Post Offices in Carter County, MO

Carter County was established on Mar 10, 1859. The County Seat is Van Buren. Carter was formed from territory taken from the following counties: Ripley , Reynolds , Shannon , Oregon

The current population is 6,345 people and the area is 508 sq. mi.

The county seat is displayed in oblique & bold face. Towns that have more than 4 opening/close dates or are current have links to complete information.

Post Office	Service
Barren	1887-1932
Brame	1904-1905
Cates	1913-1914
Chicopee	1892-1900
Chilton	1888-1942
Colemanville	1872-1884, 1887-UNK
Crites	1887-1888
Crits	1886-1887
Eastwood	1911-1923
Ellsinore	1888-Present
Evens	1892-1893, 1895-1901
Freeland	1872-1898
Fremont	1907-Present
Grandin	1887-Present
Hen Peck	1867-1868

Post Office	Service
Homestead	1897-1906
Hunter	1889-1976
Jerome	1884-1888
Leach	1886-1888
Lee	1878-1887
Lisco	1905-1907
Midco	1918-1932
Montay	1911
Norwood	1870-1872
Orchard Switch	1890-1891
Peggy	1888-1907
Pike	1881-1891
Pike Creek	1871-1872
The Highway	1922
*Van Buren*	1860-Present

Key to Markings
S	Spray Postmarks
P	Precancels Exist
T	Territorial Period
71	Cancels from 7-1-71 Affair

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There are 30 post offices listed for Carter County.

Post office information from “Missouri Post Offices 1804-1981” ©1982 - Robert G. Schultz. Used with permission of author. Additional info on zip codes, markings and distances come from various members of MOPOHISSOC.

All post offices for Carter County have been added to the database.
Note: Researchers only listed for towns that have specific researchers separate from the overall county.

Remember, this site is primarily concerned with POSTAL history and makes no claims regarding genealogical research.

List updated: 11 Feb 2012 15:09

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