Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904

New York: Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices, through 1904 New York: First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery Elba 10/15/1896 Antwerp 05/02/1898 Highland 05/02/1898 Philadelphia 05/02/1898 Watertown 05/02/1898 Baldwinsville 07/05/1898 Barker 10/03/1898 Rhinebeck 10/03/1898 Hamlet 10/10/1898 Perrysburg 10/10/1898 Adams 01/01/1904 Adams Basin 11/01/1901 Adams Center 07/01/1903 Adams Center 08/15/1903 Addison 12/02/1901 Afton 09/01/1903 Akin 03/01/1904 Akron 08/01/1901 Albion 12/01/1900 Alden 05/01/1902 Alexander 09/02/1901 Alfred Station 12/01/1903 Allegany 03/02/1903 Almond 03/01/1902 Alpine 09/01/1902 Altamont 05/16/1904 Altmar 10/01/1902 Altona 07/01/1903 Amenia 10/01/1903 Amsterdam 11/01/1901 Andover 10/01/1903 Angelica 03/01/1902 Angola 09/02/1901 Antwerp 05/02/1898 Appleton 11/15/1901 Arcade 11/01/1900 Argyle 02/15/1904 Arkport 03/01/1902 Arlington 05/01/1902 Ashville 11/15/1900 Athens 11/02/1903 Attica 07/01/1903 Atwater 09/01/1903 Auburn 11/01/1900 Aurora 09/01/1903 Ava 09/01/1904 Avoca 10/01/1902 Avon 11/01/1904 Bainbridge 10/01/1903 Baldwinsville 07/05/1898 Ballston Lake 11/02/1903 Ballston Spa 07/01/1903 Bangall 10/01/1902 Barker 10/03/1898 Barnards Crossing 08/15/1900 Barneveld 07/01/1903 Barton 07/01/1903 Basom 07/01/1902 Batavia 12/15/1900 Bath 11/01/1900 Beaver Dams 04/01/1904 Belmont 03/01/1902 Bemuspoint 12/15/1900 Bergen 01/15/1901 Berkshire 12/01/1902 Bern 07/01/1903 Bernhards Bay 07/01/1902 Binghamton 07/01/1902 Black River 01/01/1904 Blackcreek 03/01/1902 Blasdell 03/02/1903 Bliss 03/15/1900 Bloomville 04/01/1904 Blossvale 04/01/1903 Bluff Point 10/01/1901 Bolivar 04/01/1902 Bolton Landing 07/01/1903 Bombay 11/01/1904 Boonville 03/01/1902 Bouckville 11/02/1903 Bradford 10/01/1903 Brainard 09/15/1903 Branchport 02/15/1901 Brewerton 04/01/1903 Brewster 07/05/1899 Brighton 03/01/1902 Bristol Center 10/01/1903 Broadalbin 06/15/1904 Broadalbin 07/01/1903 Brockport 05/01/1900 Brocton 11/15/1900 Brokenstraw 09/15/1902 Brookton 07/01/1902 Brookton 09/01/1902 Brushton 12/01/1903 Burdett 11/16/1903 Burke 07/01/1903 Burt 11/15/1901 Buskirk Bridge 09/15/1903 Byron 02/15/1901 Caledonia 09/01/1903 Cambridge 03/01/1902 Camden 11/01/1900 Cameron 12/02/1901 Cameron Mills 10/01/1902 Camillus 02/01/1900 Campbell 10/01/1902 Canaan Four Corners 04/01/1902 Canajoharie 11/01/1901

Canandaigua 12/01/1900 Canaseraga 08/01/1904 Canastota 12/01/1900 Candor 07/01/1903 Caneadea 03/01/1902 Canisteo 03/01/1902 Canton 09/02/1901 Cape Vincent 07/01/1903 Carmel 04/01/1904 Carthage 10/15/1900 Cassadaga 01/02/1901 Cassville 12/02/1901 Castile 10/15/1900 Castleton 08/01/1902 Castorland 12/01/1902 Cato 02/02/1903 Catskill 05/01/1903 Cattaraugus 03/02/1903 Cayuga 01/01/1902 Cayuta 05/16/1904 Cazenovia 10/01/1903 Central Bridge 09/01/1904 Central Square 07/01/1903 Chafee 05/01/1902 Champlain 10/01/1903 Charlotte 01/01/1902 Chateaugay 07/01/1903 Chatham 03/01/1902 Chazy 12/15/1900 Chenango Forks 04/01/1904 Cherrycreek 09/15/1902 Chili 04/01/1901 Chili Station 07/01/1902 Chittenango 10/01/1903 Chittenango Station 04/01/1903 Churchville 11/15/1900 Churubusco 11/01/1904 Cincinnatus 02/02/1903 Clarence 05/01/1902 Clarence Center 05/01/1902 Clarkson 01/01/1902 Clay 10/15/1903 Clayton 07/01/1903 Clayville 08/01/1902 Clifton Springs 11/15/1900 Clinton 04/02/1900 Clinton Corners 10/01/1903 Clyde 11/01/1901 Clymer 09/15/1902 Coeymans Hollow 11/15/1904 Cohoes 04/01/1901 Coldbrook 11/02/1903 Colden 12/01/1902 Coldspring 09/01/1902 Collins 01/15/1902 Collins Center 01/15/1902 Colosse 01/15/1904 Conesus 04/01/1904 Conewango Valley 09/15/1902 Conewango Valley 07/01/1903 Constable 06/15/1904 Constableville 07/05/1899 Constantia 10/01/1903 Coopers Plains 11/15/1904 Cooperstown 10/01/1903 Copenhagen 07/01/1903 Corfu 03/01/1902 Corning 12/15/1900 Cortland 12/01/1900 Coshocton 10/01/1902 Cowlesville 03/02/1903 Coxsackie 11/01/1904 Cranesville 01/01/1904 Crittenden 01/15/1902 Croghan 05/16/1904 Croton On Hudson 01/01/1904 Cuba 03/01/1902 Cuyler 10/01/1903 Dalton 03/01/1902 Dansville 02/01/1902 Darien 02/01/1902 Darien Center 11/01/1900 De Kalb Junction 08/01/1901 Deansboro 02/01/1902 Deerfield 04/01/1902 Delancey 04/01/1904 Delanson 10/01/1903 Delevan 03/02/1903 Delhi 05/01/1903 Delmar 03/01/1902 Demster 09/01/1904 Depew 05/14/1900 Derby 09/02/1901 Deruyter 10/15/1904 Dewittville 09/15/1902 Dickinson Center 06/01/1904 Dormansville 11/01/1904 Dover Plains 10/01/1903 Dresden 08/01/1904 Dryden 12/15/1902 Duanesburg 11/15/1904 Dundee 07/01/1901 Dunkirk 09/15/1902 Durhamville 07/01/1903 Eagle Bridge 12/01/1902 Earlville 08/01/1902 East Aurora 10/01/1903 East Berne 08/01/1901 East Bethany 09/02/1901 East Bloomfield 02/02/1903 East Chatham 04/16/1900 East Concord 12/01/1902 East Greenbush 09/15/1903 East Hamlin 11/01/1902 East Nassau 09/15/1903 East Otto 12/01/1903 East Palmyra 10/01/1901 East Pembroke 02/01/1902 East Schodack 09/15/1903 East Syracuse 08/01/1902 Ebenezer 09/01/1903 Eden 07/01/1902 Edmeston 09/01/1904 Elba 10/15/1896 Elbridge 09/02/1901 Ellenburg Center 10/15/1903 Ellenburg Depot 02/15/1904 Ellicottville 02/15/1904 Elmira 06/04/1900 Ensenore 02/02/1903 Esperance 02/15/1904 Evans Mills 11/01/1901

Fabius 11/01/1904 Fairport 07/01/1902 Falconer 08/15/1900 Farmer 03/01/1902 Farmersville Station 10/01/1903 Fayetteville 04/01/1903 Fernwood 07/01/1903 Fillmore 10/15/1900 Fishkill 10/01/1903 Flycreek 08/01/1904 Fonda 03/01/1904 Forest 02/15/1904 Forestport 09/01/1904 Forestville 07/16/1900 Forks 01/15/1902 Fort Edward 09/15/1903 Fort Plain 03/01/1902 Frankfort 06/01/1901 Franklin 09/15/1903 Franklinville 03/02/1903 Fredonia 09/01/1900 Freehold 11/01/1904 Freeville 07/01/1902 Frewsburg 12/15/1900 Friendship 10/15/1903 Fulton 07/01/1903 Fultonville 07/01/1902 Gage 10/01/1901 Gainesville 02/01/1901 Galway 11/15/1904 Gansevoort 02/01/1904 Gardenville 12/15/1902 Gardiner 04/01/1904 Garrison 04/01/1902 Gasport 11/15/1901 Gates 02/15/1901 Geneseo 11/15/1904 Geneva 12/01/1900 Genoa 02/02/1903 Germantown 08/01/1899 Getzville 05/01/1902 Ghent 04/01/1902 Glenmont 01/15/1904 Glenmore 01/15/1904 Glens Falls 04/01/1903 Glenwood 05/01/1902 Gloversville 03/01/1902 Gouverneur 01/01/1904 Gowanda 07/01/1901 Grand Island 12/01/1902 Great Valley 03/02/1903 Greene 11/01/1901 Greenfield Center 11/01/1904 Greenville 07/01/1903 Greenwich 03/01/1902 Groton 08/01/1902 Groveland Station 10/15/1903 Guilford 07/01/1903 Hagaman 01/01/1902 Hague 11/01/1900 Halls Corners 03/01/1901 Hamburg 07/15/1902 Hamilton 08/01/1902 Hamlet 10/10/1898 Hamlin 05/01/1902 Hammond 08/01/1899 Hammondsport 11/15/1900 Hannibal 07/01/1903 Harford 12/01/1904 Harkness 07/01/1903 Harpursville 11/01/1900 Harrisville 02/01/1902 Hastings 10/15/1903 Hector 01/15/1904 Hemlock 09/15/1904 Henrietta 08/15/1900 Herkimer 12/02/1901 Heuvelton 11/01/1900 Hicksville 12/15/1904 Highland 05/02/1898 Hillsdale 07/01/1903 Hilton 11/01/1902 Himrod 07/01/1902 Hinsdale 11/15/1904 Holcomb 11/15/1904 Holland 05/01/1902 Holland Patent 07/01/1902 Holley 06/02/1902 Holmes 10/01/1903 Homer 10/01/1903 Honeoye Falls 01/01/1902 Hoosick Falls 07/01/1902 Hopewell Junction 05/01/1903 Hornellsville 11/01/1900 Horseheads 04/01/1902 Houghton 03/01/1902 Hubbardsville 10/01/1903 Hudson 05/16/1904 Hunt 10/01/1900 Huntington 07/01/1902 Hydepark 10/01/1900 Ilion 03/15/1901 Ira 09/01/1903 Irondequoit 10/02/1899 Irving 09/02/1901 Ischua 11/02/1903 Ithaca 07/01/1902 Jackson Corners 10/01/1903 Jamestown 08/15/1900 Jamesville 12/01/1903 Jasper 09/15/1903 Java Center 04/01/1904 Jerusalem 07/01/1903 Johnsonburg 11/02/1903 Johnsonville 08/01/1902 Johnstown 05/01/1903 Jordan 08/01/1901 Kanona 04/01/1902 Keeseville 12/01/1904 Kendall 09/15/1903 Kenmore 10/17/1898 Kennedy 11/15/1900 Kent 07/01/1902 King Ferry 02/02/1903 Kirkville 10/01/1901 Kirkwood 04/15/1904 Knowlesville 09/15/1903 La Salle 11/15/1901 Lacona 07/01/1903 Lafargeville 01/01/1904 Lafayette 10/01/1903 Lagrangeville 02/01/1901

Lakeview 06/01/1899 Lancaster 01/15/1902 Laurens 09/01/1904 Lawton Station 01/15/1902 Lebanon 10/01/1903 Lee Center 11/02/1903 Leroy 05/01/1901 Lestershire 04/01/1904 Lewiston 11/15/1901 Lima 07/01/1903 Limerick 11/01/1900 Linden 11/01/1901 Lindley 09/15/1904 Linwood 12/01/1902 Lisbon Center 10/01/1901 Little Falls 07/01/1901 Little Valley 03/02/1903 Liverpool 04/01/1903 Livonia 09/01/1903 Locke 02/02/1903 Lockport 08/15/1899 Lodi 11/01/1900 Lowman 04/01/1904 Lowville 07/01/1903 Ludlowville 12/15/1902 Lyndonville 09/15/1903 Lyon Falls 01/15/1904 Lyons 06/04/1900 Lysander 09/15/1904 Macedon 02/01/1902 Machias 03/02/1903 Madison 08/01/1902 Madrid 10/15/1903 Madrid Springs 10/15/1903 Mahopac 04/15/1904 Mallory 05/02/1904 Malone 02/15/1904 Manlius 06/04/1900 Mannsville 07/01/1903 Marathon 02/01/1901 Marcellus 10/15/1900 Marcy 01/01/1902 Marietta 11/01/1904 Marilla 09/02/1901 Marion 10/01/1901 Marlboro 07/01/1903 Martinsville 11/15/1901 Martville 02/02/1903 Massena 10/01/1901 Mayfield 07/01/1903 Maynard 09/01/1903 Mayville 09/15/1902 McGraw 11/01/1900 Mechanicsville 10/01/1903 Medina 05/01/1902 Melrose 08/01/1902 Memphis 02/15/1901 Mexico 07/01/1902 Middleport 05/01/1900 Middlesex 07/01/1902 Middletown 02/01/1904 Millbrook 10/01/1903 Millerton 10/01/1903 Milton 10/01/1902 Mohawk 11/01/1900 Moira 07/01/1904 Monsey 04/15/1904 Montgomery 10/15/1903 Montour Falls 03/02/1903 Mooers 03/01/1902 Mooers Forks 03/01/1902 Moravia 02/01/1902 Morganville 07/01/1902 Morrisonville 11/01/1902 Morristown 12/01/1898 Morrisville 12/15/1903 Morton 09/15/1903 Moscow 03/01/1902 Mount Kisco 09/01/1902 Mount Morris 03/01/1902 Mount Vision 11/15/1904 Munnsville 10/01/1903 Naples 12/15/1900 Nassau 12/01/1902 Natural Bridge 02/01/1902 New Baltimore Station 09/15/1904 New Berlin 03/01/1901 New City 04/15/1904 New Hamburg 10/01/1903 New Hartford 07/01/1902 Newark 09/05/1899 Newburgh 07/01/1902 Newfane 11/15/1901 Newfield 11/15/1900 Newhaven 04/15/1904 Newport 07/01/1903 Nichols 01/01/1904 Nineveh 11/02/1903 Niverville 02/15/1904 Norfolk 07/15/1904 North Bangor 07/01/1903 North Clymer 09/15/1902 North Collins 01/15/1902 North Rose 07/01/1902 North Stockholm 12/15/1903 North Tonawanda 11/15/1901 Norwich 04/01/1902 Norwood 07/01/1903 Nunda 03/01/1902 Oakfield 07/01/1902 Odessa 03/02/1903 Ogdensburg 11/01/1900 Old Chatham 07/01/1902 Olean 03/02/1903 Oneida 10/01/1903 Oneonta 08/01/1902 Ontario 06/04/1900 Orchard Park 11/01/1901 Oriskany 02/01/1902 Oriskany Falls 07/01/1901 Orleans Four Corners 07/01/1903 Oswego 07/01/1902 Oswego Falls 02/01/1902 Otego 09/15/1900 Ovid 03/02/1903 Owasco 09/01/1903 Owego 07/15/1904 Oxford 11/01/1901 Painted Post 05/01/1902 Palatine Bridge 11/01/1904 Palmyra 09/02/1901 Parish 02/01/1902

Patterson 08/01/1902 Pattersonville 03/01/1902 Pavilion 03/01/1902 Pawling 10/01/1903 Peekskill 04/01/1903 Pembroke 02/01/1902 Penfield 11/01/1900 Pennellville 05/02/1904 Penyan 03/15/1900 Perry 11/15/1900 Perrysburg 10/10/1898 Peru 04/01/1904 Phelps 09/05/1899 Philadelphia 05/02/1898 Phoenix 07/01/1903 Pierrepont Manor 07/01/1903 Pine City 09/01/1904 Pine Plains 06/02/1902 Pittsford 10/15/1900 Plattsburg 10/15/1900 Pleasant Valley 10/01/1903 Pomona 07/01/1903 Pompey 11/01/1904 Poolville 10/01/1903 Port Byron 01/01/1902 Port Chester 09/15/1899 Port Leyden 08/01/1902 Portageville 09/15/1900 Porterville 07/15/1902 Portland 02/15/1901 Portville 11/16/1903 Potsdam 07/01/1903 Poughkeepsie 08/01/1902 Poughquag 10/01/1903 Prattsburg 07/01/1901 Prattsville 09/01/1903 Pulaski 11/01/1900 Pultneyville 07/01/1902 Putnam Station 11/15/1904 Randolph 03/02/1903 Ransomville 11/15/1901 Rathbone 10/01/1902 Ravena 05/16/1904 Red Creek 07/01/1902 Red Hook 10/01/1903 Redwood 02/01/1902 Remsen 07/01/1903 Rensselaer Falls 10/15/1900 Rexford Flats 07/15/1904 Rhinebeck 10/03/1898 Richfield Springs 07/01/1903 Richford 08/15/1904 Richland 11/16/1903 Richville 10/01/1903 Ripley 12/15/1900 Riverhead 04/03/1899 Rochester Junction 01/01/1902 Rock Stream 02/02/1903 Rome 10/15/1900 Romulus 12/02/1901 Rosiere 07/01/1903 Roslyn 10/15/1903 Rush 11/01/1902 Rushville 07/01/1902 Sacket Harbor 07/01/1902 Saint Johnsville 12/01/1903 Saint Lawrence 02/15/1904 Salamanca 11/01/1900 Salem 04/15/1904 Saltpoint 07/01/1902 Sanborn 11/15/1901 Sandycreek 07/01/1903 Sandyhill 04/15/1904 Saratoga Springs 11/01/1902 Sardinia 08/01/1901 Saugerties 08/15/1900 Sauquoit 07/01/1901 Savannah 07/01/1902 Savona 07/01/1902 Schaghticoke 03/01/1902 Schenectady 09/02/1901 Schodack Landing 01/01/1904 Schuylerville 10/15/1903 Scio 10/01/1903 Scottsville 11/01/1902 Seely Creek 12/01/1903 Selkirk 04/02/1900 Seneca Falls 10/01/1903 Sennett 09/01/1903 Seward 11/01/1904 Sharon Springs 03/01/1904 Sherburne 03/01/1901 Sherman 09/15/1902 Shortsville 02/02/1903 Shushan 09/15/1903 Silver Creek 07/16/1900 Silver Springs 09/15/1900 Sinclairville 09/15/1902 Skaneateles 11/01/1901 Slingerlands 02/01/1902 Sloan 07/15/1904 Sodus 11/01/1900 Sodus Point 08/15/1904 Solsville 07/01/1902 South Bethlehem 11/15/1904 South Butler 07/01/1902 South Byron 02/15/1901 South Dayton 09/01/1900 South Granby 05/16/1904 South Hammond 07/15/1904 South Hammond 09/01/1904 South New Berlin 08/01/1904 South Wales 03/01/1902 Spencer 02/02/1903 Spencerport 01/02/1901 Spragueville 04/01/1902 Springville 07/15/1902 Springwater 05/01/1903 Staatsburg 09/01/1902 Stafford 01/15/1901 Stanfordville 10/01/1903 Stanley 04/16/1900 Sterling Station 09/01/1903 Stillwater 07/01/1903 Stittville 08/01/1902 Stockbridge 10/01/1903 Stormville 10/01/1903 Strykersville 11/02/1903 Swormville 05/01/1902 Syracuse 11/01/1901 Taberg 01/15/1904 Tarrytown 12/15/1904

Theresa 10/01/1900 Tiashoke 08/01/1902 Tivoli 10/01/1903 Tonawanda 05/01/1902 Townline 07/15/1902 Troupsburg 09/15/1903 Troy 08/01/1902 Trumansburg 12/15/1902 Truxton 10/01/1902 Tully 10/15/1903 Tunnel 12/01/1903 Tuscarora 03/01/1902 Union Springs 01/01/1902 Union Square 12/01/1902 Valatie 07/01/1903 Valley Falls 07/01/1902 Valois 01/15/1904 Vanetten 09/15/1903 Varysburg 11/02/1903 Verbank 10/01/1903 Vernon 10/15/1900 Vernon Center 06/01/1901 Verona 07/01/1903 Verona Station 07/01/1903 Victor 12/01/1900 Voorheesville 07/01/1903 Walden 04/01/1903 Wales Center 09/01/1904 Walton 04/15/1901 Walworth 11/01/1900 Wappingers Falls 10/01/1903 Warner 12/01/1902 Warsaw 09/15/1900 Wassaic 10/01/1903 Waterford 10/01/1903 Waterloo 03/15/1901 Waterport 09/15/1903 Watertown 05/02/1898 Waterville 04/02/1900 Watkins 01/01/1902 Waverly 07/01/1903 Wayland 07/01/1902 Wayne 01/26/1904 Wayville 06/01/1904 Webster 05/01/1900 Weedsport 11/01/1902 Wellsbridge 09/01/1904 Wellsburg 03/02/1903 Wellsville 10/15/1903 West 02/01/1904 West Albany 04/01/1901 West Berne 05/16/1904 West Bloomfield 11/15/1904 West Camden 07/01/1903 West Chazy 07/01/1901 West Coxsackie 10/15/1903 West Danby 08/01/1902 West Falls 02/02/1903 West Henrietta 08/15/1900 West Leyden 07/01/1904 West Monroe 02/01/1902 West Rush 11/01/1902 West Sand Lake 10/15/1904 West Seneca 11/01/1898 West Troy 04/01/1901 West Valley 02/15/1904 West Vienna 07/01/1903 West Webster 11/01/1902 Westbranch 01/15/1904 Westernville 09/01/1904 Westfield 10/15/1900 Whallonsburg 11/15/1904 Whitehall 09/01/1903 Whiteplains 04/16/1900 Whitesboro 03/01/1902 Whitney Crossings 05/01/1902 Williamson 07/01/1902 Williamstown 11/16/1903 Willink 10/01/1903 Willliamsville 05/01/1902 Willseyville 10/15/1903 Wilson 11/15/1901 Windham 12/01/1904 Wings Station 05/01/1902 Winthrop 07/15/1904 Wolcott 07/01/1902 Woodhull 03/01/1902 Woodville 11/01/1904 Wynantskill 09/15/1903 Wyoming 08/01/1903 Youngstown 11/15/1901 HISTORIAN UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE APRIL 2008