NOTE: Some "136" post offices are outside Jefferson County.
Starred post offices have been added since 1864 POST OFFICE ZIP CODE TOWNSHIP ADAMS 13605 ADAMS ADAMS CENTER 13606 ADAMS ALEXANDRIA BAY 13607 ALEXANDRIA ANTWERP 13608 ANTWERP BELLEVILLE 13611 ELLISBURG BLACK RIVER 13612 LE RAY, RUTLAND BROWNVILLE 13615 BROWNVILLE *CALCIUM 13616 LE RAY CAPE VINCENT 13618 CAPE VINCENT CARTHAGE 13619 WILNA CHAUMONT 13622 LYME CLAYTON 13624 CLAYTON *DEFERIET 13628 WILNA DEPAUVILLE 13632 CLAYTON DEXTER 13634 BROWNVILLE ELLISBURG 13636 ELLISBURG EVANS MILLS 13637 LE RAY FELTS MILLS 13638 RUTLAND *FINEVIEW 13640 ORLEANS *FISHERS LANDING 13641 ORLEANS GREAT BEND 13643 CHAMPION HENDERSON 13650 HENDERSON *HENDERSON HARBOR 13651 HENDERSON LA FARGEVILLE 13656 ORLEANS LIMERICK 13657 BROWNVILLE LORRAINE 13659 LORRAINE MANNSVILLE 13661 ELLISBURG NATURAL BRIDGE 13665 WILNA PHILADELPHIA 13673 PHILADELPHIA PIERREPONT MANOR 13674 ELLISBURG PLESSIS 13675 ALEXANDRIA REDWOOD 13679 ALEXANDRIA RODMAN 13682 RODMAN SACKETS HARBOR 13685 HOUNSFIELD SOUTH RUTLAND 13688 RUTLAND THERESA 13691 THERESA *THOUSAND ISLAND PARK 13692 ORLEANS THREE MILE BAY 13693 LYME WATERTOWN 13601, 02 WATERTOWN CITY WOODVILLE 13698 ELLISBURGTop
Discontinued Post Offices in Jefferson County taken from the list of postoffices in the 1864 Jefferson County Atlas:
Post office Township BURR'S MILLS WATERTOWN CHAMPION CHAMPION CLAYTON CENTER CLAYTON EAST HOUNSFIELD HOUNSFIELD EAST RODMAN RODMAN LE RAYSVILLE LE RAY MILLEN'S BAY CAPE VINCENT NORTH ADAMS ADAMS NORTH WILNA WILNA OMAR ORLEANS ORLEANS 4 CORNERS ORLEANS OX BOW ANTWERP PAMELIA 4 CORNERS PAMELIA PERCH RIVER BROWNVILLE PILLAR POINT BROWNVILLE POINT PENINSULA LYME ROBERT'S CORNERS HENDERSON RURAL HILL ELLISBURG RUTLAND RUTLAND ST LAWRENCE CAPE VINCENT SANFORD'S CORNERS LE RAY SMITHVILLE ADAMS AND HENDERSON SOUTH CHAMPION CHAMPION STERLINGVILLE PHILADELPHIA STONE MILLS ORLEANS STOWELL'S CORNERS HOUNSFIELD WARDWELL ELLISBURG WILNA WILNA WORTHVILLE WORTHTop
Taken, with permission, from volume one of the compilation of Ernest Cook's articles on local history, printed for several decades in the "Watertown Daily Times". These books are available from Lyme Heritage Center or from the Jefferson County Genealogical Society. Mr. Cook added to his discussion of forgotten postoffices a good deal of local history, including the names of those people who used them, making these books a valuable tool for today's family researchers.
NOTE: several of the discontinued postoffices from the 1864 Atlas list are also discussed by Mr. Cook.
Name of Postoffice Township Date of founding
when known
ALLENDALE LORRAINE 1871
originally CAULKIN'S MILLS
BENTLEY'S CORNERS THERESA? ANTWERP?
MILITARY ROAD THERESA
later CHAUFTY'S CORNERS
PAMELIA PAMELIA
POGELAND PHILADELPHIA 1852
TREMAINE'S CORNERS RODMAN 1876
WEST THERESA THERESA 1848
WHITNEY'S CORNERS PHILADELPHIA
WOODS WILNA
WORTH CENTER WORTH 1870s
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