Carteret County, NC Post Offices - 1785 to 1971

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Post Office Original County Final County (If Changed) First US Postmaster Date Started Date Discontinued Comments
Beaufort Carteret David Hall 10/2/1797
Bordenville Carteret William H. Borden 12/13/1827 3/31/1837
Carteretsville Carteret William C. Bell 4/30/1838 10/9/1839
Ocracoke Carteret Hyde William H. Howard 8/21/1840 Hyde Co. 1846.
Portsmouth Carteret John Rumley 9/3/1840 4/11/1959
Hadnots Carteret Elijah S. Bell 5/15/1842 12/11/1866
Carteretsville #2 Carteret John Pike 12/21/1846 8/16/1848
Smyrna Carteret David Whittinghams 9/8/1853 12/11/1866
Straits Carteret David W. Whitehurst 2/23/1855 12/11/1866
Carolina City Carteret Richard F. Bright 12/30/1858 12/6/1866
Morehead City Carteret William H. Kirksey 2/28/1859
Shepardsville Carteret David W. Morton 6/27/1859 3/24/1866 Changed to Newport 3/24/1866.
Sandersville Carteret Eli W. Sanders 4/16/1861 12/11/1866
Newport Carteret Isaac S. Hill 3/24/1866 Was Shepardsville.
Pettiford Creek Carteret Oliver B. Bidwell 1/11/1869 2/17/1870 Changed to Sanders Store 2/17/1870.
Peletier Carteret Stephen Kinsey 2/17/1869 6/30/1953 Peletiers Mills until 1896.
Sanders Store Carteret Edward Garner 2/17/1870 6/4/1890 Was Pettiford Creek.  Changed to Bogue 6/4/1890.
Mill Point Carteret Alfred H. Chadwick 5/13/1873 2/10/1876
Hollywood Carteret Ellen Mason 10/14/1874 9/29/1882 Changed to Andrews 9/29/1882.
Harlowe Craven Carteret James R. Bell 7/19/1875 10/15/1917 Carteret Co. 1890.
Gilletts Store Carteret Jones Thomas S. Gillett 9/11/1878 Jones Co. 1878.
Cedar Point Carteret Robert H. Jones 9/13/1878 3/15/1920
Straits #2 Carteret Alfred H. Chadwick 4/26/1880 5/31/1953
Atlantic Carteret Thomas Chadwick 6/30/1880
Roe Carteret Jane Lupton 8/9/1880 6/1/1953 Changed to Cedar Island 6/1/1953.
Stella Carteret Joseph W. Sabiston 9/16/1880
Wildwood Carteret Allen E. Oglesby 5/31/1881 1/16/1882
Merriman Craven Carteret Edward F. Carraway 10/7/1881 12/31/1957 Carteret Co. 1890.
Davis Carteret Samuel Babbitt 5/18/1882
Andrews Carteret William C. Murdock 9/29/1882 6/5/1884 Was Hollywood.  Changed to Wildwood 6/5/1884.
Hollywood #2 Carteret Ellen Mason 6/5/1884 8/2/1915 Changed to Camp Glenn 8/2/1915.
Wildwood #2 Carteret William C. Murdock 6/5/1884 12/9/1886 Was Andrews.  Changed to Oglesby 12/9/1886.
Lott Carteret David W. Sabiston 10/31/1884 2/5/1886
Smyrna #2 Carteret Henry S. Lee 7/7/1886
Oglesby Carteret Allen E. Oglesby 12/9/1886 1/29/1889 Was Wildwood.  Changed back to Wildwood 1/29/1889.
Winthrop Carteret Abram Lee 4/17/1888 4/30/1908
Wildwood #3 Carteret Alexander Murdoch 1/29/1889 11/21/1889 Was Oglesby.  Changed back to Oglesby 11/21/1889.
Marshallsburg Carteret John C. Wilson 2/15/1889
Oglesby #2 Carteret Allen E. Oglesby 11/21/1889 2/14/1890 Was Wildwood.  Changed back to Wildwood 2/14/1890.
Wildwood #4 Carteret Alexander Murdoch 2/14/1890 Was Oglesby.
Bogue Carteret Robert W. Humphrey 6/4/1890 6/30/1938 Was Sanders Store.
Wit Carteret Wallace Willis 3/11/1891 3/4/1915 Changed to Sealevel 3/4/1915.
Ocean Carteret John H. Smith 9/26/1891 9/30/1927
Sea Carteret Anson H. Nelson 11/25/1891 9/21/1894
Lupton Carteret John W. Lupton 7/21/1892 5/15/1920
Springle Carteret Mary A. Stanton 1/18/1893 8/15/1899
Stacy Carteret Alonzo Lewis 10/16/1901
Lukens Carteret Arthur Thacher 5/23/1902 5/26/1944
Foreman Carteret Holland Foreman 6/18/1902 4/14/1904
Otway Carteret Chan Gilliken 10/6/1902 2/29/1924
Bettie Carteret Cicero S. Gilliken 2/13/1904 8/31/1923
Paradise Carteret Laura L. Graham 4/15/1904 3/13/1906 Changed to Mansfield 3/13/1906.
Harkers Island Carteret Charles S. Davis 12/3/1904
Gloucester Carteret Carlotte A. Pigott 12/8/1904
Lola Carteret Mattie J. Styron 4/27/1905 8/31/1957
Kuhns Carteret William Kuhn 7/15/1905 7/31/1918 Was Fowle in Jones Co.
Williston Carteret Russell W. Piner 2/26/1906
Mansfield Carteret Laura L. Graham 3/13/1906 6/30/1920 Was Paradise.
Cape Lookout Carteret Amy Clifton 4/6/1910 12/31/1915
Sealevel Carteret Mervin A. Taylor 3/4/1915 Was Wit.
Camp Glenn Carteret Sallie Banks 8/2/1915 2/6/1929 Was Hollywood.
Gilliken Carteret Laura Smith 9/13/1915 9/25/1918 Changed to Salter Path 9/25/1918.
Salter Path Carteret Laura Smith 9/25/1918 Was Gilliken.
Bogue Banks Carteret Alice Hoffman 7/12/1919 6/30/1926
Atlantic Beach Carteret James H. Willis, Jr. 6/3/1936
Cedar Island Carteret Ulva D. Styron 6/1/1953 Was Roe.


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