Note: This listing was compiled by the late Stephen Chaplin and is reprinted here with his permission. See the footnotes for details about the listing content.
Note from a former County Coordinator Daniel B Cooley. I am indebted to Linda Berney for discovering that her ancestor Christian Borre was not listed as a Cope postmaster. As it turns out, he was postmaster when Cope was still in Arapahoe County. That lower portion of the county did not become part of Washingtion County until 1903. I have added him now and have modified this listing of postmasters to reflect the county of origin. Observe Akron below which came into existence in 1883 in Weld County Colorado as a railroad construction camp for the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad. The part of present Washington County above the Baseline containing Akron and Otis was cut out of Weld County in 1887.
POSTOFFICE
Postmaster Date Location
ABBOTT - Arapahoe County
Edwin J. Wonnell 6 August 1887 SW� S3 T3S R55W
John M. Kuch 12 July 1889
George Coles 28 January 1891
Mary Coles 31 March 1896
Matilda Burket 1 July 1898
Mail to Kit Carson 31 October 1898
John Christenson 23 March 1900
Mary A Coles 31 March 1900
ABBOTT - Washington County
Newton Koser 13 May 1904
Herbert Whitaker 1 December 1910
John Pence 10 July 1913
Mail to Elba 15 April 1926
AKRON - Weld County
George E. Bragg 20 January 1883 NE� S8 T2N R52W
W. H. Shuman 12 December 1884
Chas. E. Flanery 1 April 1886
AKRON - Washington County
David W. Irwin 16 January 1890
Creed E. Middlecoff 28 March 1894
Horace G. Pickett 3 July 1897
Cynthia J. Irwin 13 May 1899
Francis M. Seely 19 February 1906
Edwin W. Clark 6 May 1907
Edwin C. Clark 11 December 1907
Mary A. Clark 16 June 1909
F. W. McIntyre 5 August 1913
William H. Sloane (acting) 16 February 1919
Ernest G. Beechler 18 March 1919
Harry C. Gough (acting) 1 May 1921
Robert Allen 18 September 1922
William E. Triffet 3 March 1927
Frank J. Keicher 14 December 1933
James E. Potter 30 April 1934
Frank J. Keicher 18 June 1934
Edgar I. Crutchfleld 12 February 1937
George N. Andrews 29 February 1952
George E. Hamblin 15 April 1954
Donald Rhone (acting) October 1977
Doris Scott (acting) November 1978
Paul Laubhan 28 December 1979
ANTON - Washington County
Sarah Potter 18 July 1916 NW� S5 T4S R52W
Milda McBeth 27 May 1919
Fritz Lundquist 5 August 1920
Frank Willis 10 September 1921
Emma Hankinson 10 November 1923
Frank Willis 11 December 1926
Eunice Hall 7 June 1928
Mail to Harrisburg 15 October 1928
Reestablished 20 June 1934
Joseph R. Shirley 18 July 1934
Fleety B. Shirley 21 April 1936
Ovid H. Shirley 31 January 1936
ARICKAREE - Arapahoe County
David McConnell 9 June 1888 NW� S11 T4S R51
Waldo E. Winslow 25 November 1889
Frank Whithorn 1 August 1890
Hugh Barday 3 January 1891
John Christensen 23 March 1900
ARICKAREE - Washington County
William Hilburn 28 September 1907
Mimme Stucky 1 JuIy 1910
Jessie Hardy 16 October 1912
Manimie Legg 10 October 1913
Orrin Moser 30 September 1914 SW� S14 T4S R51W
Albert Bell 7 June 1917
Charles Herron 11 August 1921
Jessie Hardy 30 January 1920 NW� S14 T4S R51W
Jessie Elliott 2 May 1920
Charles Herron 1 October 1921
Thomas Brown 1 February 1941 NW� S6 T4S R50W
Morley Ellington 12 May 1943
Irma Krause 17 December 1943
Elsie Brown 25 May 1944
Thomas Brown 21 January 1946 (returned from military)
Tilli Brown 31 March 1952
Evelyn Herron 1 November 1960
Mail to Anton 23 June 1961
BADGER - Washington County
Chas D. McMackin 14 January 1890
Ginge Conger 29 April 1892
Discontinued 4 September 1893
Mail to Sherman 20 July 1894
Note: Badger is shown in T5N R54W in the Atlas of Colorado Ghost Towns
Vol II. The 1894 Caxton Co. Colorado map shows Badger in T4N R54W.
BONYNGE
Note: Bonynge must have been a rejected name for Brunker since the
location is the same: NW� S32 T1N R52W
BRUNKER - Washington County
James Brukher 28 December 1907 NW� S32 T1N R52W
Mail to Akron 31 January 1917
BURDETT - Washington County 1890 1910
Charles B. Price 27 April 1888 SW� S34 T5N R50
Dora L. Forbes 9 May 1889
Dora L. Castleman 12 February 1890
Libbie Mayers 7 February 1895
Dorcas A. Harvey 27 August 1897
Lizzie M. Matthews 17 June 1915 SE� S3 T4N R50W
Robert Allen 18 September 1922
Mail to Otis 30 April 1937
Cope - Arapahoe County
Established 16 July 1889 NW� S34 T4S R49W
Daniel D. Hayne 16 July 1889
Morten Lawidsen 21 May 1896
Christen Borre 26 May 1898
Albert R. Williams 2 Apr 1900
Elmer Brown 12 March 1902
COPE - Washington County
Dora Christopher 11 April 1905 W S34 T4S R49W
Lila Shepard 21 August 1906
Judson Stalton 14 January 1914
Alta Logue 22 August 1919
Anna Carrico 20 May 1920
Jessie Elliott 7 March 1922
Lila Shepard 2 June 1924
Lila Wrape 7 October 1935 (married name)
Hilma Madison 30 June 1963
CORCORAN - Arapahoe County
Neil McTaggart 11 September 1889
Jacob Haeseig 30 June 1892
Mail to Arickaree 19 September 1894
Note: Corcoran is shown 6 miles west and just a bit north of Cope in the
Atlas of Colorado Ghost Towns Vol II. That would place it in
T4S R50W.
CURTIS - Washington County
John Curtis 27 April 1888 SE� S5 T3N R54W
Dora L. Castleman 12 February 1890
Dora L. Forbes 9 May 1899
DEARBORN or WILSON
P.O. applied for
but never granted? 24 December 1913 NE� S32 T2S R52W
DENOVA - Washington County
John Boggs 20 Mar 1916 NE� S28 T2S R50W
Jesse DeWeis 28 May 1917
Wm. Callicott 19 November 1918
Rufus Perry 20 June 1919
Grace Perry 30 November 1921
Mrs. Willie Collicott 8 September 1923
Carl Hawkinson 15 September 1923
Carl Hawknison 27 March 1925
Kathleen Kinnison 10 July 1928
Mail to Akron 31 March 1955
DILLINGHAM - Washington County
Wm. Dillingham 24 June 1911 NE� S18 T2S R50W
John Boggs 23 September 1915
Mail to DeNova 20 March 1916
Blendena Dillingham 29 April 1916
Mail to DeNova 31 July 1920
ELBA - Washington County
Anton Massek 9 May 1910 SW� S33 T1S R53W
John Crockett 29 July 1912
John Hiles 25 June 1915
Relocated 1 June 1916 SW� S22 T1S R53W
Mary Middifield 25 March 1918 SE� S22 T1S R53W
Frank Middifield 9 September 1926
Clyde Ross 12 March 1927
Relocated 28 May 1937 SE� S20 T1S R53W
Relocated 17 December 1940 SE� S20 T1S R52W
Closed 10 January 1958
FLAT TOP - Washington County
Lily Jackson 3O January 1915 NE� S24 T5S R56W
Mail to Genoa 15 January 1921
FREMONT - Washington County
James Clark 28 October 1908 SW� S22 T5S R50
Wm. Miller 18 August 1909
Mail to Cope 15 February 1914
GLEN - Washington County
Adda Hutton 25 January 1905 SE� S33 T5S R54W
James Callaway 31 December 1910
Charles Kenny 16 March 1912
Marion Kenny 21 September 1914
Mail to Shaw 31 May 1920
Note: Linn & Townsend were also name choices for this site,
but were marked out on the site application microfilm
GRAY - Arapahoe County
Frank E. Gray 23 April 1888 NE� S15 T5S R49W
Mail to Cope 16 July 1889
HARRISBURG - Arapahoe County
Creed Middlecoff 19 February 1887 NE� S25 T2S R53W
Mail to Lindon 21 September 1888
Arthur Wilson 4 January 1895
Mail to Akron 14 August 1896
HARRISBURG - Washington County
Anna Gibbons 29 October 1908 NW� S3 T3S R52W
Selva Alley 30 April 1919
Anna Gibbons 16 February 1920
Lena Tolin 22 December 1921 NW� S34 T2S R52W
Lena Tolin 7 January 1922
Marie Johnson 1 July 1942 SW� S4 T3S R52W
Mail to Anton 31 March 1955
HENRY - Washington County
Charles Henry 26 December 1907 SW� S8 T1S R51W
Philip Auth 25 July 1912
Augustus Waldvogle 1 September 1914
Mail to Akron 3 November 1917
HYDE - Weld County
Asa Iddings 1 August 1882 SW� S14 T2N R49W
Cossius Williams 2 June 1883
Eugene Stevens 15 June 1883
Mail to Benkleman 21 November 1883
William Tacke 28 May 1884
HYDE - Washington County
Charles W. Williams 12 June 1889
Alfaretta Garey 11 May 1889
Amellia C. Ustick 31 December 1889
Mail to Ft. Morgan 16 April 1898
Mable Aden 21 December 1907
Mail to Otis 15 May l909
Margaret Cross 18 August 1911
Roy Cuney 16 July 1912
Arthur Johnson 2 August 1920
Otis Circle 10 May 1921
Samuel F.G. Neall 24 March 1926
Earnest Armstrong 1 May 1924
Madison Magee 4 November 1925
Joy Chadwick 6 April 1927
Lewis Yingling 16 July 1929
Clarence Taylor 1 October 1930
Ferene Burke 23 May 1933
Freda Sanders 12 June 1936
Mail to Otis 15 February 1940
LESLIE - Washington County
Charles Kimball 6 June 1888 NE� S12 T5N R49W
A. F. Fleming 23 December 1889
Wm. T. Michel 8 October 1890
Lawrence Larson 29 October 1891
Charles N. Kimball 10 September 1894
Mail to Burdett 2 March 1896
LINDON - Arapahoe County
Creed Middlecoff 21 September 1888 NE� S17 T3S R52W
Jas. Cunings 30 July 1889
Edmond Brandt 29 May 1891
Alida Greswald 5 January 1895
LINDON - Washington County
Jessie Slusser 8 May 1909
Cora Young 21 January 1924 NE� S15 T3S R54W
Leman Young 6 September 1930
Leman Young 28 March 1931
John Winland 21 October 1932 SE� S34 T3S R54W
Sylvanus McBeth 16 May 1936
Ray McBeth 15 January 1941
Milda McBeth 27 August 1942
Ray McBeth 30 June 1946 (returned from military)
MEEKTON - Washington County
Joseph Humsaker 7 July 1910 SE� S3 T3S R51W
John Hopper 11 September 1914
Wm. Bunch 26 October 1915
Eugenia Patten 6 May 1918
Mail to DeNova 30 November 1918
MESSEX - Washington County
John Seagher 18 June 1907 SE�/NW� S5 T5N R54W
Wm. S. Delaney 17 June 1917
Soloman Humbargar 31 May 1911
Perry Wilson 8 July 1914
Chris Campen 29 May 1919
Mail to Merino 30 November 1942
MILLETT - Washington County
Olive J. Millett 8 April 1890 SE� S10 T2N R51W
Papers to Akron 27 December 1890
Note: Same location as 1892 Platner PO
OTIS - Weld County
Erastus 0. Seeley 11 January 1886 SE� S9 T2N R50W
OTIS - Washington County
Frank Brady 9 May 1889
George W. Cameron 27 October 1889
Baston A. Garlen 13 June 1891
Perry Beeney 30 January 1890
Harvey Houston 6 December 1893
John M. Kutck 13 February 1895
Olive P. Smith 23 October 1895
Archie Knox 14 December 1897
Ella C. Thornton 1 May 1900
Lucy Chapman 13 April 1897
Wm. Whitehurst 1 December 1900
Jacob T. Clave 6 March 1909
Eva Weir 9 April 1914
Eva C. McClung 27 September 1915
Robert H. Weir 20 December 1916
Reno H. Auld 19 September 1920
Ralph Vincent 2 May 1934
David Weir 14 January 1940
Mary Young 1 October 1940
Mary Reid 9 February 1941 (married name)
Max Rush 1 September 1945
Relocated 7 May 1946 NW� S15 T2N R50W
Bernice Boe 29 February 1956
Loyd Anderson 8 February 1957
PINNEO - Weld County
John McClair 15 March 1883 NE� S20 T3N R54W
Frank Cramer 20 November 1885
PINNEO - Washington County
Harwick M. Jeffries 5 May 1888
William E. Moran 5 January 1891
Mail to Akron 3 February 1892 recinded
Mail to Akron 9 July 1895
Dick Bollman 25 September 1896
Mail to Brush 31 December 1898
Reestablished 5 November 1909 SE� S20 T3N R54W
Cora Williams 4 January 1910
Daniel Crane 10 April 1920
Almeda Anderson 1 December 1924
Nova Grehring 12 January 1926
Myrtle Ward 20 November 1926
Mail to Rago 5 December 1931
PLATNER - Washington County
George Kling 15 June 1892 NE� S10 T2N R51W
Mail to Akron 19 November 1903
Walter Moore 7 April 1909 NW� S10 T2N R51W
Mary Prangbom 26 December 1914
Benjamin Pusey 17 April 1915
Harriet McKenzie 25 January 1928 NE� S10 T2N R51W
James Youtsey 8 June 1929
Israel Heath 15 March 1930
Ethel Skinner 16 April 1940
Roy Higinbothan 17 March 1947
Eva Plant 1 August 1948
Robert Murray 26 October 1956
Discontinued 1 March 1957
PLUM BUSH - Washington County
Wesley Stone 16 August 1910 NE� S17 T3S R55W
Geo. Claypool 12 October 1912
Mail to Gary 15 June 1918
PRAIRIE - Washington County
Robert McKie 7 July 1910 SW� S27 T3N R53W
Mail to Brunker 15 August 1912
Mary Forbes 20 January 1913
Mail to Akron 31 March 1917
RAGO - Washington County
Percy Crossman 7 March 1912 SE� S8 T1N R54W
Relocated 8 April 1918 NW� S3 T1S R54W
Charity Crossman 22 December 1925
John Brown 15 February 1920
Charity Crossman 20 February 1928
John M. Welbiana 2 July 1929
John Williams 4 October 1929
Fred Williams 16 February 1934
Alvina Jones 1 July 1936
Avalon McMillion 1 June 1940
Merlin Forbes 28 April 1943
Elmora McTaggart 6 October 1943
Cora Crosby 31 March 1945
Margaret Wolfe 2 March 1946
Mabel Parker 19 November 1947
Mail to Woodrow 28 February 1951
SCHLUTER - Washington County
Herman Schluter 7 July 1910
Ana Schluter 4 April 1911
Mail to Kelly 31 July 1913
Note: Schulter is shown in T5N R52W just south of the Logan county
border and a bit east of Colorado 63 in the Atlas of Colorado
Ghost Towns Vol II.
SIMPSON - Washington County
Homer Gilmore 8 November 1922 SW� S19 T2S R56W
Lillian Golaen 19 March 1926
SPENCE - Washington County
Dova Awmiller 20 August 1910 SE� S24 T4S R55W
Myrtle Hays 10 April 1914
Mail to Woodrow 31 January 1920
THURMAN - Arapahoe County
Frank M. Walker 6 July 1888 NW� S28 T5S R52W
Wm. B. Colum 20 November 1889
James Tranor 15 March 1890
Joseph Seal 25 November 1898
THURMAN - Washington County
Mary Seal 15 May 1906
Marvin Clement 13 August 1910
Eva Campbell 5 December 1913
Relocated 27 November 1914 SE� S20 T5S R52W
Ralph Shell 8 December 1922
Louis Mann 30 November 1925
Carl Rohlf 1 April 1928
Martha Winn 2 November 1931
Mail to Flagler 31 March 1955
TOWNSEND - Arapahoe County
Wm. E. Quinn 14 January 1890
Thomas Jones 15 March 1890
Mail to Badger 29 September 1893
Note: Townsend is shown about a mile northwest of Glen in the Atlas of
Colorado Ghost Towns Vol II. This T5S R54W location is repeated on
the 1894 Caxton Company Colorado map.
WAITLEY - Washington County
Frederick Brawn 15 June 1915 SW� S29 T5N R53W
Frank Waitley 15 May 1916 NE� S29 T5N R52W
Emma Conner 13 October 1916
Daniel Owens 29 June 1919
Relocated 24 February 1922 SE� S19 T5N R52W
Hethy Parks 22 May 1930 NE� S31 T5N R52W
Mail to Akron 15 January 1936
WILSON or DEARBORN
? 24 December 1913 NE� S32 T2S R52W
P.O. applied for but never granted?
WOODROW - Washington County
John McGilvray 10 September 1913 SE� S1 T1S R56W
Elmer Murphy 9 November 1933
Ira Weinstein 16 February 1935
Myrtle Murphy 1 September 1935
Elmer Murphy 20 March 1942
Ira Weinstein 14 November 1942 (returned from military)
Bert McFall 19 June 1959
Notes:
1. Sources: National Archives microfilm, pages WASHINGTON COUNTY VOL. 50, CA. 1877-91; VOL. 73, CA 1891-1901; VOL. 95, CA 1900-130; VOL. 0, CA 1930-SEPT. 30, 1971. WELD COUNTY VOL. 21, CA 1855-67; VOL. 50, 1877-91. Also POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS OF SITE LOCATIONS 1837-1950, roll 81, Colorado; Summit-Yuma.
2. Only those post offices located within the current borders of Washington County are listed. The 1887-1889 "Washington County" post offices located in what is now Yuma County may be found on Steve's list of Yuma County Postmasters.
3. Post office locations on the applications, approvals and appointments are by "legal description." In four cases where the location of the post office is not given on the microfilm I have added footnotes indicating the general location provided by other sources. The location key order is "quarter", section, township and range. Township locations within the county are detailed on the map of Washington County Townships.
4. Many of the post offices listed pre-date the establishment of Washington county from part of what was previously Weld county on February 9, 1887 and the annexation of Arapahoe and Adams county lands on May 12, 1903. This timeline is summarized by township in the table that follows:
| Townships | Claimed by County | ||
| 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N | Weld Nov 1861 - Feb 1887 |
Washington Since Feb 1887 |
|
| 1S, 2S, 3S | Arapahoe Nov 1861 - Nov 1902 |
Adams Nov 1902 - May 1903 |
Washington Since May 1903 |
| 4S, 5S | Arapahoe Nov 1861 - May 1903 |
||
5. A "plain text" copy of this listing is in the USGenWeb® Archives at http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/washington/history/wcpostof.txt.