Delaware:  First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery

Harrington	10/03/1898	
Laurel	11/01/1898	
Marshallton	11/01/1898	
Smyrna	02/15/1899	
Delmar	03/01/1900	
Bridgeville	06/11/1900	
Farmington	06/18/1900	
Newark	07/16/1900	

Delaware:  Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices,  through 1904

Bridgeville	06/11/1900	
Cheswold	04/01/1902	
Clayton	04/01/1902	
Dagsboro	10/01/1902	
Delmar	03/01/1900	
Dover	04/01/1902	
Edgemoor	04/01/1904	
Ellendale	03/02/1903	
Farmington	06/18/1900	
Felton	04/01/1902	
Frankford	10/01/1902	
Georgetown	10/01/1902	
Greenwood	07/01/1902	
Harbeson	03/01/1904	
Harrington	10/03/1898	
Hartley	04/01/1902	
Hockessin	07/01/1902	
Houston Station	05/16/1904	
Kenton	04/01/1902	
Laurel	11/01/1898	
Lewes	03/01/1904	
Lincoln	03/02/1903	
Marshallton	11/01/1898	
Milford	04/01/1902	
Millsboro	10/01/1902	
Milton	03/01/1904	
Newark	07/16/1900	
Newcastle	07/01/1902	
Oakgrove	09/01/1903	
Porters	04/01/1904	
Seaford	07/01/1902	
Selbyville	03/01/1904	
Selbyville	09/01/1904	
Smyrna	02/15/1899	
Townsend	08/15/1900	
Wyoming	04/01/1902	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008