CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SUSSEX POs ~ Len PeckTable 1<strong>Sussex</strong> POs that becamepart of Warren<strong>Sussex</strong> Post offices in 18251 Anders<strong>on</strong> Andover2 Asbury, Ashbury Augusta3 Belvidere Branchville4 Butt's Bridge Coursenville5 Columbia Deckertown, Deckerstown6 Hackettstown Greenville7 Harm<strong>on</strong>y Hamburg8 Hope Hardwick
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SUSSEX POs ~ Len PeckAfter 1900, eleven new post offices opened in the <strong>County</strong>, of which <strong>on</strong>ly four remain.Culvers was established in 1903 <strong>and</strong> closed in 1904. It reopened as Culver’s Lake in 1914, <strong>on</strong>lyto close again in 1915. Cuttoff opened <strong>and</strong> closed in 1915. It was located in the same vicinity asLincoln, but Lincoln had closed in 1891. Greendell (which replaced Cuttoff in 1915) is currentlystill active. Lake Waway<strong>and</strong>a opened in 1916 <strong>and</strong> closed in 1919. Hopatc<strong>on</strong>g, opened in 1918,is still active. Sperry Springs opened in 1922 <strong>and</strong> closed 1966. Cranberry Lake opened in 1926<strong>and</strong> closed 1961, operating as a branch of Andover. Byram Cove opened in 1928 <strong>and</strong> closed in1958. Glasser opened in 1933, <strong>and</strong> is still active. Finally, Highl<strong>and</strong> Lakes, opening 1951, isactive today. [11]The post office at Highl<strong>and</strong> Lakes which opened <strong>on</strong> September 1st, 1951 was the last <strong>Sussex</strong>post office to open with full post office status. The M<strong>on</strong>tague post office which was reactivated in1981 is really a branch of the Branchville post office <strong>and</strong> thus does not have full post office status.From February 29th 1908 until 1981, M<strong>on</strong>tague was serviced by the post office in Port Jervis, N.Y.A post office was also opened <strong>on</strong> September 9 th , 1988 at a new locati<strong>on</strong> in Tranquilityafter that area was serviced for a year <strong>and</strong> a half by the post office at Greendell. As this hiatuswas <strong>on</strong>ly a temporary situati<strong>on</strong>, Tranquility retained its full status with its own postmaster whileoperating out of the Greendell post office.From the establishment of the first post office in <strong>Sussex</strong> <strong>County</strong>, <strong>on</strong> June 12 th , 1792 untilNovember 1 st , 2008, <strong>on</strong>e hundred <strong>and</strong> forty-<strong>on</strong>e post offices were authorized. This includes thevarious name changes <strong>and</strong> reactivati<strong>on</strong>s of the same post office (those closed <strong>and</strong> then reopenedat some later date), <strong>and</strong> the 16 offices now part of Warren. If reestablishments of the same postoffice, <strong>and</strong> name changes of the same post office are removed (53), there have been in total 88different post offices in <strong>Sussex</strong>. On November 1, 2008, there were twenty-five activelyoperating post offices, <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>e operating branch post office (i.e., M<strong>on</strong>tague) in <strong>Sussex</strong> <strong>County</strong>.In Table 3 <strong>on</strong> the following pages, each post office is listed with its date of establishment<strong>and</strong> year of closing, as well as what became of it. Post offices that became part of Warren<strong>County</strong> are listed <strong>on</strong>ly through 1824, <strong>and</strong> are grayed out. We have not attempted to follow theirhistory. For each post office, we have assigned a reference number (at left), in order to make iteasy to find another listing. Many post offices were opened <strong>and</strong> closed more than <strong>on</strong>ce, <strong>and</strong> inthose cases, we have indicated by use of those reference numbers (in the far right column)where further listings of that post office will be found. An asterisk before a post office nameadditi<strong>on</strong>ally indicates that it was listed previously; if that was under a different name, the nameis given in parentheses; reference numbers at right will also aid in finding both previous <strong>and</strong>later listings.Some post offices had slight name changes [e.g., Hamburg to Hamburgh <strong>and</strong> back];others had significant changes, <strong>and</strong> those are listed below:<strong>Sussex</strong> Court House ><strong>New</strong>town><strong>New</strong>t<strong>on</strong>Deckertown, Deckerstown ><strong>Sussex</strong>Trade Valley>Hardwick>Fred<strong>on</strong>Pleasant Valley>BalesvilleS<strong>and</strong>yst<strong>on</strong>>HainesvilleCoursenville>WykertownGreenville>Lincoln>Cuttoff>GreendellBeemersville>Wantage>BeemervilleGratitude>Hunt’s Mills>Huntsburgh>HuntsburgStockholm>Petauket>StockholmNorth Vern<strong>on</strong>>GlenwoodKays >Beaver LakeNJPH 202Vol. 36/No. 4November 2008 Whole No. 1725
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