Lexington Post Offices
From "Lexington" by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher, published sometime after 1975.
Early mail wagon around 1900
Ted Harmon - Mail Carrier
LEXINGTON POST OFFICES
No regular delivery of mail was possible in the early pioneer days. Travelers were entrusted with letters for those in the general direction in which they were going and, once arrived at the Post Office, the letters were held there until someone in the family came to town.
As Lexington was located on the Cincinnati Trace, it was in a good location to receive and send mail. There is no record of the location of the earliest post offices in Lexington but they were probably located in places similar to the Log Tavern where the stage coach stopped over night.
LEXINGTON POSTMASTERS
| Postmasters/Dates of Appointment |
| James Ward ---- July 14, 1814 |
| Jacob Rhodes ---- January 19, 1816 |
| Samuel Patterson ---- June 9, 1818 |
| James Goodhue ---- January 3, 1823 |
| Samuel S. Heath ---- January 10, 1835 |
| Robert Meek ---- August 27, 1835 |
| Lawson Hough ---- September 22, 1837 |
| James V. White ---- July 14, 1838 |
| Nathan T. Reid ---- October 11, 1841 |
| William H. English ---- August 20, 1842 |
| Benjamin F. Crary ---- April 28, 1845 |
| Robert H. Wilson ---- November 7, 1845 |
| Thorton Triplett ---- December 30, 1845 |
| Angus Fouts ---- July 19, 1848 |
| James H. Phillips ---- March 10, 1851 |
| Samuel S. Crowe ----May 20, 1853 |
| William E. Rae ---- December 16, 1854 |
| Levi H. Young ---- October 1, 1857 |
| Peter S. Dykins ---- September 16, 1858 |
| Joseph Westerman ---- March 19, 1861 |
| Joseph H. Childs ---- August 25, 1863 |
| William H. Hall ---- April 4, 1865 |
| Thomas H. Price ---- August 17, 1865 |
| Ebenezer Gordon ---- October 23, 1866 |
| Robert Middleton ---- May 12, 1869 |
| James Powers ---- March 24, 1870 |
| Mrs. Sarah Higgins ---- February 27, 1877 |
| James Powers ---- March 24, 1877 |
| Alexander W Amick ---- June 13, 1881 |
| Barnet K. Gladden ---- June 25, 1885 |
| Patrick Storen ---- November 11, 1886 |
| Alexander W. Amick ---- March 29, 1889 |
| Patrick Shea ---- May 5, 1893 |
| Lawson N. Mace ---- May 12, 1897 |
| Francis M. Campbell ---- June 27, 1901 |
| Willard V. Whitehead ---- June 23, 1913 |
| Wesley O. Green ---- May 8, 1915 |
| John L. Walker ---- March 18, 1922 |
| Valaurus J. Hardy ---- December 8, 1928 |
| Charles E. Hardy ---- February 14, 1930 |
| Mrs. Ruth O. Storen* ---- January 15, 1934* |
| William L. Whitlatch ---- October 31, 1967** |
| *Name changed by marriage to Mrs. Ruth O. Holmer on
June 1, 1945. Acting as of January 15, 1934; assumed
charge on February 15, 1934; confirmed an June 9, 1934. **Confirmed on October 2, 1968. |
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