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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SUSSEX POs ~ Len PeckTable 3: SUSSEX COUNTY Post Offices by year establishedCo Ref. # Post Office Est Status See Ref. #:Sus 117 *Lafayette (prev. La Fayette) 1895-12-01 Changed in 1905 to La Fayette 42, 53, 123Sus 118 Kampe 1897-04-20 DPO: Discontinued in 1915Sus 119 Warbasse 1897-06-18 DPO: Discontinued in 1913Sus 120 Wintermute 1898-02-11 DPO: Discontinued in 1917Sus 121 *Sussex (prev. Deckertown) 1901-06-08 Active 21Sus 122 Culvers 1903-03-19DPO: Discontinued in 1904; reestablished in1914 as Culver’s Lake127Sus 123 *La Fayette (prev. Lafayette) 1905-12-01 Changed in 1931 to Lafayette42, 53, 117.138Sus 124 *Beaver Lake (prev. Kays) 1906-03-02 DPO: Discontinued in 1960 101Sus 125 *Franklin (prev. Franklin Furnace) 1913-05-29 Active 55, 64Sus 126 *Bevans 1913-07-13 Discontinued in 1915; reestablished in 1916 47, 131Sus 127 *Culver’s Lake (prev. Culvers ) 1914-06-24 DPO: Discontinued in 1915 122DPO: Discontinued in 1915; reestablished in 38, 88, 129Sus 128 *Cuttoff (prev. Lincoln)l 1915-03-111915 as GreendellSus 129 *Greendell (prev. Cuttoff) 1915-11-05 Active 38, 88, 128Sus 130 Lake Wawayanda 1916-04-01 DPO: Discontinued in 1919Sus 131 *Bevans 1916-05-29 DPO: Discontinued in 1969 47, 126Sus 132 Hopatcong 1918-04-11 ActiveSus 133 Sperry Springs 1922-03-22 DPO: Discontinued in 1966Sus 134 *McAfee (prev. McAfee Valley) 1924-11-17 Active 85Sus 135 Cranberry Lake 1926-08-03 DPO: Discontinued in 1961 142Sus 136 Byram Cove 1928-03-28 DPO: Discontinued in 1957Sus 137 *Beaver Run (prev. Beaverrun) 1931-07-01 DPO: Discontinued in 1933 86. 115Sus 138 *Lafayette (prev. La Fayette) 1931-12-01 ActiveSus 139 Glasser 1933-07-14 ActiveSus 140 Highland Lakes 1951-09-01 ActiveSus 141 *Montague/ Br. Branchville 1981 DPO: Branch of Branchville42, 53, 117.123*Stockholm (#94) was originally established as a post office on May 12, 1812 in Morris County, and is then listed in Passaic County from Feb. 7,1837 to Feb. 3, 1843., and finally in Sussex in 1843.19Vol. 36/No. 4 207NJPHWhole No. 172 November 200810
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SUSSEX POs ~ Len PeckA number of post offices, as cited, were opened and closed, then reopened again at a laterdate. In order not to double-list a post office closing, we have used the term DPO [dead ordiscontinued post office] only when there are no further listings of that post office. Using thisdefinition of a DPO, there are a total of 65 DPOs in Sussex County.Here is a list of the 25 post offices currently active in Sussex County.Table 4: ACTIVE POST OFFICES IN SUSSEX COUNTY IN 2008PO Name Zip code PO Name Zip codeAndover 07821 Middleville 07855Augusta 07822 Newton 07860Branchville 07826 Ogdensburg 07439Franklin 07416 Sparta 07871Glasser 07837 Stanhope 07874Glenwood 07418 Stillwater 07975Greendell 07839 Stockholm 07460Hamburg 07419 Sussex 07461Highland Lakes 07422 Swartswood 07877Hopatcong 07843 Tranquility 07879Lafayette 07848 Vernon 07462Layton 07851 Wallpack Center 07881McAfee 07428ENDNOTES:1 Snell, James P., History of Sussex & Warren Counties, New Jersey, Harmony Press, Harmony NJ, 1981, theCentennial Edition a reprint of the original 1881 edition, in two volumes, Sussex and Warren. This text is onpage 17 of the Sussex volume; it is reprinted on page 149, with “Great Bend” instead of “Great Pond” – an errorwhich may or may not have occurred in the original work as well.2 See Peck, Len, “Sussex Court House: Sussex County’s First Post Office”, in NJPH, Vol. 35 No. 4 Whole number168 , Nov 2007.3 These maps are from FamilyHistory101.com, a genealogical website which shows the changing borders of NJCounties from 1683 to 1928: http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/nj_cf.html Oct. 13, 2008.4 Map from Rutgers Cartography web site, http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/HISTORICALMAPS/NJ_1795/index.htmOct. 11, 2008.5 Op cit., Peck, Len, “Sussex Court House, First Post Office in Sussex County,” NJPH, Vol. 35, No. 4, Whole No.168, p/ 211-212.6 This map is a 1923 Post Office Department route map, to which we have added the names of other post officeswhich no longer existed in 1923, to enable readers to see their locations.7 See Peck, Len “Rural Free Delivery,” in NJPH, Vol. 36 No. 2, Whole number 170, May 2008.NJPH 208Vol. 36/No. 4November 2008 Whole No. 17211
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