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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.