Early Post Offices of the Chickasaw Nation
From the first
Post Office at Ft. Washita in 1844 to the last one at Hunton in 1896.
The oldest continuously operating Post Office in the Chickasaw Nation is at Tishomingo.
These Post Offices are listed in Descending order as they were admitted to Operation.
Source: Chronicles of Oklahoma
| Post Office | First Postmaster | Date of Appointment | Notes |
| Ft. Washita | Samuel C. Humes | Nov. 4, 1844 | Discontinued May 24, 1880 |
| Ft. Arbuckle | John H. Strain | August 4, 1853 | |
| Tishomingo | Aaron Harlan | June 29, 1857 | |
| Pontotoc | Robert L. Cochran | Sep. 22, 1858 | Discontinued Sep. 22, 1866 |
| Burney Academy | Robert S. Bell | July 3, 1860 | Discontinued June 22, 1866 |
| Carriage Point | Minerva McPhearson | March 23, 1869 | Discontinued Feb. 6, 1872 |
| Rock Springs | Holmes Colbert | Feb. 14, 1870 | Discontinued March 6, 1872 |
| Himmonah | Thomas F. Walt | Nov. 13, 1871 | Discontinued Feb. 6, 1872 |
| Pauls Valley | J.C.D. Blackburn | August 21, 1871 | |
| Colbert Station | Charles R. Kingsbury | August 5, 1873 | Discontinued |
| Cherokee Town | John Shirley | August 17, 1874 | |
| Erin Springs | Tom S. Grant | Nov. 3, 1875 | |
| Post Oak Grove | Levi Jones | July 11, 1876 | Discontinued Nov 22, 1878 |
| White Bead Hill | James Rennie | January 15, 1877 | |
| Stonewall | Charles Rooks | January 11, 1878 | |
| Johnson | William H. White | Feb. 18, 1878 | Disc. Jul 1878 - Re-established Sep. 1878 |
| Maysville | Thomas J. Williams | March 19, 1878 | Disc. May 29, 1878 |
| Beef Creek | Thomas J. Williams | June 17, 1878 | Disc. Mar 25, 1879 - Re. Dec 21, 1881 |
| Rocky Point | Adolphus H. Law | Oct. 22, 1878 | Name changed to Lebanon |
| Burneyville | James C. Nail | May 5, 1879 | Disc. Jan 22, 1880 - Re. Oct 30, 1883 |
| Mill Creek | James Davidson | June 31, 1879 | |
| Baldwin | Truman Baldwin | June 7, 1881 | Late Pickens County |
| Oakland | William Grinstead | July 20, 1881 | |
| Ittitalah | Jefferson C. Johnson | August 1, 1881 | Disc. May 29, 1883 - Mail to Tishomingo |
| Harney | James H. Dorland | Nov. 8, 1881 | Beef Creek Re-established |
| Thackerville | Millard F. Thacker | Jan. 31, 1882 | Late Pickens County |
| Lebanon | George D. James | Feb 17, 1882 | Late Rocky Point |
| Healdton | Elisha S. Mason | Feb 26, 1883 | Late Pickens County |
| Wapanucka | Frank P. Wells | March 5, 1883 | Changed to Choctaw Nation |
| Watkins | John A. Fowler | May 17, 1883 | Name changed to Courtney Aug 17, 1886 |
| Silver City | Phillip A. Smith | May 29, 1883 | |
| Leon | James T. Ray | June 28, 1883 | Dis. Dec 31, 1885, Mail to Jimtown |
| Lou | Benjamin F. Frensley | July 11, 1883 | Changed to Dresden Nov 22, 1883 |
| Burneyville | Edward L. Allen | Oct. 30, 1883 | re-established |
| Dresden | Benjamin F. Frensley | Nov. 2, 1883 | Late Lou |
| Fred | Walter S. Cook | Jan 22, 1884 | |
| Woodford | John Bywater | Feb. 4, 1884 | |
| Emet | William H. Ball | Feb 18, 1884 | |
| Duncan | William Duncan | April 7, 1884 | |
| Jimtown | Henry A. Hall | May 19, 1884 | |
| Arbuckle | Thomas Grant | August 20, 1884 | Late Ft. Arbuckle |
| Price | Samuel R. Offutt | August 20, 1884 | |
| Berwyn | Charles W. Henderson | Oct 9, 1884 | Late Dresden |
| Lone Grove | Robert E. Thacker | Feb 4, 1885 | |
| Arnoldville | Cyrus S. Jacobs | Feb 12, 1885 | Dis. April 2, 1889 - Mail to Marietta |
| Hennepin | Henry C. Dent | February 16, 1885 | |
| Crinerville | Walter S. Gibson | Nov. 10, 1885 | Dis. Oct 21, 1887 - papers to Lone Grove |
| Fleetwood | Pleasant S. Hagy | Dec 5, 1885 | Dis. 12/4/86 - mail to Red River Station, TX Re-established Feb 25, 1888 |
| Alexander | William V. Alexander | Dec 2, 1885 | |
| Texanna | William F. Stone | Dec 9, 1885 | |
| Addington | James P. Addington | Jan 8, 1886 | Dis. Feb 3, 1888 - Mail to Tucker |
| Walner | Henry Kaiser | Jan 8, 1886 | Name changed to Wynnewood April 6, 1887 |
| Leon | James T. Ray | March 1, 1886 | Re-established |
| Willis | Robert C. Thompson | March 15, 1886 | |
| Jackson | David W. Jackson | May 21, 1886 | Dis. Dec. 29, 1886, mail to Velma |
| Wesley | John W. Brown | June 16, 1886 | Dis. May 15, 1889 - Mail to Spanish Fort, TX |
| Courtney | John A. Fowler | August 17, 1886 | Late Watkins |
| Dixie | Jonathan A. Butler | August 19, 1886 | Discontinued July 14, 1888 |
| Velma | John R. Frensley | Sep 25, 1886 | |
| Wynnewood | Henry Kaiser | April 6, 1887 | Late Walner |
| Morrow | Thomas T. Morrow | April 8, 1887 | Changed to Petuna March 6, 1888 |
| Purcell | John M. Wantland | April 21, 1887 | |
| Tucker | Christian D. Sink | April 28, 1887 | |
| Overbrook | Joseph S. McAlister | June 21, 1887 | |
| Washita | Samuel H. Davis | August 11, 1887 | |
| Dougherty | Stevens F. Majors | Sep. 3, 1887 | |
| Ardmore | Hilliard J. Yarborough | Oct. 27, 1887 | |
| Marietta | Jerry C. Washington | Dec. 20, 1887 | |
| Fleetwood | Pleasant S. Hagy | Feb 25, 1888 | re-established |
| Petunia | Thomas T. Morrow | March 6, 1888 | Late Morrow |
| Sugg | Robert P. Short | March 14, 1888 | Late Baldwin - name changed back to Baldwin June 23, 1890 |
| Fontana | John C. West | March 20, 1888 | Dis. Oct 22, 1889 - mail to Wapanucka |
| Wilson | William S. Rogers | April 4, 1888 | |
| Stephens | Corro Gordo Edsall | May 1, 1888 | Dis. Dec 20, 1888 - Mail to Lone Grove |
| Paoli | George D. Thompson | June 27, 1888 |
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| Post Office | First Postmaster | Date of Appointment | Notes |
| Leeper | Frank E. Clayton | July 2, 1888 | |
| Woodville | Robert S. Bell | July 2, 1888 | Late Harney |
| Coffee | Henry Delaney | August 2, 1888 | Discontinued Dec. 28, 1888 |
| Mannsville | Wallace A. Mann | August 28, 1888 | |
| Cheek | Charles W. Thomas | November 19, 1888 | |
| Simon | Thomas J. Overstreet | Nov. 19, 1888 | |
| Lark | Oliver W. Harrell | Jan. 14, 1889 | Dis. July 29, 1889 - mail to Pottsburg, TX re-established May 26, 1890 |
| Sandy | James R. Ross | Jan. 14, 1889 | Discontinued Feb 12, 1889 |
| Finchville | Lumley Lewis | June 19, 1889 | Discontinued Nov 16, 1889 |
| Keith | Millard F. Baker | November 14, 1889 | Dis. Mar. 25, 1890 - Re. Aug 5, 1890 |
| Hewitt | Joseph B. Fulton | Nov. 29, 1889 | |
| Elk | Walter H. Holmes | Jan. 15, 1890 | |
| Baldwin | John W. Cowell | Jan. 23, 1890 | Late Sugg - re-established |
| Burt | Lynch B. Cochran | March 1, 1890 | |
| Davis | Charles H. Miller | March 1, 1890 | |
| Tussy | Finch P. Scraggs | March 1, 1890 | |
| Brownsville | George W. Crump | March 28, 1890 | |
| Naples | Ellen F. Chilton | May 5, 1890 | |
| Arthur | William H. Mershon | May 14, 1890 | |
| Linn | James G. Walker | May 14, 1890 | |
|
Peery |
Andrew J. Looper | May 22, 1890 | |
| Lark | (no record) | May 26, 1890 | |
| Raysville | Samuel F. Milner | May 22, 1890 | |
| Buckhorn | Charles W. Reid | June 3, 1890 | |
| Loco | Alexander B. Biggs | June 3, 1890 | |
| Center | John A. Stark | June 9, 1890 | |
| Elmore | Mary Williamson | June 11, 1890 | |
| Robberson | William F. Robberson | June 11, 1890 | |
| Roff | Joe T. Roff | June 14, 1890 | |
| Grady | William C. Sappington | June 16, 1890 | |
| Ryan | Elbert M. Solomon | June 19, 1890 | Dis. Feb. 7, 1891 - Mail to Fleetwood |
| Minco | Frank E. Clayton | June 30, 1890 | |
| Viola | John C. Boswell | June 30, 1890 | |
| Nebo | Elam M. Wells | August 22, 1890 | |
| Springer | Daniel P. Fairchild | Sep. 1, 1890 | |
| Kemp | William F. Ford | Oct. 20, 1890 | |
| Waco | Jacob Descombs | Oct. 20, 1890 | Name changed to Pensee Sep. 11, 1891 |
| Thomas | John W. Turner | Nov. 18, 1890 | |
| Hope | John B. Patterson | Nov. 25, 1890 | |
| Yarnaby | changed to Choctaw Nation | ||
| Yellow Hill | Mary J. Clark | Nov. 25, 1890 | |
| Rex | Peter Cox | Dec. 1, 1890 | |
| Wayne | William F. King | Dec. 11, 1890 | |
| Woosley | William A. Alexander | Jan 21, 1891 | |
| Eastman | Randel R. Hendon | Mar 2, 1891 | |
| Cliff | John W. Scrimschire | Mar 2, 1891 | |
| Wallville | John L. Wilson | March 7, 1891 | |
| Marlow | Calvin Harris | Mar 13, 1891 | |
| McGee | William G. Mood | April 15, 1891 | |
| Glaze | Adolphus H. Glaze | April 21, 1891 | |
| Holder | Richard Blackburn | June 15, 1891 | |
| Ada | William J. Reed | July 10, 1891 | |
| Atlee | John C. Wright | July 10, 1891 | |
| Cornish | John R. Dulany | July 10, 1891 | |
| Gap | James A. Gamewell | July 10, 1891 | |
| Petersburg | Henry M. Denney | July 10, 1891 | |
| Bradley | James B. Burrell | July 15, 1891 | |
| Graham | James P. Bennett | July 16, 1891 | |
| Gattis | James C. McGinnis | July 20, 1891 | |
| Foster | Noah Foster | August 12, 1891 | |
| Durwood | Reuben L. Price | Sep. 11, 1891 | Late Yellow Hill |
| Pensee | Jacob Descombs | Sep. 11, 1891 | Late Waco |
| Pearl | James E. Taylor | Jan. 25, 1892 | Discontinued July 23, 1895 |
| Reck | Joseph S. Pallett | Jan. 25, 1892 | |
| Purdy | R. S. Purdy | March 14, 1892 | |
| McMillian | Joseph E.A. McMillian | March 28, 1892 | |
| Rush Springs | Samuel H. Hancock | May 13, 1892 | Late Parr |
| Newport | James J. Grundy | May 14, 1892 | |
| Keltner | William C. Keltner | June 1, 1892 | |
| Chickasha | Jacob Descombs | June 20, 1892 | Late Pensee - formerly Waco |
| Joel | Julian A. Moss | June 22, 1892 | Dis. Oct 1, 1896 - paper to Kemp |
| McKenney | James E. McKenney | June 22, 1892 | Dis. Nov. 15, 1893 - papers to Center |
| Palmer | Winfield Wood | June 23, 1892 | |
| Rockridge | Phillip T. Stroud | June 24, 1892 | Discontinued |
| Bailey | Thomas Graham | June 25, 1892 |
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| Post Office | First Postmaster | Date of Appointment | Notes |
| Baily | Thomas Graham | June 25, 1892 | |
| Brady | Monassa Brady | June 30, 1892 | |
| Orr | William C. Roundtree | July 21, 1892 | |
| Hillboro | Jessie F. Swagger | July 28, 1892 | Discontinued Sep. 28, 1892 |
| Ninnekah | George R. Beeler | July 28, 1892 | |
| Terral | John H.D. Terral | August 9, 1892 | |
| Oscar | William R. Butler | Nov. 23, 1892 | |
| Waldon | Odd E. Rice | Nov. 23, 1892 | Dis. June 17, 1895, Papers to New Castle |
| Pike | Dewitt C. Gannaway | Nov. 28, 1892 | |
| Veto | William T. Reed | Dec. 24, 1892 | Dis. Apr. 8, 1893 - Papers to Ryan |
| Comanche | Christian D. Link | Jan. 26, 1893 | Late Tucker |
| Earl | Thomas B. Jones | Nov. 3, 1893 | |
| Addington | Henry A. Baker | Nov. 4, 1893 | Re-established |
| Silo | Albert B. Gates | Nov. 4, 1893 | |
| Rice | Charles M. Combs | Nov. 14, 1893 | |
| Sugden | Charles J. Green | Nov. 14, 1893 | |
| Hickory | Charles W. Reed | Nov. 15, 1893 | |
| Pilot | T. F. Dennis | Nov. 25, 1893 | |
| Homer | Daniel J. Carpenter | Nov. 29, 1893 | |
| Bob | Benjamin F. Mitchell | Jan. 23, 1894 | |
| Fox | Thomas E. Jackson | Jan. 25, 1894 | |
| Powell | Robert L. Donnell | Jan. 31, 1894 | |
| Franks | Benjamin F. Byrd | Feb. 1, 1894 | |
| Victor | Myra Carnahan | Feb. 21, 1894 | |
| Pontotoc | Samuel R. Pannell | March 23, 1894 | Re-established |
| Ara | Walter C. Holman | March 24, 1894 | |
| New Castle | Eulalie V. Kelly | March 26, 1894 | |
| Ravia | Eliza A. Forbess | March 30, 1894 | |
| Cumberland | David F. Blassingame | March 31, 1894 | |
| Kingston | John F. Robinson | April 1, 1894 | |
| Mead | John A. Lucy | April 10, 1894 | |
| Newton | William A. Cleveland | April 17, 1894 | |
| Iona | John McGill | April 17, 1894 | |
| Boland | James S. Alverson | April 19, 1894 | |
| Glenn | William B. Alexander | April 20, 1894 | |
| Dibble | Horatio Orem | May 22, 1894 | |
| Norton | Floyd Tanner | May 22, 1894 | |
| Reagan | A. J. Phillips | June 25, 1894 | |
| Ran | John A. Ray | June 26, 1894 | |
| Jeffs | Jefferson D. Perry | June 28, 1894 | |
| Hart | John A. Hart | June 28, 1894 | |
| Ofrie | Ebenezer R. Johnson | August 3, 1894 | |
| Keller | William Keller | August 6, 1894 | |
| York | J. F. York | August 17, 1894 | |
| Baum | James S. Alverson | Sep. 21, 1894 | Late Boland |
| Russett | C.W. Abernathy | Oct. 3, 1894 | |
| Provence | John H. Price | January 4, 1895 | |
| Hird | Lewelen C. Lane | January 4, 1895 | |
| Linwood | Mrs. E.L. Wilson | Jan. 19, 1895 | |
| Redlake | John Hardin | Jan. 25, 1895 | |
| Marsden | George C. Wright | February 7, 1895 | |
| Pickens | John W. Buckholts | Feb. 7, 1895 | |
| Hundy | Willie Mary Lee | March 2, 1895 | |
| Katie | Grandville T. Griffiths | March 13, 1895 | |
| Wolfton | George W. Wolf | April 12, 1895 | Discontinued Oct. 4, 1895 Papers to Purcell |
| White Bead | Abraham C. Gray | April 26, 1895 | Late White Bead Hill |
| Collins | George B. Collins | June 10, 1895 | |
| Wyatt | Pinkney F. Wyatt | Sep. 6, 1895 | |
| Sulphur | William J. Bloomer | October 2, 1895 | |
| Belton | John W. Davenport | Oct. 3, 1895 | |
| Hoxbar | Jasper A. Underwood | Oct. 9, 1895 | |
| Nida | Richard F. French | Oct. 26, 1895 | |
| Dolberg | Elbert W. Westhoff | Nov. 18, 1895 | |
| Alma | Andrew Moore | Dec. 4, 1895 | |
| Ark | Samuel M. Ransom | Dec. 12, 1895 | |
| Said | Willie H. Walters | January 8, 1896 | Dis. Oct 31, 1896, papers to Wayne |
| Maxwell | William Hartley | Feb. 14, 1896 | |
| Monk | Daniel B. Tipps | Feb. 25, 1896 | |
| Golden | Robert Hamill | April 2, 1896 | |
| Greenwood | Samuel C. Youngblood | April 17, 1896 | |
| Chargis | Absolem J. Hurt | April 25, 1896 | |
| Choleto | George L. Bowlin | May 2, 1896 | |
| Tyrola | Robert B. Wright | May 4, 1896 | |
| Alhambra | William H. Canady | May 5, 1896 | |
| Wheeler | Thomas S. Burns | May 8, 1896 | |
| Tatums | Lee B. Tatums | May 9, 1896 | |
| Grantham | Robert L. Grantham | August 19, 1896 | |
| Conway | Wade H. Allison | August 22, 1896 | |
| Bebee | William H. Goodrich | Sep. 15, 1896 | |
| Brock | George W. Burrows | Sep. 15, 1896 | |
| Hunton | James H. Ward | October 19, 1896 |
Contributed by Dennis Muncrief - December, 2001