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CLAY COUNTY POSTMASTERS
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| Appointments include Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, Acting Postmaster, or Officer-in-Charge |
| AMRUM | |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Jurgen P. Schnoor | 3/28/1902 |
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(The Post Office was probably located on the Schnoor land in Section 8 of Elmwood Township. The Post Office Appointments indicates mail was passed to Sabin beginning in May 1903) |
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AVERILL |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| John Johnson | 7/1/1899 |
| Effie E. Johnson | 4/18/1911 |
| Nels M. Kleppe | 9/3/1913 |
| Clara J. Arnberg | 11/11/1922 |
| Blondina M. Hollsten | 11/11/1942 |
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BAKER (NAVAN) |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Lois J. Kitteterud | 4/14/1899 |
| Andrew O. Solum |
4/19/1900 2/11/1903 |
| Oscar N. Iverson | 11/25/1914 |
| Oscar N. Iverson | 11/25/1914 |
| Francella M. Iverson |
2/28/1957 4/18/1958 |
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BARNESVILLE |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Peter E. Thompson | 12/4/1877 |
| Austin J. Fitzgerald | 9/22/1885 |
| Grovenor D. McCubrey |
11/26/1889 1/23/1893 |
| Irvin S. Catlin | 5/12/1897 |
| Dennis F. McGrath | 1/23/1906 |
| Philip H. Kifer |
3/3/1915 |
| Andrew L. Felde | 1/1/1921 |
| Bernard McGrath |
11/17/1921 1/21/1928 1/31/1930 |
| John E. Pasch |
3/10/1934 3/20/1935 7/6/1939 |
| Vernon David Desing |
11/6/1964 8/13/1965 |
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BONA |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Christian Rehder | 3/28/1902 |
| Henry Possehl | 4/15/1904 |
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COMSTOCK |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| David Askegaard | 12/24/1877 |
| Samuel Halland | 2/27/1915 |
| Arthur D. Askegaard | 3/9/1921 |
| Eugene M. Askegaard | 2/20/1933 |
| Clarence P. Qualley | 4/29/1933 |
| Melvin L. Corneliussen |
6/30/1963 7/21/1967 |
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DALE |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Andrew L. Jelsing | 3/1/1910 |
| Erwin P. Johnson | 5/15/1936 |
| Jerome Ulven | 11/24/1936 |
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DILWORTH |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Rasmus Haugsted | 8/13/1907 |
| Christian Haugsted | 12/14/1911 |
| William L. Spotts | 4/9/1915 |
| Thomas S. Smith |
11/23/1921 8/4/1922 |
| Ralph C. Peterson |
11/20/1923 12/19/1923 1/10/1928 3/17/1932 |
| Clifford J. Fitzgerald |
5/28/1936 7/10/1940 |
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DOWNER |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| John McGough |
1/8/1886 2/27/1894 |
| Laurentz C. Olson |
10/21/1901 |
| John O. Seim | 3/9/1903 |
| Olaf E. Howg |
12/1/1905 |
| Johanna Hawkins |
4/3/1907 |
| Edgar B. McColgin |
11/18/1909 |
| Henry M. Des Jardino** |
4/4/1927 |
| Mrs. Luella M. Desjardins** |
6/6/1936 7/31/1936 |
| **Surname various spellings in various recordings. Des and Dis separate from the remainder and together. Remainder is Jardine, Jardines, Jardines, Jardins and more. | |
| Allen L. Poitras |
5/6/1947 10/16/1947 |
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FELTON |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Michael Shea | 11/28/1879 |
| Edgar S. Kneeland | 9/18/1880 |
| Flynt W. Mills | 11/19/1880 |
| Ole Windseth | 10/10/1899 |
| Edward J. Murphy | 5/19/1902 |
| Albert V. Specht | 10/2/1908 |
| Otto L. Dahl | 6/11/1915 |
| Orville E. Dahl | 1/2/1942 |
| Mrs. Dorothy A. Million | 11/18/1942 |
| Mrs. Dorothy A. Dalby | 7/7/1959 |
| Ethel J. Menholt | 11/4/1966 |
| Donald Speer | 10/2/1968 |
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GEORGETOWN |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
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(Originally in Breckenbridge County) |
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| C. P. V. Lull | 12/31/1860 |
| Randolph M. Probstfield | 5/20/1864 |
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| Adam Stein |
6/22/1869 10/11/1881 |
| John W. Cole | 12/5/1872 |
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(Disestablished 18 February 1874. Reestablished 2 March 1876) |
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| James M. Wilson | 3/2/1876 |
| Charles B. Hill | 5/12/1884 |
| Mons T. Weum |
8/20/1886 9/28/1886 |
| Sivert S. Dalen |
5/21/1888 4/3/1895 |
| Jacob Stein | 5/6/1893 |
| Severt S. Dalen | 4/3/1898 |
| Louis O. Jesme | 9/1/1899 |
| Ole L. Dalen | 2/13/1903 |
| Randolph Weum | 11/10/1909 |
| Lyman G. Benson |
4/1/1949 4/11/1950 |
| Lorraine J. Benson |
2/13/1957 11/14/1958 |
| Johnny Leonard Stasch | 1/13/1961 |
| Roger Guttormson | 6/9/1961 |
| Mrs. Margaret A. Loe | 6/28/1963 |
| John William Stein | 1/17/1964 |
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GLYNDON |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Stiles R. Nettleton | 5/29/1872 |
| George S. Barnes | 6/5/1876 |
| John W. Rodgers | 11/27/1882 |
| Clark S. Taylor | 12/13/1886 |
| Charles G. Tracy | 2/28/1888 |
| Luther Osborn | 10/7/1891 |
| Foster (Lester) R. Paige | 10/18/1895 |
| Emery D. North | 12/14/1899 |
| Halbert L. Webb | 9/9/1912 |
| Harry L. Moody | 1/1/1920 |
| Ray B. Osborn | 4/7/1920 |
| Bertha T. Osborn | 12/20/1923 |
| Omer C. Heys |
4/21/1924 12/20/1928 |
| Mrs. Ida S. Knauff |
8/28/1933 1/25/1934 3/29/1944 |
| Maurice Leroy Anstadt |
2/1/1963 9/24/1964 |
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HAWLEY / YEOVIL |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
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(The Post Office originally called Hawley on January 6, 1873. The appointed postmaster did not serve and the name was changed to Yeovil) |
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| William E. Rust | 1/6/1873 |
| George Chant | 4/18/1873 |
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(Post Office name changed back to Hawley on 8 January 1874) |
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| John Costain | 1/8/1874 |
| George Chant | 2/17/1874 |
| Herbert Glaisyer | 7/20/1885 |
| Ole P. Storberg | 12/9/1889 |
| P. Anton Berg | 11/16/1893 |
| Nelson H. Fulton | 5/26/1897 |
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Susan C. Fulton Nelson's wife (above) |
2/10/1902 |
| Fred Herring | 12/10/1906 |
| Nels J. Thysell | 2/3/1915 |
| John W. McDonald |
2/13/1920 8/19/1920 |
| Stanley A. Torgerson |
12/14/1921 1/31/1930 9/30/1955 7/19/1956 |
| Robert H. Burrill |
2/1/1934 6/18/1934 6/7/1938 11/27/1942 |
| Erwin M. Johnson |
5/10/1963 8/5/1965 |
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HITTERDAL |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Thomas Y. Anderson | 7/7/1887 |
| Aslah Anderson |
12/8/1890 |
| Swen S. Hanson | 8/18/1893 |
| Ole S. Aarverud | 7/20/1897 |
| Charles A. Krenelka |
3/26/1909 5/14/1934 |
| Alfred M. Oss | 2/27/1915 |
| Arnt E. O. Melbye | 10/5/1925 |
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Alga (Olga) Oss (Might be Helga) |
3/11/1926 3/3/1927 |
| Lafayette R. Willis |
2/9/1929 2/9/1932 |
| Clifford Hitterdal |
4/25/1935 4/19/1946 |
| Mrs. Bernice E. Fahl | 5/25/1962 |
| Richard M. Melbye | 7/25/1963 |
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HOLY CROSS |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Jean R. M. Genin (Page 186) | 8/4/1869 |
| C. E. Sandin | 2/1/1871 |
| Joseph H. Langevin | 6/2/1871 |
| Joseph Marshall | 1/30/1872 |
| Joseph Marshall | 1/20/1873 |
| Reinherd Gernhudson | 4/1/1878 |
| Alfred C. Carroll | 9/29/1888 |
| Charistian H. Engen | 1/12/1889 |
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KEENE |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Simon Anderson | 8/8/1898 |
| Henry Weisbrod | 1/6/1903 |
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KRAGNES |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| William J. Bodkin | 2/4/1884 |
| A. O. Kragnes | 8/20/1886 |
| John Oberg | 10/11/1886 |
| Jacob J. Oluess | 12/3/1895 |
| Oliver A. Kragnes | 10/9/1906 |
| Nels J. Ness | 12/6/1911 |
| Alvin H. Olson | 12/4/1914 |
| Edwin J. Sorenson | 3/29/1917 |
| William A. Dahlquist | 11/17/1919 |
| Leroy G. Fairchild | 10/2/1922 |
| Oliver L. Sondrall | 7/25/1931 |
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KURTZ |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Rasmus Peder Kirkhorn | 11/16/1891 |
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MANITOBA JUNCTION |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Melvin H. Kopperud | 8/2/1910 |
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MOORHEAD |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| James Douglas |
10/6/1871 2/7/1879 2/14/1880 |
| Benjamin F. Mackall | 4/7/1880 |
| Edward Fay |
11/4/1886 2/13/1895 |
| William H. Davy | 1/9/1891 |
| Edward L. Bjorkquist | 6/5/1900 |
| D. W. Meeker | 1912 |
| Edward Fay, Jr. | 10/18/1912 |
| Daniel W. Meeker | 11/9/1912 |
| E. L. Flaten | 7/9/1913 |
| Otis T. Wentzell |
8/24/1922 12/17/1926 1/7/1931 |
| Miss Frances A. Lamb |
8/1/1935 10/1/1935 6/22/1940 |
| David R. Steinley | 2/16/1948 |
| James E. Ruddy | 4/12/1951 |
| Basil Walker |
6/21/1963 4/4/1968 |
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MUSKODA |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| William E. Rust | 7/16/1873 |
| Charles Finney | 9/21/1874 |
| George H. Futcher | 12/10/1874 |
| Joseph DeDuc | 10/4/1877 |
| James J. Jenkins (Jenkinson) |
7/16/1875 8/21/1878 |
| Frederick Lush | 10/11/1881 |
| Charles Hilliard | 3/13/1884 |
| William E. Bennett | 8/4/1884 |
| John Pryor | 8/3/1887 |
| David T. McDonald | 11/1/1898 |
| Lester H. Baker | 5/9/1894 |
| Wright Works | 12/23/1905 |
| Otis E. Northrup | 1/7/1914 |
| Warren H. Cutler | 11/8/1922 |
| Mrs. Laura Gulbranson | 5/21/1929 |
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REAL |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Clifton Ried | 9/20/1897 |
| Theophile Bailly | 3/14/1899 |
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ROLLAG |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Christopher Nelson | 4/14/1880 |
| William Middagh |
11/2/1882 12/8/1884 |
| Charles O. Ingebregtson | 3/24/1884 |
| Severt Anderson | 10/30/1901 |
| Oscar Iverson | 7/21/1908 |
| C. N. Hebranson | 9/26/1908 |
| August Olson | 3/26/1909 |
| Christian N. Forsland | 6/21/1910 |
| Edna Robinson | 12/11/1914 |
| William M. Schultz | 9/19/1917 |
| Mrs. Ethel Schormack | 11/11/1927 |
| L. A. Ambers | 4/14/1928 |
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RUSTAD |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Rasmus Peder Kirkhorn | 5/23/1907 |
| Vern Kirkhorn | 5/27/1931 |
| Sam O. Kirkhorn | 6/5/1931 |
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SABIN |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| William J. Almy | 8/23/1881 |
| Horace B. Webster | 7/17/1882 |
| Leo L. Leighton | 1/4/1887 |
| Patrick J. Shea | 8/27/1894 |
| Ove V. Olson | 1/28/1898 |
| Carl Erickson | 12/28/1898 |
| Herman G. Wendlandt | 12/15/1899 |
| Christopher F. Kuehl |
9/8/1935 12/10/1936 |
| Andrew M. Suedel |
4/14/1948 3/25/1949 |
| Luverne W. Lyons |
4/30/1953 3/18/1954 |
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STOCKWOOD |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Charles B. Romkey |
12/16/1895 1/6/1914 |
| Ole K. Shermoen | 6/26/1905 |
| Susan Shermoen | 12/10/1907 |
| Robert H. Miller | 5/13/1909 |
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TANSEM/LUND |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Perterson Hansom | 11/10/1879 |
| Erick Olson Sneve | 10/11/1883 |
| Tawitz Moe | 6/4/1897 |
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ULEN/ONELAND/ONLAND |
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| Name | Date Appointed | |
| Tallak Aaneland | 4/29/1884 | |
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(Changed to Oneland on 30 July 1885) |
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| Tallak Aaneland | 7/30/1885 | |
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(Changed to Onland on 24 March 1886 |
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| Tallak Aaneland | 3/24/1886 | |
| Ole C. Melbye | 11/30/1886 | |
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(Changed to Ulen on 17 March 1887) |
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| Ole C. Melbye | 3/17/1887 | |
| Austin T. Austmison | 4/27/1901 | |
| Harvey M. Webster | 3/9/1904 | |
| Olof E. Reiersgord |
4/29/1910 1/9/1923 2/20/1931 |
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| Ole A. Fuglie | 5/4/1914 | |
| Alvi Hanord Auenson |
1/1/1936 1/30/1936 1/15/1940 |
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| Harry A. Grande |
4/30/1960 10/5/1962 |
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| Harold F. Dunham | 5/19/1961 | |
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WILLARDTON |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
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Pauline D. Lyke |
10/5/1892 |
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WINNIPEG JUNCTION |
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| Name | Date Appointed |
| Peter Anton Berg | 5/21/1887 |
| John Lund | 7/8/1892 |
| John L. Anderson | 11/21/1896 |
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WRODAHL |
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| Name | Date Appointed | Torgrim O. Morken | 1/17/1881 |
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Sources: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, National Archives A Century Together, A History of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota (1975) |