, 1846 Discontinued : January 18, 1847 Reestablished : September 29, 1851 Discontinued : September 26, effective September 30, 1904, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts James H. Kolyer 30 June 1846 1847 not in register
David Miller 29 September 1851 1853 no return Joseph H. Van Mater, Jr. 16 March 1854 1855 30.15 18.17 1857 9.62 9.95 Thomas Venus 3 June 1856 not in register David Miller 15 November 1856 not in register Charles C. Lyon 9 February 1857 10.41 8.29 Thomas Joyce 1 October 1857 Charles C. Lyon 23 January 1858 1859 539.09 65.46 1861 410.80 120.03 David Miller 19 November 1860 18.88 15.61 Reuben Munson 20 July 1861 1863 107.40 63.51 George M. Hyatt 23 April 1863 23.63 15.91 1865 117.67 46.09 1867 95.00 51.40 1869 19.50 31.54 William H. Furman 27 November 1868 19.50 29.47 Martin F. Witschieben 3 May 1870 John Brackenbury 31 October 1871 Sarah Ann Brackenbury 11 November 1871 George S. Jervis 30 June 1881 Joel G. Smith 6 April 1883 Thomas F. McDonald 9 November 1885 Mrs. Ellen Mooney 3 October 1888 Mrs. Ellen E. Mooney 12 October 1888 Joel G. Smith 27 May 1889 John Inglis 17 April 1890 Miss Helen E. Mooney 22 May 1893 Augustus DeWitt, Jr. 4 May 1903
Merrick (presidential office from July 1, 1921)
Established in Queens county : September 7, 1802 Discontinued : during 1811 Reestablished : August 29, 1843 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts John Clough 7 September 1802 (resigned 6/1/03) Samuel Seaman 1 June 1803
Carman Smith 29 August 1843 1845 7.72 12.38 1847 10.83 12.71 1849 14.34 19.33 1851 16.77 22.04 1853 13.94 16.06 1855 13.75 9.58 1857 10.01 11.94 1859 13.99 11.25 1861 11.00 10.01 1863 56.48 48.31 1865 66.32 84.25 1867 47.00 56.04 1869 35.00 23.24 Peter Thomas 8 February 1871 Henry Bean 15 April 1879 Henry J. Goodenough 23 November 1885 John W.B. Hegeman 3 March 1887 J. Furman Smith 8 August 1889 Francis S. Miller 22 May 1893 Joseph W. Birch 16 June 1897
Metropolitan
Established : February 15, 1890 Discontinued : September 27, effective September 30, 1904, became station 6 (Metropolitan) of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes George V. Todd 15 February 1890 Annie A. Eden 23 May 1893 William Bechtold 26 May 1897 (Horatio DeLarouge) (31 March 1899) (declined) Frederick Sillinger 25 July 1899
Middle Village
Established : February 18, 1850 Discontinued : January 9, 1856 Reestablished : April 5, 1881 Discontinued : September 27, effective September 30, 1904, became station 5 (Middle Village) of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Jonathan F. Latham 18 February 1850 1851 no return 1853 1.99 3.00 1855 ------
Annie M. Siebs 5 April 1881 Albert Schumacher 15 October 1889 Martin Mager, Jr. 30 September 1893 Thomas E. Pennell 15 December 1897 John Weiss, Jr. 22 January 1903
Millneck
Established in Queens county : April 28, 1894 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : February 1, 1930
Postmaster Date of Appointment Smith Underhill 28 April 1894 (Charles W. Allen) (18 December 1903) (Edward E. DeRancy) (10 June 1907) (George W. Perry) (6 November 1909)
Mineola (see Hempstead Branch)
Morris Park
Established : February 13, 1899 Discontinued : April 24, effective May 31, 1899, became station 2 (Morris Park) of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment James T. Cortelyon 13 February 1899
Moscheto Cove – Glen Cove (presidential office from February 19, 1886)
Established in Queens county : December 12, 1818 Name changed to Glen Cove : February 24, 1834 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Jacob Titus 12 December 1818 1819 ----- Musquito 1821 11.04 Musquito 1823 13.23 Musquito 1825 11.71 Musqueto 1827 16.63 Musqueto 1829 18.73 Musqueto 1831 19.28 Moscheto 1833 24.25 Musqueto James Udall 6 November 1833 Glen Cove (24 February 1834) Charles H. Eglee 26 May 1834 1835 36.23 William Harrold, Jr. 7 July 1835 1837 55.66 1839 58.04 1841 58.56 107.33 1843 16.72 29.83 William M. Weeks 15 July 1841 112.52 203.88 1845 72.74 141.79 William Harrold, Jr. 6 August 1845 1847 99.21 147.92 1849 128.52 174.83 Samuel M. Titus 2 May 1849 18.06 24.26 1851 155.09 200.42 1853 136.37 141.66 John W. Campbell 18 June 1853 not in register 1855 71.54 33.31 Richard M. Bowne 14 October1854 152.54 66.82 1857 161.81 117.23 John W. Campbell 13 March 1857 52.42 21.50 1859 261.28 192.66 1861 222.21 162.97 Leonard F. Coles 1 April 1861 70.81 64.62 1863 400.43 714.09 1865 467.12 526.60 1867 260.00 268.18 John W. Campbell 18 December 1866 260.00 229.28 1869 337.50 345.97 Leonard F. Coles 25 March 1869 112.50 129.65 John Thurston 25 April 1877 Hamilton K. Roberts 2 December 1884 John W. Campbell 16 November 1885 John Norton 19 November 1888 Ward I. Fancher 18 June 1889 James H. Cocks 6 March 1894 Fred A. Wright 9 March 1898 (Ellwood Valentine) (5 March 1910)
Munson
Established in Queens county : June 6, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Discontinued : January 4, effective January 31, 1908, service from Hempstead
Postmaster Date of Appointment Daisy M. Stringham 6 June 1895 William S. Stringham 10 May 1897
New Hyde Park (presidential office from October 1, 1920)
Established in Queens county : February 27, 1871 Spelling changed (Hydepark) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (Hyde Park) : December 1, 1905
Postmaster Date of Appointment John C. Christ 27 February 1871 Rosina Christ 4 December 1885 Philip J. Christ 6 November 1893 (Philip J. Miller) (28 April 1899)
Newtown (2) – Elmhurst (presidential office from September 18, 1897)
Established : June 18, 1829 Name changed to Elmhurst : February 15, 1896 Discontinued : September 26, effective September 30, 1904, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Bernard Bloom 18 June 1829 1831 37.56 1833 46.41 John Dodge 18 October 1833 1835 40.70 William Howard 31 December 1835 1837 61.22 1839 76.16 Charles Cook 29 June 1839 1841 56.51 109.19 1843 120.31 249.35 1845 55.66 114.12 William M. Paynter 11 April 1846 1847 45.02 57.67 William Leonard 12 April 1847 14.68 19.70 1849 65.34 91.29 John J. Burroughs 28 April 1849 11.26 16.91 1851 108.93 152.32 1853 84.82 100.09 1855 120.11 65.08 William H. Holman 24 October 1855 1857 159.23 103.22 Cornelius H. Moore 14 December 1857 William H. Holman 27 January 1858 1859 92.53 38.29 Joseph R. Holman 22 August 1859 1861 not in register Thomas Anderton 20 June 1861 1863 270.53 137.00 1865 294.07 253.63 Charles L. Moore 24 November 1865 Thomas Anderson 8 December 1865 1867 270.00 158.39 1869 82.50 70.13 Edward L. Van Wickel 16 October 1868 147.50 149.28 Cornelius L. Moore 15 July 1869 Edward L. Van Wickel 28 March 1879 August Kenling 13 November 1883 John G. Scheper 30 November 1885 Arnold Buckley 27 May 1889 Edward J. Clarry 26 September 1893 Elmhurst (15 February 1896) John T. Robinson 27 August 1897 Thomas E. Hardgrove 9 December 1902
North Hempstead (see Queens (1))
Ocean Side
Established in Queens county : November 2, 1892 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905 Discontinued : April 30, 1912 service from Rockville Center
Postmaster Date of Appointment Lorenzo Davison 2 November 1892
Oceanus (presidential office from July 1, 1895)
Established : June 19, 1874 Discontinued : November 11, effective December 31, 1902, became station of Far Rockaway
Postmaster Date of Appointment Michael P. Holland 19 June 1874 Albert B. Smith 23 April 1883 M.P. Holland 27 September 1883 John H. Waters 3 August 1886 Louis Hammel 26 October 1886 George H. Lott 25 November 1889 Michael P. Holland 6 March 1891 John R. Murray 15 February 1895 George Bennett 15 February 1899
Old Westbury (see Queens (1))
Oyster Bay – Syosset (1) – Oyster Bay (presidential office from May 21, 1891)
Established in Queens county : December 20, 1806 Name changed to Syosset : January 5, 1846 Name changed to Oyster Bay : July 31, 1848 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Jonathan Weeks 20 December 1806 Jonathan Weeks, Jr. *1 April 1810 James Colwell 1 January 1812 1816 18.39 1817 18.68 1819 23.30 1821 22.51 1823 24.79 1825 18.00 1827 18.30 1829 20.04 1831 15.48 1833 19.07 1835 18.35 1837 30.78 1839 37.40 1841 39.17 74.17 1843 82.03 159.46 1845 54.39 109.42 Syosset (5 January 1846) 1847 77.83 125.59 not in register Oyster Bay (31 July 1848) 1849 129.66 173.60 1851 155.71 207.32 1853 140.78 186.44 1855 227.72 174.80 Harriet L. Minor 17 October 1855 1857 167.30 119.91 1859 186.24 156.38 1861 195.73 159.85 1863 283.72 320.13 James Monilaws 16 February 1864 1865 339.31 346.33 1867 360.00 169.12 1869 350.00 321.25 Mrs. Mary E. Bayles 16 March 1871 Evelyn Bayles 14 February 1874 Miss Annie Larrabee 14 May 1896
Oyster Bay South (see South Oyster Bay)
Ozone Park (presidential office from July 7, 1898)
Established : November 14, 1889 Discontinued : September 28, effective October 14, 1900, supplied by a substation of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Enos H. McArthur 14 November 1889 Orville W. Chevalier 22 May 1894 George L. Hitchcock 26 January 1898
Pearsall’s – Lynbrook (presidential office from July 24, 1905)
Established in Queens county : March 29, 1873 Name changed to Lynbrook : March 30, 1894 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment David K. Elmendorf 29 March 1873 Hamilton W. Pearsall 17 January 1878 George A. Mott 19 April 1881 Joseph S. Simonson 9 July 1886 Sylvester Pearsall 20 May 1889 Lynbrook Thomas K. Box 30 March 1894 Sylvester Pearsall 30 March 1898
Plainview
Established in Queens county : February 5, 1886 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Discontinued : July 23, effective July 30, 1904, service from Hicksville
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes William H. Duryea 5 February 1886 (Joseph C. May) (26 November 1890) (error in name) Frank C. May 10 December 1890 Charlotte Duryea 31 January 1895 (John A. Hewlett) (30 October 1900) (Henry Luhring) (1 August 1901)
Port Washington (presidential office from January 21, 1902)
Established in Queens county : July 12, 1859 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Thomas McKee 12 July 1859 1861 35.00 29.23 1863 66.48 38.06 1865 73.32 9.74 1867 51.00 62.79 1869 75.00 49.69 Cornelius Velsor 20 August 1869 Alfred C. Bayles 27 May 1875 Thomas McKee 9 November 1885 Alfred C. Bayles 27 May 1889 Thomas J. McKee 16 September 1893 Charles F. Lewis 23 October 1897 (R. Burchard Hults) (21 January 1902)
Queens (1) – North Hempstead – Westbury – North Hempstead – Old Westbury (– Westbury – Old Westbury) (ch to 1874 appointment register)
Established in Queens county : September 25, 1794 (not in Stets) Name changed to North Hempstead : May 21, 1805 Name changed to Westbury : January 9, 1841 Name changed to North Hempstead : December 20, 1841 Name changed to Old Westbury : March 25, 1868 (Name changed to Woodedge : 13 March 1882) Name changed to Old Westbury 22 March 1882 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Name changed to Westbury : October 7, 1907 Name changed to Old Westbury : October 3, 1908 Discontinued : January 15, 1965, became branch of Westbury (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Nathaniel Townsend 25 September 1794 North Hempstead James Poole 21 May 1805 1816 3.53 ca 1804 per Stets 1817 5.43 1819 8.39 1821 13.12 1823 6.52 1825 6.05 1827 7.17 1829 9.08 1831 11.07 1833 15.32 1835 10.66 1837 23.97 1839 27.80 1841 not in register Westbury 31.08 Charles Post 9 January 1841 no split James Poole 21 June 1841 1843 5.75 48.13 North Hempstead (20 December 1841) 35.56 9.36 1845 16.37 Elias Lewis, Jr. 31 July 1845 1847 32.36 57.76 1849 41.79 31.15 1851 65.22 36.49 1853 43.41 51.13 Benjamin J. Doughty 6 August 1853 81.81 Stephen Bedell 14 February 1854 59.88 Jesse P. Kelsey 29 June 1854 1855 64.96 1857 65.80 1859 77.24 32.28 1861 86.20 52.08 1863 109.47 56.03 1865 120.90 81.76 1867 200.00 69.05 Old Westbury 72.29 (25 March 1868) 1869 200.00 91.58 (Daniel O’Connor) (6 November 1893) (resc. 28 Apr. ’94) William P. Kelsey 8 May 1896 115.44 (Westbury) (7 October 1907) (Old Westbury) (3 October 1908)
Queens (2) (see Brushville)
Ravenswood (presidential office from June 14, 1878)
Established : February 24, 1853 Discontinued : April 4, 1860 Reestablished : May 2, 1860 Discontinued : July 17, 1871, service from Astoria Reestablished : April 12, 1872 Discontinued : March 7, effective April 1, 1888, became station of Long Island City
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Samuel H. Moore 24 February 1853 1853 11.31 7.52 1855 52.05 29.45 James S. Wright 11 February 1856 1857 55.21 35.14 1859 56.12 27.22
Samuel H. Moore 2 May 1860 1861 339.60 91.36 James L. Thompson 19 November 1860 not in register Samuel H. Moore 17 December 1860 not separate 1863 52.60 63.13 1865 53.36 42.58 1867 33.75 47.17 1869 33.75 11.62
James L. Thompson 12 April 1872 James A. Worl 13 July 1875 William W. Wright 28 June 1884
Richmond Hill (2) (see Clarenceville (1))
Ridgewood – Wantagh (presidential office from October 1, 1922)
Established in Queens county : October 16, 1868 Name changed to Wantagh : June 19, 1891 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Henry T. Seaman 16 October 1868 1869 6.00 33.53 Horace Seaman 20 May 1875 Thomas B. Seaman 3 May 1877 Willit Whitman 31 May 1881 Frank C. Young 30 July 1890 Wantagh (19 June 1891) Phinetus Gildersleeve 19 July 1893 Charles T. Birch 1 June 1897 (Jonathan J. Fussell) (6 December 1899)
Rockaway – Lawrence Station – Lawrence (2) (presidential office from February 8, 1897)
Established in Queens county : April 24, 1840 Name changed to Lawrence Station : April 5, 1876 Name shortened to Lawrence : January 7, 1897 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts David T. Jennings 24 April 1840 1841 21.93 41.76 1843 57.00 100.50 1845 26.39 42.60 Truman Pearsall 22 August 1845 David T. Jennings 29 April 1846 1847 26.13 36.10 1849 52.77 71.68 1851 60.49 83.21 1853 49.45 56.68 1855 73.22 40.44 1857 70.15 29.95 1859 78.82 46.97 1861 64.60 22.89 James H. Jennings 25 September 1860 16.77 10.58 1863 120.41 52.89 1865 136.23 63.53 1867 85.00 111.03 1869 58.00 118.27 Lawrence Station (5 April 1876) David H. Jennings 2 January 1878 Samuel Strickland 26 January 1880 William J. Kavanagh 11 March 1886 George W. Strickland, Jr. 9 April 1889 Mrs. Mary A.S. Kavanagh 14 December 1893 Lawrence (7 January 1897) (Thomas A. McWhinney) (1 April 1899)
Rockaway Beach
Established : August 6, 1858 Discontinued : November 10, 1859
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Joseph McKim 6 August 1858 1859 1.14 -----
Rockville Centre (presidential office from May 2, 1900)
Established in Queens county : January 27, 1849 Spelling changed (Center) : December 1, 1893 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (Centre) : July 1, 1933
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Robert Pettit 27 January 1849 1849 ------1851 12.61 15.83 1853 13.63 16.49 1855 24.57 14.37 1857 31.56 29.91 1859 57.87 45.12 1861 44.89 34.53 Hewlett Smith 10 August 1861 1863 121.00 94.29 1865 128.23 ----- 1867 32.60 23.43 Frank H. Weyant 18 October 1866 63.40 50.11 John H. Reed 18 March 1868 1869 90.00 70.51 Clinton F. Coombs 22 March 1869 30.00 24.60 Edward T. Thurston 22 July 1885 John T. Davidson 10 May 1889 James McCarty 16 April 1896 (Oliver Howard Tuthill) (2 May 1900)
Roslyn (see Hempstead Harbor)
Saint Albans
Established : February 8, 1899 Discontinued : March 10, effective June 30, 1902, merged with Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Benjamin A. Everitt 8 February 1899
Scheutzenpark
Established : March 31, 1886 Discontinued : March 15, effective April 1, 1889, became station of Long Island City
Postmaster Date of Appointment Mathew Marx 31 March 1886 John L. Taylor 1 December 1887
Sea Cliff Grove – Sea Cliff
Established in Queens county : June 6, 1872 Name shortened to Sea Cliff : June 21, 1880 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Spelling changed (two words) : December 1, 1905
Postmaster Date of Appointment Charles H. Applegate 6 June 1872 David Pyatt 28 June 1875 Lake C. Coe 29 January 1877 William R. Dupuy 9 December 1879 Sea Cliff (21 June 1880) George W.L. Gardner 16 November 1882 J. Merwin Oldrin 17 July 1885 Samuel C. Ransom 20 May 1889 George W. Pearsall 28 April 1892 (Jacob H. Roberts) (18 July 1892) Lillian J. Pearsall 17 July 1895 (C. Sackett Chellborg) (17 December 1907)
Seaford (see Jerusalem South)
Smithville South (– North Bellmore)
Established in Queens county : March 27, 1867 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Name changed to North Bellmore : March 23, 1920 Discontinued : November 15, 1949, became branch of Bellmore
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Elbert H. Walters 27 March 1867 1867 2.12 4.34 1869 20.00 46.23 Frederick H. McFarland 15 April 1872 John H. Wortman 5 January 1880 Nancy S. McFarland 14 November 1881 Adolph Frisch 27 May 1889 (Frederick M. Wood) (18 November 1899)
(North Belmore) (23 March 1920)
South Oyster Bay (also known as Oyster Bay South to 1818)
Established : May 19, 1814 Discontinued : December 27, 1861
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Timothy Carman 19 May 1814 1816 0.96 Oyster Bay South 1817 1.50 Oyster Bay South 1819 3.77 1821 22.20 Oyster Bay South 1823 ----- Oyster Bay South 1825 3.51 Oyster Bay South 1827 5.69 Oyster Bay South 1829 7.69 1831 ----- 1833 15.71 Oyster Bay South 1835 15.81 1837 50.85 (?) 1839 23.84 1841 26.25 50.19 1843 56.41 105.97 1845 31.24 59.75 1847 31.22 39.68 1849 39.91 51.63 1851 36.15 47.35 1853 30.55 30.88 1855 41.90 24.58 1857 50.98 24.71 1859 52.78 34.24 1861 63.81 35.53
Springfield Store – Springland
Established : March 24, 1865 Name changed to Springland : March 15, 1892 Discontinued : March 10, effective July 1, 1902, became station 6 (Springland) of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Daniel Higbie 24 March 1865 1865 not in register Lucas E. Decker 14 April 1865 1867 51.00 ----- 1869 40.00 ----- Henry Suydam 20 August 1869 T. Stratton Powell 9 March 1870 Ephraim Bayliss 16 February 1876 Charles H. Smith 17 April 1878 Lucas E. Decker 14 January 1886 Edward H. Thomson 27 May 1889 Springland (15 March 1892) Lucas E. Decker 24 March 1896 Edward H. Thomson 6 October 1897
Steinway
Established : October 10, 1881 Discontinued : March 15, effective April 1, 1889, became station of Long Island City
Postmaster Date of Appointment Theron H. Burden 10 October 1881 Miss Augusta Rassiga 13 December 1888
Syosset (1) (see Oyster Bay)
Syosset (2) (presidential office from July 1, 1922)
Established in Queens county : June 15, 1855 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Philetus Ketcham 15 June 1855 1857 30.43 23.93 Cornelius Van Sise 16 September 1857 1859 38.46 21.25 1861 50.40 31.12 1863 50.99 54.87 1865 53.98 27.80 1867 34.00 36.06 John Cooke 5 December 1867 1869 46.00 62.41 Charles A. Van Sise 28 April 1892 John R. DeVine 16 May 1896 (Theodore E. Burtis) (16 October 1900) (Raymond E. Cheshire) (20 June 1901) (Charles A. Van Sise) (18 September 1905)
Thomaston (– Great Neck Station) (presidential office from July 1, 1911)
Established in Queens county : October 20, 1884 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Name changed to Great Neck Station : February 8, 1910 Discontinued : March 30, 1920, service from Great Neck
Postmaster Date of Appointment Daniel S. Place 20 October 1884 Joseph M. Thursby 20 April 1885 William B. Cole 28 June 1893 Richard Kehoe 5 April 1895 George A. Duck 15 February 1899 (Great Neck Station) (8 February 1910)
Valley Stream (presidential office from October 1, 1911)
Established in Queens county : March 16, 1870 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment James Pagan 16 March 1870 Joseph S. Wright 24 March 1874 James Fletcher 16 March 1875 David S. Wright 5 January 1878 Francis E. Janowitz 13 August 1879 Anna M. Crawford 17 April 1882 Charles Nostrand 29 May 1889 Andrew F. Wilson 21 December 1889 Elbert H. Golder 25 October 1893 Louis E. Cuinet 30 September 1897 (Frederick W. Müller) (8 April 1900)
Valley Stream Junction
Established : March 29, 1890 Discontinued : February 10, effective February 28, 1894, service from Valley Stream
Postmaster Date of Appointment Frank J. Armstrong 29 March 1890
Wantagh (see Ridgewood)
Westbury (1) (see Queens (1))
Westbury Station (– Westbury (2))
Established in Queens county : March 13, 1882 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899 Name shortened to Westbury : December 16, 1908
Postmaster Date of Appointment Edward L. Kelsey 13 March 1882 Daniel O’Connor 4 June 1894 Edward L. Kelsey 26 July 1897 Mrs. Sarah P. Kelsey 14 December 1897 (Alexander S. Taylor) (1 July 1904) (Westbury) (16 December 1908)
Whitestone (presidential office from February 18, 1878)
Established : October 4, 1854 Discontinued August 29, 1882, reestablished August 30, 1882, device for terminating presidential status) Discontinued : August 30, effective September 30, 1906, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Augustus H. Kissam 4 October 1854 1855 42.59 17.30 1857 79.20 63.00 1859 95.99 110.28 Charles H. Miller 22 August 1857 1861 132.73 99.72 Alonzo B. Wright 10 August 1861 1863 189.48 106.19 1865 483.30 757.98 1867 203.64 74.68 Henry Hill 18 October 1866 226.36 242.52 1869 520.00 125.34 Ammerman Wright 11 January 1870 Oliver Taff 10 February 1876
Oliver Taff 30 August 1882 Alfred F. Willmott 28 July 1885 James F. Taylor 21 May 1889 David L. Godley 14 March 1894 Walter S. McCall 16 March 1898 Charles R. Bindhamer 3 March 1899 George W. Becton 29 June 1900
Willets Point – Fort Totten (presidential office from October 1, 1912)
Established : August 24, 1891 Spelling changed (one word) : December 1, 1895 Name changed to Fort Totten : April 24, 1902 Discontinued : September 30, 1918, became station (Fort Totten) of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Mrs. Julia Martin 24 August 1891 Maria L. Royston 8 July 1895 Fort Totten Elizabeth Wells 24 April 1902 Percy W. Smith 21 December 1903 George H. Martens 8 July 1907
Winfield Junction
Established : March 26, 1872 Discontinued : September 27, effective September 30, 1904, became station 2 (Winfield Junction) of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Louis A. Hamann 26 March 1872 Bernhard Becker 30 June 1881 Alois Raber 23 December 1885 Samuel Worms 31 May 1886 Bernhard Becker 26 February 1890 Samuel Worms 9 March 1894 John Roth 11 April 1898 Homer F. Candee 19 May 1899 Peter J. Theisen 31 March 1900
Woodbury (1) (– West Hills)
Established : June 17, 1836 Located in Suffolk county as West Hills : April 11, 1840 Discontinued : December 10, 1859
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts John V. Hewlett 17 June 1836 1837 4.29 1839 7.80 (West Hills) (Aaron Oakley) (11 April 1840) (1841) 10.79 15.88 (1843) 30.04 44.91 (1845) 17.16 24.44 (1847) 4.07 3.55 (Ezra Oakley) (1 October 1846) 10.66 10.81 (1849) 10.40 12.25 (1851) 9.58 12.48 (1853) 7.68 7.65 (1855) 9.69 6.29 (1857) 5.56 2.23 (1859) 5.21 0.03
Woodbury (2)
Established in Queens county : February 19, 1858 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts John J. Whitney 19 February 1858 1859 18.68 10.77 1861 17.99 12.65 1863 34.99 22.23 1865 37.56 28.83 1867 29.00 35.19 1869 15.00 24.22 Henry Van Wyck 14 February 1870 Mrs. Sophia Van Wyck 19 October 1876 John J. Whitney 15 April 1879 W.V. Monfort 15 April 1880 Robert H. Baldwin 17 January 1884 (Arthur L. Baylis) (10 August 1900)
Woodedge (see Queens (1))
Woodhaven (presidential office from October 13, 1892)
Established : July 10, 1855 Discontinued : January 20, 1857 Reestablished : May 9, 1866 Discontinued : September 28, effective October 14, 1900, became station of Jamaica
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts Daniel Cobleigh 10 July 1855 1857 18.23 11.98
Joseph A. Page 9 May 1866 1867 43.00 109.56 1869 98.00 86.9 Daniel Cobleigh 19 August 1874 William Everett Clark 21 September 1882 Charles W. Eldert 27 February 1886 William E. Clark 27 May 1889 Jacob Schmahl 25 November 1890 Francis J. Kettner 18 February 1897
Woodmere (presidential office from March 20, 1908)
Established in Queens county : October 8, 1897 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment George A. Koch 8 October 1897 (Alvah H. DeMott) (30 March 1904) (William H. DeMott) (14 December 1906) (Warren D. Burtis) (16 December 1910)
Woodsburgh – Hewlett’s (presidential office from July 1, 1913)
Established in Queens county : March 29, 1873 Name changed to Hewlett’s : November 21, 1888 Spelling changed (no apostrophe “s”) : October 26, 1893 Located in Nassau county : January 1, 1899
Postmaster Date of Appointment Notes William W. Hatfield 29 March 1873 Warren DeMott 11 January 1875 Martin Wood 28 January 1876 Frank H. Pearsall 13 August 1879 Thomas Pearsall 11 May 1880 Frank H. Weyant 5 July 1882 Hewlett’s Henry R. Jackal 21 November 1888 Louis F. Hicks 28 January 1889 Frank A. Darling 27 May 1889 (Rulof V. Brower) (26 October 1893) (declined) Garrett E. Brower 2 March 1894 Thomas S. Cheshire 28 May 1897 (Seaman F. Combs) (18 January 1903)
Woodside (presidential office from December 20, 1900)
Established : November 14, 1864 Discontinued : September 26, effective September 30, 1904, became station of Flushing (2)
Postmaster Date of Appointment Fiscal Postmaster P.O. Dept. Year Compensation Receipts John Fargo 14 November 1864 1865 35.00 12.67 1867 61.00 39.92 1869 34.00 47.06 Thomas Way 30 September 1872 Mrs. Harriet Way 25 October 1875 Mrs. Harriet R. Way 7 November 1875 Samuel Smith 30 January 1882 Emily W. Davies 18 December 1883 Henry Borges 8 April 1887 Eliza Parkes 14 November 1887 Van Nest Owens 6 November 1893 Saädi M. Johnstone 21 October 1897