Early Post Office Locations and their Postmasters in Kane County, IL
This is a list of the early post office locations and their postmasters in Kane County. This information was found in the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois (Edited by Newton Bateman, LL.D. and Paul Selby, A.M.) and History of Kane County Edited by Gen. John S. Wilcox. Chicago; Munsell Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 679-681
©Transcribed by Kim Torp
"The free delivery of mail began about 1887, and Aurora, Batavia and Elgin now have frequent deliveries each day. The first rural delivery route in the county was authorized in 1902, and this great convenience now reaches nearly every township." . . . "As accurately as can be ascertained, the dates of establishment, discontinuance and changes in the post offices of the county, with the names of the first postmasters, have been as follows:"
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Town |
Date established |
First Postmaster |
Changes |
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La Fox |
Dec. 31, 1836 |
Henry A. Miller |
Changed to Geneva |
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Aurora |
March 2, 1837 |
Burr Winton |
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Elgin |
July 19, 1837 |
James T. Gifford |
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Waterville |
Nov. 23, 1838 |
Horace Bancroft |
Changed to St. Charles |
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Deerfield (in Rutland) |
Dec. 3, 1838 |
Alfred Standish |
discontinued Aug. 18, 1841 |
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Acasto (in Big Rock) |
Feb. 9, 1839 |
Orson Brooks |
disc. Nov. 12, 1849 |
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St. Charles (from Waterville) |
Feb. 28, 1839 |
Horace Bancroft |
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Lily Lake |
Nov. 5, 1839 |
John Scott |
Changed to Avon |
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Udina |
Dec. 30, 1839 |
Asa Merrill |
disc. Nov. 9, 1868; reestablished Jan. 29, 1869 & again discontinued |
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Blackberry |
April 8, 1840 |
David Wheeler |
Changed to Elburn |
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Avon (in Campton) |
April 20, 1840 |
Milton S. Cline |
late Lily Lake |
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Berkshire (in Plato) |
June 13, 1840 |
John Griggs |
disc. July 6, 1857 |
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Batavia |
Feb. 6, 1841 |
Isaac Wilson |
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Hampshire |
Feb. 27, 1841 |
Enoch O. Garland |
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Dundee |
Sept. 3, 1841 |
George W. Hoit |
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Little Woods (in St. Charles) |
May 28, 1842 |
E.W. Brewster |
changed July 7, 1853 to Wayne, DuPage County |
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Rees (in Kaneville) |
Sept. 27, 1845 |
Alfred W. Churchill |
disc. August 16, 1849 |
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King's Mill (in Campton) |
Dec. 22, 1845 |
Thomas E. Dodge |
changed to Gray Willow |
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Canning |
May 26, 1846 |
Samuel Worcester |
disc. October 5, 1848 |
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Burlington |
May 28, 1846 |
John W. Ellithorp |
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Schneider's Mill |
Dec. 28, 1846 |
John Peter Schneider |
disc. November 7, 1848 |
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Grouse (Sugar Grove) |
Sept.13, 1847 |
Marcus White William Thompson |
disc. Sept. 27, 1858; reestablished Jan. 10, 1859, again discontinued |
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Jericho (Sugar Grove) |
Dec. 8, 1847 |
Isaac S. Fitch |
disc. Nov. 12, 1849; re-established Jan. 8, 1850; disc. May 11, 1886 |
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Montgomery |
Jan. 20, 1848 |
Ralph Gray |
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Pingree Grove |
March 6, 1848 |
Andrew Pingree |
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Banner (in Rutland) |
July 28, 1848 |
John McKay |
discontinued |
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Kaneville |
Aug. 10, 1848 |
Nicanor N. Ravlin |
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Fayville (St. Charles township) |
Jan. 18, 1848 |
Rice Fay |
disc. September 25, 1851 |
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Swinton (in Campton) |
July 24, 1849 |
Henry Warne |
disc. August 1, 1854 |
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Collamer (in Virgil) |
Aug. 16, 1849 |
Milton Thorne |
changed to New Virgil |
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Geneva (from LaFox) |
April 9, 1850 |
Albert W. Glass |
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Big Rock |
May 23, 1850 |
Robert Summers Joshua Rhodes |
disc. January 23, 1855; reestablished March 23, 1855 |
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Winthrop (Sugar Grove township) |
August 12, 1850 |
Samuel S. Ingham |
disc. May 16, 1865 |
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Clintonville |
Sept. 26, 1851 |
G.M. Woodbury |
changed to South Elgin |
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Campton |
Oct. 27, 1851 |
Elbridge Walker William A. Lindsay |
disc. Dec. 27, 1860; reestablished Dec. 11, 1865; changed to Lily Lake |
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Hibernian (in Rutland) |
June 21, 1852 |
Dennis Ryan |
disc. July 6, 1853 |
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Lodi Station |
March 31, 1854 |
Zachariah Hathorne |
changed to Maple Park |
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New Plato |
Jan. 7, 1854 |
Stephen Archer |
disc. November 7, 1870 |
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New Virgil (from Collamer) |
Jan. 7, 1854 |
William H. Robinson |
disc. August 2, 1864 |
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Rutland |
Jan. 7, 1854 |
John B. Eakin |
changed to Gilbert's |
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West Burlington |
Jan. 27, 1854 |
Amos A. Brown |
disc. November 14, 1854 |
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North Plato |
April 6, 1855 |
Freeman Temple John Eastman |
disc. May 6, 1867; reestablished April 26, 1869 |
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East Campton |
April 28, 1862 |
Edward W. Miller |
disc. January 21, 1865 |
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Carpentersville |
Feb. 4, 1863 |
Julius A. Carpenter |
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East Burlington |
April 1, 1865 |
John Green |
discontinued |
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Gray Willow (from King's Mill) |
Sept. 20, 1869 |
Philo Plummer |
discontinued 1887 |
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North Aurora (Schneider's Mill) |
Jan. 18, 1869 |
Alex H. Stone |
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Riverside (late Fayville) |
July 27, 1870 |
Thomas Alexander |
changed to Silver Glen |
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Gilbert's (from Rutland) |
Aug. 26, 1870 |
John Martin |
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Plato Corners |
Sept. 30, 1870 |
George H. Thompson |
disc. December 5, 1871 |
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Silver Glen (from Riverside) |
Nov. 7, 1870 |
Thomas Alexander |
disc. July 9, 1873 |
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Holstein (in Hampshire) |
July 6, 1876 |
Lucy J. Whiting |
disc. July 7, 1884 |
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South Elgin (from Clintonville) |
Dec. 22, 1876 |
Mary O. Farrell |
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Plato Center |
May 18, 1877 |
Louisa J. Hanson |
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Maple Park (from Lodi Station) |
Feb. 18, 1880 |
Norton Snow |
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Padel (In Elgin Township) |
Sept. 28, 1881 |
Albert Gilbert |
changed to Spring Valley |
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Spring Valley (from Padel) |
Albert Gilbert |
changed to Almora |
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Almora (from Spring Valley) |
Dec. 16, 1885 |
Albert Gilbert |
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Sunset (in Rutland) |
April 30, 1883 |
Philip Hemrick |
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McQueen |
March 9, 1885 |
John A. McQueen |
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Elburn (from Blackberry) |
Feb. 26, 1886 |
Milton S. Cline |
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Lily Lake (from Campton) |
June 6, 1887 |
Morton J. Springer |
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Wasco |
Sept. 1, 1887 |
George Bergland |
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Richardson |
Feb. 11, 1888 |
E.C. Connor |
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East Plato |
1889 |
A.H. Fairchild |
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Youngsdale |
1889 |
Smith Young |