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Photographer: Brandon D Cross
Taken: June 15, 2019
Caption: Huntington Post Office - Putnam County
Additional Description: This Post Office building was donated to the Barberville Pioneer Settlement by Jeanne Jones Coleman and her older sister, Edith Jones Stone. The post office was established about 2 ½ miles west of Crescent City on what is now County Road #308. Although it was opened in 1885 under the name of Grovesdale, the name was changed to Huntington on February 10, 1887. The little post office had numerous postmasters over the years. Among them was Sarah Edith Jones. Postal records show that Mrs. Jones was appointed Postmaster on February 13, 1915. Mrs. Jones served as Postmaster of the Huntington Post Office for a little more than 10 years. The Huntington Post Office remained in service until December 31, 1953. During this time the building remained on property owned by Sarah Edith Jones. In the early 1980’s, Mrs. Jones’ sons, Everard P. Jones and Robert P. (Bob) Jones decided to move the post office building to another location. Everard moved it to his home – about 2 miles west of its previous site. The building remained at the home of Everard and Mildred Yelvington Jones until after their deaths. Shortly after the death of Everard Jones in 1995, his daughters donated the building to the Barberville Pioneer Settlement in memory of their father and grandmother.
Submitted: June 19, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p480057
File Size: 0.815 Megabytes

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