Dates of establishment and postmaster appointments compiled from the US Post Office archives by Stephen Chaplin for Yuma County's 1989 centennial history book "Yuma County - The Hundred-Year Review".
Transcribed and published here with permission of the author.
Abarr
Established Feb 26, 1923 in SW S28 T2S R48W
Donald C. Brown Feb 26, 1923
Silas E. Hoffman Jan 3, 1925
Ethel E. Hoffman Sep 22, 1928
Robert N. Fletcher Jun 1, 1947
Mail to Joes Nov 30, 1947
Alva
Established Aug 6, 1887 in NW S20 T4S R44W
Allen R. Ames Aug 6, 1887
Mail to Idalia Sep 18, 1888
Alvin
Established Sep 12, 1910 in SE S28 T4N R43W
Albert A. Currance Sep 12, 1920
James Coast Sep 3, 1912
George L. Dick Mar 5, 1915
Eula E. Sigler Feb 11, 1916
Charles W. Roberts Aug 1, 1918
Patrick F. Dempsey May 15, 1919 NE S23 T4N R43W
Mail to Wray Feb 28, 1929
Arlene
Established Oct 30, 1916 in SE S4 T3N R44W
Ada M. Light Oct 30, 1916
Eugene W. Walthall Sep 15, 1917
Mail to Wray Aug 31, 1918
Armel
Established Oct 19, 1903 in SE S17 T3S R42W
Armel S. Breninger Oct 19, 1903
Charles R. Breninger Jan 20, 1933
Herman E. Lindgren Oct 17, 1935
Gertrude Morris Jan 13, 1945
Closed May 31, 1958
Arnold
Established Nov 17, 1913 in NW S23 T3N R44W
Emma L. Arnold Nov 17, 1913
Mail to Wray Sep 15, 1914
Avoca
Established Jun 10, 1889 in T1S R47W
Closed Oct 27, 1891
Beecher
Established Aug 12, 1902 in NW S22 T2S R43W
Wouterji VanWyk Aug 12, 1902
Bessie Ekberg Dec 2, 1903
Mail to Armel Jan 31, 1905
Mable C. Bateman Aug 31, 1905
PO Closed Nov 3, 1905
Re-established as Glory Nov 13, 1924
Ida M. Miles Nov 13, 1924
Re-named Beecher Island Feb 1, 1925
Mable L. Miles Oct 30, 1925
Herman Lindgren Sep 20, 1927
Claude C. Maag Jul 2, 1931
George L. Oberg Aug 31, 1940
Closed May 31, 1958
Black Wolf
Established Mar 9, 1885 in T2N R47W
Thomas C. Bermingham Mar 9, 1885
Mail to Wray Oct 30, 1885
Bolton
Established May 1, 1900
(postmaster?)
Mail to Clug, Kansas Sep 9, 1901
Bryant
Established Mar 27, 1888 in T6N R47W (Logan/Phillips County)
Christian Golter Mar 27, 1888
A.J. Baker Aug 8, 1889
James Bryant Dec 3, 1889
M. Anderson Dec 6, 1894
Joseph Bryant Apr 7, 1899
James Bryant Apr 26, 1899
Elbert Coats Aug 18, 1902
Hiram Coats Jun 1, 1903
Moved into Yuma County Aug 8, 1904 to SE S1 T5N R47W
Mattie B. Turner Aug 8, 1904
Peter Nordholm Jul 11, 1910
Minnie N. Allen May 2, 1913
Mail to Burdett Mar 31, 1916
Clarkville
Established May 18, 1938 in NE S20 T5N R47W
Theodore W. Clark May 18, 1938
Opal A. Williams Jul 31, 1946
Ethel L. Chamblin Oct 16, 1947
Mail to Haxtun Apr 30, 1954
Condon
Established Jun 7, 1888 in SW S15 T1S R44W
George B. Vaughn Jun 7, 1888
Mail to Vernon May 23, 1892
Eckley
Established Nov 15, 1883 in NW S26 T2N R46W
Albert L. Jaynes Nov 15, 1883
Mail to Wray Jun 16, 1884
Robert S. Wolf Aug 14, 1885
Willey McGee Aug 27, 1885
Frank M. Kearman Nov 20, 1885
Alfred W. Vorhees Jun 9, 1886
D.A. Clark May 19, 1887
Mary O. Harmon Mar 7, 1888
Darwin A. Clark Sep 27, 1892
John A. Griffin May 18, 1895
George A. Hughes Apr 29, 1897
Frank T. Griffin May 27, 1901
Elias H. Bailey Aug 22, 1904
Walter W. Shanan Jun 20, 1906
Samuel L. Rohr Apr 20, 1907
William R. Elliott Dec 3, 1907
Charles A. McCarthy Oct 12, 1909
Mark M. Catchpole Oct 10, 1910
Clyde D. Murphy Oct 12, 1912
Minor Edman Apr 2, 1918
George Haver Oct 28, 1918
Harold Riffle Dec 26, 1933
William Fred Cain Feb 1, 1945
Robert L. May Jan 31, 1947
Clestine Stroupe Oct 12, 1973
Karen R. McCasland Dec 15, 1979
Ford
Established Jun 4, 1909 in NE S35 T5N R47W (S25?)
Candacy J. Ford Jun 4, 1909
John C. Boyd Dec 10, 1913
Lewis W. Carle Jun 21, 1915
John W. Hedrick Mar 11, 1916
Mail to Wages Mar 31, 1917
Fox
Established May 17, 1890 in NW S34 T4S R46W
Perry D. Hadsall May 17, 1890
Frederick H. Furneaux Dec 23, 1890
David Manly Jun 20, 1898
Frank McClurg Apr 17, 1899
Frederick H. Furneaux May 28, 1900
Julius G. Colpitts Jun 19, 1907
Mail to Kirk Dec 15, 1912
Friend
Established Jun 27, 1887 in SW S23 T4S R45W
Read R. Decker Jun 21, 1887
James W. Bales Jul 23, 1890
Leah Madden Apr 28, 1891
Alvar O. Roys Feb 28, 1896
Kate Riedesel Mar 29, 1898
William E. Lucas Jun 24, 1898
Charles Ingalls Feb 3, 1900
Mail to Idalia Jul 23, 1901
Glory
Established Nov 13, 1924 in NW S22 T2S R43W
Ida M. Miles Nov 13, 1924
Re-named Beecher Island Feb 1, 1925
Gurney
Established 1884 in Cheyenne Co, Kansas
Gurney Blake 1884
Curtis Rice 1889
George Klie 1899
Sep 17, 1907 Moved to SW S27 T3S R42W
George L. Klie Sep 17, 1907
Mail to St. Francis, Kansas Sep 15, 1923
Hale
Established May 17, 1890 in SW S13 T5S R43W
Alonzo F. Rockwell May 17, 1890
Mail to Newton Feb 16, 1894
(See note)
Hannah F. Taylor Oct 30, 1900
Lula Roe Apr 21, 1909
George D. Westfall Nov 18, 1909
Almond H. Baker Mar 29, 1912
Glenn C. Wooley Jul 25, 1913
Thayne Johnson Jan 7, 1939
Martha Smith Mar 27, 1943
Archie Nash Feb 20, 1946
Calvin Stewart Apr 30, 1947
Helen Kreoger Aug 1, 1948
Arthur Rolow Jan 14, 1949
Closed Jun 1, 1984
Hale is known to have operated 1899-1900 if not
earlier. USPS records don't list any operation
from Feb 1894 - Oct 1900.
Happyville
Established Jul 26, 1910 in SE S20 T1S R46W
Richard J. Gilmore Jul 26, 1910
Harry A. Andrews Dec 20, 1917
Clarence Gilmore Mar 14, 1918
Frank E. Zion Jun 21, 1919
Cleave Mason Feb 26, 1920
Mattie Taylor May 10, 1921
Mail to Heartstrong Feb 28, 1922
Heartstrong
Established May 31, 1921 in SE S24 T1S R47W
Maybelle A. Tucker May 31, 1921
Lorinne Barker May 9, 1922
Bertha Dickson Aug 11, 1922
Samuel Jones Mar 2, 1926
Richard Gilmore Sep, 8 1931
Mail to Eckley Jan 31, 1940
Hermes
Established Sep 11, 1908 in SE S35 T5S R45W
Edna M. Andrews Sep 11, 1908
William A. Richards Dec 29, 1912
Annetta M. Scherrer Mar 22, 1915
William A. Richards Feb 1, 1918
Mail to Burlington Nov 15, 1919
Hughes
Established Apr 11, 1913 in NW S19 T2S R48W
Martha J. Jackson Apr 11, 1913
Moved to SW S7 T3S R48W in 1915
Fred L. Shelters May 26, 1915
Elmer L. Otta Dec 10, 1919
Alva D. Otta Apr 21, 1921
Charles A. McClanahan Aug 18, 1921
Violet A. Stoops Jan 31, 1945
Florence B. Benedict Apr 29, 1950
Mail to Yuma Oct 31, 1954
Idalia
Established Sep 18, 1888 in SE S16 T4S R44W
George W. Means Sep 18, 1888
J.C. Harris May 9, 1889
J.C. Mitchell Jun 12, 1889
Charles O. Hill Aug 13, 1891
Robert I. Shoves Dec 6, 1893
William H. Cooper Sep 27, 1894
Herman H. Stutheit Sep 11, 1895
Minnie H. Scott Dec 8, 1897
Norton J. Payne Sep 8, 1905
William E. Lucas May 23, 1907
Charles S. Whisant Dec 26, 1907
George F. Conrad May 5, 1909
Herman W. Lidke Mar 2, 1911
George F. Conrad Jun 15, 1912
Edith N. Finch Jun 11, 1919
Anna Moellenberg Dec 31, 1944
Rose Ramseier Oct 1, 1948
Minnie Boden Sep 30, 1963
Wayne F. Wilcoxen Jul 1964
Jerry Weisshaar Oct 2, 1981
Jaqua
Established Mar 13, 1919 in NW S34 T4S R42W
A.H. Keiver Mar 13, 1919
Moved into Kansas?
Joes
Established Oct 22, 1912 in SW S31 T4S R47W
Charles N. White Oct 22, 1912
Henry P. Nikkel Nov 7, 1913
Rosa B. Stager Feb 14, 1916
Henry P. Nikkel Dec 4, 1916
Ruth E. Snyder May 7, 1919
Hazel R. Dickinson Feb 12, 1920
Ruth E. Snyder Nov 2, 1920
Clifford M. Scofield Aug 31, 1955
Mary A. Martin Aug 24, 1956
Mary A. Blodgett Jan 11, 1965
Betty Wise Oct 16 1975
Doris Henry Sep 24, 1976
Rose Hindman Jan 21, 1977
Doris Henry May 19, 1977
Kirk
Established Nov 18, 1887 in SW S25 T4S R47W
George M. Niekirk Nov 18, 1887
Moved to NW S24 T5S R47W
Ruben Kline Apr 11, 1890
Wilhelmina Friesthofer Apr 30, 1895
Appointment rescinded May 25, 1895
James A. Pratt Oct 28, 1908
Charles W. Brinkerhoff Dec 10, 1912
William Neitzel Sep 12, 1913
Andrew J. Wright Apr 12, 1914
James E. Duncanson Apr 20, 1915
Seth T. Duncanson Oct 13, 1916
Marian L. Darling Jul 11, 1918
Marian L. Collette Nov 24, 1920
Elizabeth Amy May 10, 1921
Gilbert Meade Feb 1, 1940
Raymond Preuss Sep 1, 1940
Velma McNair Jun 1, 1942
Fern Liming Feb 23, 1968
Colleen Edmunds May 13, 1981
Laird
Established Jul 12, 1887 in SE S6 T1N R42W
Mary Hambleton Jul 12, 1887
L.T. Wright Oct 30, 1889
Frederick Carey Dec 14, 1889
Renamed Seebarsee Feb 17, 1892
Isaac S. Porter May 7, 1892
William H. Porter Nov 3, 1894
Louis T. Wright Aug 27, 1897
Renamed Laird Jan 25, 1899
Alfaretta L. Hays Nov 28, 1900
Bruce H. Waller Jan 5, 1901
Sarah E. Allen Mar 20, 1903
Susan M. McGinnis May 4, 1907
Dewin J. Dowlin Jul 25, 1911
Nellie T. Roberts Oct 20, 1916
Charles Dimmick Oct 11, 1919
Ross E. Dowlin May 13, 1922
Paris Orndorff Jan 23, 1939
Fannie E. Smith Aug 30, 1946
Evelyn Noffsinger Jul 1, 1977
Dollie Yenter Aug 1985
Mail to Wray Oct 31, 1988
Landsman
Established Mar 27, 1883 in SE S30 T5S R44W
Edward E. McCrillis Mar 27, 1883
Frank Ireland May 27, 1887
Francis Ireland Jul 5, 1887
Elizabeth G. Yount Dec 18, 1897
Mail to Hale May 31, 1918
Lansing
Established Sep 17, 1886 in NE S26 T3S R43W
Lewis D. Hulett Sep 17, 1886
Mattie J. Jester Sep 28, 1886
Francis A. Greatsinger Aug 30, 1889
Asa Beam Sep 30, 1892
William Beck Dec 6, 1893
Desdemona Jenkins Jul 6, 1897
Lillian Kester Aug 18, 1905
Will A. Shockey Jan 25, 1908
Espy Shockey Sep 9, 1908
Mail to Armel Feb 28, 1910
Leslie
Established Jun 6, 1888 in NE S12 T5N R49W (Washington County)
Closed Mar 2, 1896
Logan
Established May 14, 1887 in NE S8 T4S R43W
William E. Vandeman May 14, 1887
Benjamin F. Rawalt Jan 20, 1888
Isaac N. Foster Oct 11, 1888
Charles R. Crable May 9, 1889
Alfred Kester Jan 17, 1895
John Kelly May 16, 1895
Fred Loffel Jan 30, 1900
Mail to Lansing Jul 13, 1901
Ludlum
Established Sep 16, 1889 in SW S7 T4N R47W
Alexander Ludlum Sep 16, 1889
Mail to Yuma Dec 24, 1890
Mildred
Established May 21, 1910 in NE S2 T3S R46W
Nelson Stanbrough May 21, 1910
German L. Kortz Jan 23, 1914
Archie Kindred Oct 13, 1916
Walter Moore Mar 10, 1918
Claude Duff May 2, 1928
Ertie A. Duff Jul 6, 1928
Lotus Duff Wingfield Jun 30, 1952
Mail to Eckley Apr 30, 1954
Newton
Established Aug 6, 1889 in NE S30 T5S R43W
James B. Stanley Aug 6, 1889
David W. Burt Feb 12, 1890
Robert C. Cook Jul 16, 1890
William T. Bailey May 1, 1900
Mail to Hale Apr 15, 1918
Robb
Established Dec 21, 1889 in NW S35 T2N R45W
Charles W. Zepp Dec 21, 1889
Mail to Wray Oct 27 1893
Ernest Lieber Apr 13, 1920
Mail to Wray Nov 15, 1920
Rogers
Established May 24, 1886 in NE S28 T3S R42W
Closed Sep 21, 1888
Schramm
Established Apr 11, 1913 in NE S27 T2N R47W
James Hamilton Apr 11, 1913
Mail to Yuma May 16, 1914
Lillie M. York Jul 13, 1922
Hilaing W. Bengston Jun 16, 1924
Pearl E. Irelan Oct 30, 1924
Mail to Yuma Dec 31, 1925
Seebarsee
Established Feb 17, 1892 in NW S6 T1N R42W
Frederick Carey Feb 17, 1892
Isaac S. Porter May 7, 1892
William H. Porter Nov 3, 1894
Louis T. Wright Aug 27, 1897
Renamed Laird Jan 25, 1899
Shields
Established Aug 6, 1887 in SW S25 T3S R45W
Daniel Shields Aug 6, 1887
Mail to Idalia Aug 24, 1889
Minnie K. Scott Jul 28, 1890
William Cox Oct 1, 1891
Joseph Miller Sep 27, 1892
Mail to Vernon Sep 22, 1894
Steffens
Established Aug 25, 1915 in NW S18 T1S R48W
John Steffens Aug 25, 1915
Furness Kelso Jan 18, 1917
Laura White Aug 8, 1917
Mail to Yuma Nov 15, 1919
Vernon
Established May 23 1892 in NW S28 T1S R44W
Francis M. Boatman May 23, 1892
Joseph Miller Aug 17, 1895
John Gum Jul 28, 1898
Appointment Rescinded Aug 30, 1898
Joseph Miller Aug 17, 1898
Adaline Bennett Jun 16, 1906
Andrew Wakefield Nov 7, 1906
Henry Musselman Jan 26, 1911
Harry S. Allison Nov 6, 1913
Ola Robert Sep 21, 1922
Mae Chapman Dec 2, 1925
William Chapman May 2, 1935
Fern Wheatley Sep 1, 1944
Blanch DeVore May 10, 1951
Wages
Established Mar 31, 1917 in SE S11 T5N R46W
Middleton Wages Mar 31, 1917
Harry E. Robinson Feb 21, 1918
Horace G. Miles May 1, 1920
Milton C. Parsons Oct 29, 1923
Sarah E. Williams May 2, 1925
Nell Larsen Nov 4, 1936
Wayne R. Woolery Dec 18, 1946
Gwendolyn A. Schmidt Jul 1, 1949
Mail to Holyoke May 31, 1950
Wales
Established Aug 6, 1887 in SW S29 T1S R44W
John F. Wales Aug 6, 1887
George B. Vaughn Jun 7, 1888
Mail to Condon Sep 21, 1888
Witherbee
Established May 28, 1912 in NE S25 T5N R43W
Olive Elliott May 28, 1912
John Williams Oct 1, 1912
Mail to Alvin Aug 31, 1918
Wray
Established Jun 26, 1882 in SW S6 T1N R43W
Joseph Master Jun 26, 1882
Mail to Denver Apr 9, 1883
John Griffin May 2, 1883
Wickliff Newell May 1, 1886
James S. Hendrie Feb 19, 1887
Julius F. Sampson Nov 7, 1889
William R. Hays Jan 31, 1890
James M. Royall Dec 7, 1893
Mary E. Robinson Sep 14, 1897
Charles D. Pickett Aug 22, 1901
Lilian A. Hawks Oct 4, 1913
Edward M. Robinson Jan 27, 1919
Alfred B. Jennings Jul 13, 1920
John W. Hultquist Mar 8, 1922
Valcie Vining Jan 9, 1929
James Evans Jan 23, 1934
Ray Morgan Apr 1, 1947
Timothy Devlin Aug 7, 1947
Ward Tomlinson Jul 31, 1952
Carl Williams May 31, 1953
Robert E. Wilson Jul 9, 1971
Donald L. Rhone Nov 4, 1978
Yuma
Established Nov 24, 1885 in SE S22 T2N R48W
Isaac N. Foster Nov 24, 1885
Frederick C. Brobst Jul 22, 1886
Joseph B. Morton Feb 8, 1887
George W. Dobler May 14, 1889
Joseph B. Campbell May 11, 1894
William H. Conover Apr 8, 1898
Katherine B. Frantz Oct 3, 1907
Bruce Russell Jun 17, 1913
Harry M. McKinney Dec 20, 1916
Joynt G. Lett Aug 5, 1919
Ralph Weekly Sep 12, 1923
Oren E. Stallings Jun 27, 1934
Paul L. Kohlmeier Jun 1, 1949
Robert E. Wilson Jan 6, 1961
Hugh L. Garuerholz Feb 24, 1961
Beryl E. Lambert Apr 9, 1963
Lowell Hartwig, Dec 17, 1974
Faye W. Von Loh Jun 7, 1975
Footnotes:
A plain text copy of this listing is in the Yuma Co. USGenWeb Archives at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/yuma/history/ycpostoff.text.
The post offices listed above, with the exception of Leslie, operated within the borders of today's Yuma County. However, students of Colorado history will note that some of "Yuma County" post offices listed should be credited to Weld, Washington, Arapahoe and Adams counties depending on when and where they were established. The following table summarizes the changes in County by township and date.
| Townships | County Claiming | ||
| 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N | Weld County Nov 1861 - Feb 1887 |
Washington County Feb 1887 - Mar 1889 |
Yuma County Since Mar 1889 |
| 1S, 2S, 3S | Arapahoe County Nov 1861 - Nov 1902 |
Adams County Nov 1902 - May 1903 |
Yuma County Since May 1903 |
| 4S, 5S | Arapahoe County Nov 1861 - May 1903 |
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