California:  First Post Offices with Rural Free Delivery

Campbell	02/01/1897	
Westside	03/17/1898	
San Jose	09/02/1898	
Berryessa	09/20/1898	
Los Gatos	09/20/1898	
Santa Rosa	02/06/1899	
Redwood City	03/01/1899	
Napa	04/03/1899	
Petaluma	04/03/1899	
Santa Barbara	04/03/1899	

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

Acampo	03/01/1901	
Anaheim	09/15/1900	
Arcata	10/01/1902	
Arroyo Grande	07/01/1903	
Auburn	07/01/1901	
Bakersfield	09/15/1903	
Berkeley	08/01/1903	
Berryessa	09/20/1898	
Buenapark	09/15/1903	
Burbank	07/15/1904	
Calistoga	05/16/1904	
Campbell	02/01/1897	
Carpenteria	07/02/1900	
Ceres	11/02/1903	
Chico	04/01/1902	
Chino	03/02/1903	
Colfax	04/01/1903	
Colma	11/01/1902	
Colton	12/01/1902	
Compton	04/01/1902	
Concord	07/01/1903	
Del Ray	03/02/1903	
Dinuba	09/01/1902	
Dos Palos	09/15/1900	
Downey	10/15/1904	
Edenvale	07/05/1899	
Elmhurst	09/01/1903	
Elmonte	08/15/1900	
Escondido	02/01/1901	
Fairoaks	09/01/1903	
Folsom	06/04/1900	
Fort Jones	03/02/1903	
Fowler	07/01/1902	
Fresno	05/01/1900	
Fullerton	08/15/1900	
Galt	07/01/1901	
Gardena	04/01/1904	
Geyserville	10/01/1903	
Gilroy	03/01/1900	
Glenellen	09/01/1904	
Grass Valley	10/01/1903	
Halfmoon Bay	11/01/1900	
Hanford	09/01/1902	
Haywards	07/16/1900	
Healdsburg	03/02/1903	
Highland	07/01/1901	
Hollywood	04/01/1902	
Hynes	02/15/1904	
Kingsburg	07/01/1901	
Lathrop	02/01/1902	
Laton	05/01/1903	
Lemoore	09/01/1903	
Lincoln	07/01/1903	
Lodi	08/15/1900	
Lompoc	04/01/1902	
Longbeach	09/01/1903	
Loomis	08/01/1900	
Lordsburg	09/01/1903	
Los Angeles	04/01/1902	
Los Gatos	09/20/1898	
Madera	02/02/1903	
Martinez	02/01/1902	
Merced	02/02/1903	
Modesta	04/15/1904	
Mokelumne Hill	02/02/1903	
Morganhill	06/04/1900	
Mountain View	07/23/1900	
Napa	04/03/1899	
Nestor	02/15/1904	
Newark	09/01/1903	
Newcastle	07/01/1901	
Newman	02/15/1904	
Niles	09/15/1903	
North Ontario	08/15/1900	
Norwalk	02/01/1902	
Oleander	07/01/1902	
Ontario	08/15/1900	
Orange	09/15/1900	
Oxnard	09/15/1903	
Palms	02/01/1902	
Parlier	03/02/1903	
Pasadena	08/15/1904	
Penryn	08/01/1902	
Petaluma	04/03/1899	
Placerville	08/15/1904	
Pomona	07/05/1899	
Portersville	02/01/1904	
Redlands	12/15/1900	
Redwood City	03/01/1899	
Reedley	10/01/1902	
Rialto	09/01/1903	
Rivera	09/01/1903	
Riverside	04/15/1901	
Sacramento	05/01/1900	
San Bernardino	09/01/1903	
San Diego	07/01/1903	
San Gabriel	04/01/1902	
San Jacinto	09/15/1900	
San Jose	09/02/1898	
San Juan	10/15/1903	
San Leandro	07/01/1903	
San Lorenzo	05/16/1904	
San Marcos	02/01/1902	
San Martin	12/01/1904	
Sanger	02/02/1903	
Santa Ana	09/01/1900	
Santa Barbara	04/03/1899	
Santa Clara	07/01/1901	
Santa Cruz	09/05/1899	
Santa Maria	03/02/1903	
Santa Paula	07/16/1900	
Santa Rosa	02/06/1899	
Saratoga	05/01/1900	
Sebastopol	05/14/1900	
Selma	02/02/1903	
Soledad	06/15/1904	
Sonoma	09/01/1900	
Stockton	09/18/1899	
Suisun City	02/01/1902	
Sunnyvale	07/01/1902	
Toluca	11/02/1903	
Tulare	09/01/1903	
Turlock	05/02/1904	
Vacaville	07/01/1903	
Ventura	11/01/1900	
Visalia	08/01/1902	
Watsonville	06/11/1900	
Westside	03/17/1898	
Whittier	04/01/1904	
Woodland	09/15/1903	
Wrights	09/15/1903	

HISTORIAN
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
APRIL 2008