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Edwin W. Phelps
POSTMASTERS
1845 - Present

John Merton

William Steiner


DeLos Hull


Albert W. Giles


William A. Hutchinson


Robert Sherrard


Charles W. Matthews

Post Office Name: NOYESVILLE
NAME TITLE DATE APPOINTED
Ephraim Collar Postmaster August 10, 1846
Postage Stamps Introduced, 1847
Ashbel Steele Postmaster June 1, 1849
Ephraim Collar Postmaster June 21, 1853
Henry P. Flower Postmaster March 24, 1855
Ashbelle Steele Postmaster June 5, 1857
Joseph Barber Postmaster February 1, 1859
John Barber Postmaster November 21, 1859
William Archdeacon Postmaster July 26, 1861
Free City Delivery Instituted, 1863
Amos F. Pack Postmaster January 18, 1865
Name changed to OAK PARK on March 6, 1866
Amos F. Pack Postmaster March 6, 1866
O. W. Herrick Postmaster August 2, 1870
 
Name changed to EAST HARLEM on March 15, 1871
Amos S. Pack Postmaster March 15, 1871
Name changed to OAK PARK on April 18, 1871
O. W. Herrick Postmaster April 18, 1871
Edwin W. Phelps Postmaster September 12, 1873
John Merton Postmaster April 17, 1874
 
Discontinued on July 17, 1879
Reestablished on July 18, 1879
Edwin W. Phelps Postmaster June 15, 1875
Edwin W. Phelps Postmaster July 18, 1879
William Steiner Postmaster May 28, 1885
DeLos Hull Postmaster May 14, 1889
Albert W. Giles Postmaster March 19, 1894
William A. Hutchinson Postmaster May 4, 1898
Robert Sherrard Postmaster January 10, 1916
First Air Mail Service, May 15, 1918
William A. Spickerman Postmaster March 3, 1925
Lester B. McAllister Postmaster February 14, 1931
Joseph L. Lynch Acting Postmaster February 16, 1935
Joseph L. Lynch Postmaster July 18, 1935
Joseph E. White Acting Postmaster September 30, 1945
Charles J. Murphy Acting Postmaster November 30, 1946
Charles J. Murphy Postmaster March 17, 1949
ZIP Code Introduced, July 1, 1963
United States Postal Service Incorporated, July 1, 1971
Vernon E. Wilson Officer-in-Charge April 6, 1973
Ralph E. Wright Postmaster April 13, 1974
Charles W. Matthews Postmaster November 9, 1985
John E. Wawrzyniec Officer-in-Charge April 15, 1988
Ronald H. Pusateri Postmaster November 18, 1989
Benjamin Cozzone Postmaster

The source for this history of the history of the Oak Park postmasters is the Historian, Corporate Information Services, United States Postal Service, December 8, 1992.

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