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BURLINGTON COUNTY POST TOWNS: PART 2 ~ Jack EdgeFig. No. 15: Sept. 18, 1865 Browns Mills, N.J. cover (shown inverted for postmark).August 28, 1850Post office openedApril 12, 1860Post office discontinuedJanuary 25, 1862Post office re-establishedJune 22, 1868Post office discontinuedJuly 27, 1868Post office re-established1894-1914 Known as Brown MillsContinues in operation today..Fig. No. 16: This cover, dated May 11, 1905, shows the town’s nameas Brown Mills. This name was used from 1894-1914.~ ~NJPH 96Vol. 33/No. 2May 2005 Whole No. 158