CLAY COUNTY POSTMASTERS
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Appointments include Postmaster, Assistant Postmaster, Acting Postmaster, or Officer-in-Charge |
AMRUM | |
Name | Date Appointed |
Jurgen P. Schnoor | 3/28/1902 |
(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) |
AVERILL |
|
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 |
BAKER (NAVAN) |
|
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 |
BARNESVILLE |
|
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 |
BONA |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Christian Rehder | 3/28/1902 |
Henry Possehl | 4/15/1904 |
COMSTOCK |
|
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 |
DALE |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Andrew L. Jelsing | 3/1/1910 |
Erwin P. Johnson | 5/15/1936 |
Jerome Ulven | 11/24/1936 |
DILWORTH |
|
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 |
DOWNER |
|
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 |
FELTON |
|
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 |
GEORGETOWN |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
(Originally in Breckenbridge County) |
|
C. P. V. Lull | 12/31/1860 |
Randolph M. Probstfield | 5/20/1864 |
(Changed to Clay County) | |
Adam Stein |
6/22/1869 10/11/1881 |
John W. Cole | 12/5/1872 |
(Disestablished 18 February 1874. Reestablished 2 March 1876) |
|
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 |
GLYNDON |
|
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 |
HAWLEY / YEOVIL |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
(The Post Office originally called Hawley on January 6, 1873. The appointed postmaster did not serve and the name was changed to Yeovil) |
|
William E. Rust | 1/6/1873 |
George Chant | 4/18/1873 |
(Post Office name changed back to Hawley on 8 January 1874) |
|
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 |
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 |
HITTERDAL |
|
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 |
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 |
HOLY CROSS |
|
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 |
KEENE |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Simon Anderson | 8/8/1898 |
Henry Weisbrod | 1/6/1903 |
KRAGNES |
|
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 |
KURTZ |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Rasmus Peder Kirkhorn | 11/16/1891 |
MANITOBA JUNCTION |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Melvin H. Kopperud | 8/2/1910 |
MOORHEAD |
|
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 |
MUSKODA |
|
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 |
REAL |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Clifton Ried | 9/20/1897 |
Theophile Bailly | 3/14/1899 |
ROLLAG |
|
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 |
RUSTAD |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Rasmus Peder Kirkhorn | 5/23/1907 |
Vern Kirkhorn | 5/27/1931 |
Sam O. Kirkhorn | 6/5/1931 |
SABIN |
|
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 |
STOCKWOOD |
|
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 |
TANSEM/LUND |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Perterson Hansom | 11/10/1879 |
Erick Olson Sneve | 10/11/1883 |
Tawitz Moe | 6/4/1897 |
ULEN/ONELAND/ONLAND |
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Name | Date Appointed | |
Tallak Aaneland | 4/29/1884 | |
(Changed to Oneland on 30 July 1885) |
||
Tallak Aaneland | 7/30/1885 | |
(Changed to Onland on 24 March 1886 |
||
Tallak Aaneland | 3/24/1886 | |
Ole C. Melbye | 11/30/1886 | |
(Changed to Ulen on 17 March 1887) |
||
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 |
|
Ole A. Fuglie | 5/4/1914 | |
Alvi Hanord Auenson |
1/1/1936 1/30/1936 1/15/1940 |
|
Harry A. Grande |
4/30/1960 10/5/1962 |
|
Harold F. Dunham | 5/19/1961 |
WILLARDTON |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Pauline D. Lyke |
10/5/1892 |
WINNIPEG JUNCTION |
|
Name | Date Appointed |
Peter Anton Berg | 5/21/1887 |
John Lund | 7/8/1892 |
John L. Anderson | 11/21/1896 |
WRODAHL |
|
Name | Date Appointed | Torgrim O. Morken | 1/17/1881 |
Sources: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, National Archives A Century Together, A History of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota (1975) |